by natecooper | Dec 20, 2008 | culture, humor, internet, nate, politics
Wow. Just found out about Book22 “It is our company’s policy that the products we sell be purchased for married couples only. As explained in the book of Genesis, God created woman from man’s flesh and bone to be his companion. In so doing, he...
by natecooper | Nov 27, 2008 | digital media, internet, politics
A recent skirmish with net neutrality led me to actually use a Yahoo proxy to access Google. Apparently “I’m feeling lucky” doesn’t translate very well into Chinese and then back to English.
by natecooper | Nov 18, 2008 | culture, internet, politics, technology
This article by the New York Times was on Digg’s front page and by now must be common knowledge. The sacrifice of privacy our new president-elect must make will undoubtably be difficult especially since, as this article points out, Obama is as addicted to his...
by natecooper | Nov 11, 2008 | cities, cool, culture, nate, new york, politics
I read with some interest i09’s assessment of Clinton era Sci-Fi. Never really thought about it but the 90’s did have some great Sci-Fi. The Obama election has to be hugely significant for people of my generation. Specifically those around 30 years of age....
by natecooper | Nov 7, 2008 | architecture, cities, culture, los angeles, nate, politics, san francisco, technology
The passage of Prop 1a is a great opportunity and for me somewhat surprising given this is the first time I’ve voted in a major election outside of California. (As is of course the disappointing passage of Prop 8). The California High Speed Rail Blog has published an...
by natecooper | Nov 4, 2008 | animation, cool, culture, humor, media, politics, world
One of the funniest bits I’ve seen on there in a while.