New Years Resolutions I will never keep
Posted by Anupa in Internet, modern relationships, Pop Culture on 05. Jan, 2011 | 0 Comments
Do you like this corny picture I found which effectively illustrates ‘resolutions’ upon first glance? Me too! But I used it to illustrate a resolution which I will never keep: don’t give in to the hegemony of Google! Like that’s gonna happen. 1. Avoid All Apple Products More realistic but definitely on course to be [...]
Japan has a hologram pop-star. Anime predicted the future.
Posted by Simon in Music, Pop Culture on 29. Nov, 2010 | 0 Comments
Science fiction stories are often party to a chicken-and-egg conundrum – does the act of fictionalizing a future for technology impact the way real technology evolves? Are we actively trying to say, invent replicators because of Star Trek (tea, earl grey, hot) or are we particularly wary of artificial intelligence because of some Isaac Asimnov stories? The [...]
Word up: So, should I believe the Kanye hype?
Posted by Anupa in Favourite Interviews, media, Music, Pop Culture, Rappers, Word up on 24. Nov, 2010 | 4 Comments
Hiiii it’s meeee, the annoying person who has been talking about Kanye West’s new album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy for the past two weeks since it leaked!!!I promised a lot of skeptical people (fuck you!) I would stop talking about it, though I guess this post means I didn’t (sorry!). I can’t help it! [...]
How to judge people based on their email
Posted by Simon in Internet, Pop Culture on 15. Nov, 2010 | 3 Comments
The internet is a place where we are empowered to unleash our judgment on strangers based on the most fickle and superficial of observations. Take, for instance, email addresses. Sure, putting QTpie37@gmail.com may say a lot to potential employers perusing your resume, but the “@gmail.com” parts says just as much about you – not just [...]
The 28-Year Old Disney Virgin
Posted by Simon in Curiosities, Pop Culture on 10. Nov, 2010 | 1 Comment
Disney World is not meant to be visited by single urban twentysomethings stricken with wanderlust and rife with cynicism. You don’t need to go to there to know this. And yet, there I found myself, along with five other twentysomething friends, jostling amongst parents trying hard not to beat their children and children trying hard [...]
