Yesterday was the great “black out” of many of your favorite internet sites. Sites like Reddit and Wikipedia both blacked out their site for most of the day. When I first heard the idea for an internet black out I was sure it would fail. Not enough people (every day internet users) would be effected by a handful of sites not working. I really thought the only way to make a big impact would be if sites like google and amazon didnt loading and just threw a 404 error for a day. This would wake people up as to how much they rely and count on the internets. In the end what I didn’t foresee was the mass media coverage. It was everywhere yesterday, with many of the news/blogs following up today. Glad to see this issue getting some main stream media play. Hopefully this will bury this shit for good. Though I am sure in some dark room somewhere in a bunker the powers that be are working on the next rediculous idea to stop the internet from being the internet. Best of luck assholes.
I finally started my long talked about audio podcast. It is called Rhetoric Nation which is the name I picked last year when I was going to launch the cast as an all politics talk show. However I have been a bit sour on the political front this last six months and I wanted to broaden the scope of the show to all things interesting to me. I kept the name for two reasons, one I like it and the other I own the domain for two years.
So what can you expect to hear on this podcast? Me and me and a lot more of me. It will cover my views and opinions on a wide range of topics. I am hoping to have guests join me and listeners participate as the show progresses.
The show will record live on Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific on my tinychat channel – www.tinychat.com/jimkirks please join me so you can heckle me live. Check the rhetoricnation.com site for upcoming topics. You will be able to listen/download the show on Mondays on the main site and through iTunes.
Please take a listen to the first show and tell me what you think. I know, I talk a lot.
What is Foursquare you ask? Read this - Foursquare.
For the rest of you who are in the know but living in Cities not yet supported, good news today. Foursquare is available worldwide for your check-in enjoyment.
Here is a service I have wanted to try in the past but didnt want to pay. They have a special offer now through Jan 31st. Sign up and get it free – forever!!
Going to give it try. Let me know if you have an account or get one and what you think.
This is a sad, sad day for torrent fans all over the globe. The Pirate Bay torrent site will shut down for good this week. Last month we had a taste of what this would be like when they were down for a couple of weeks. It was tough as the rest of the torrent tracker sites pale in comparison. TPB’s ease of use and the wonderfully comedic comment section has always made TPB my favorite. Just like when Napster went away the adjustment will be painful but something new will arise to take its place. Maybe it will be even better. (crossing fingers)
