March 2009
Ryan Jerz - Garage →
Ryan Jerz blogs at mejerz.org
Mar 29th
★ Obsession Times Voice →
My friend Merlin Mann and I had a session at SXSW Interactive about two weeks ago. It certainly wasn’t a panel, and it wasn’t really a presentation. It was more like an hour-long duet rant, the main…
Mar 28th
Why Yucca Still Matters →
Shared by Ryan Jerz The conversation last week (http://mrjerz.org/blog/how-would-you-have-answered-these-questions) about Yucca seems a bit more relevant today than it did then. I really do…
Mar 26th
Shawn Estes on a rocket ship off the major-league... →
Shared by Ryan Jerz I’d say that about does it. Estes hasn’t been effective in the past couple of years and is probably about to turn 36 if he already hasn’t. Usually lefties with any movement on…
Mar 24th
Obama Sides With RIAA, Supports $150,000 Fine per... →
Shared by Ryan Jerz Jesus hell. I thought he had Lessig working with him on this. What a ridiculous stance. The administration supports fines up to $150,000 per purloined music track. Weighing in…
Mar 24th
Google: the majority of takedown notices are bogus →
Shared by Ryan Jerz “In its submission, Google discusses its experience with “notice and takedown,” which allows people to censor web-pages merely by asserting that they infringe copyright — and…
Mar 22nd
Pure Evil™ →
(Via @mat, via@spanktar)
Mar 20th
Will the Fictional Mormons Influence the Real... →
| Mormon church leaders have criticized HBO for planning to air a fictional version of a Mormon temple endowment ceremony on Big Love this Sunday, saying the ceremony risks being “misrepresented or…
Mar 14th
Jedi sucks →
Fifty reasons why Return of the Jedi sucks. Number one with a bullet is “Ewoks, Ewoks, Ewoks”. But aside from what we see onscreen, the Ewoks are miserable little creatures for a completely…
Mar 13th
"Only God Knows Why" →
Shared by Ryan Jerz Let’s see here…if you want to make people think you’re not crazy, quoting Kid Rock might be a bad idea. If you get what you put in, I think she’ll get a giant shipment of…
Mar 12th
Mippin & Mippin Mobilizer →
If I ever get the activation email, I could have the Travel Nevada blog mobile optimized.
Mar 5th
Lawrence Lessig Answers Your Questions on... →
Shared by Ryan Jerz In his answer about Naïveté, I’m reminded of the efforts to use Twitter to enact social change. It’s a noble goal, for sure, but seems impossibly naïve. And one time, David…
Mar 3rd
Blackened Ribeye Steaks →
This looks way easier than I thought it would be.
Mar 2nd
Steroids and the Lost Data of Self-Experiment →
Over at the Quantified Self blog, Gary Wolf has a fascinating interview with a person calling himself “Phineus” about steroid use and performance tracking among serious athletes. GW:…
Mar 1st