Shelly Brisbin writes about new media, cocktails, technology, and the world around her
April 30, 2011
April 29, 2011 – Yeah. I guess they started calling it just “prom” sometime after my high school days. The use of “the” is another one of the language hills I continue to defend.
April 29, 2011
April 29, 2011
April 29, 2011 – This gets to the heart of my skepticism about social media. What are we building? Why are the most celebrated entrepreneurs and smartest tech people making so little that is of real value?
April 29, 2011
April 28, 2011 – What really makes me angry is the degree to which journalists accept the partisan nature of redistricting. Much of the reporting on the issue centers on how legislators protect incumbents, and which party is angry at the other. The assumption is always that this is OK. Journalists should routinely be asking why a gerrymandered, community-dividing map is acceptable, and why it is OK to consider the impact of redistricting on incumbent legislators. These seats do not belong to legislators, they belong to the people and communities of this state.
April 27, 2011 – I don’t drive an automobile. Two things:The traffic data is gonna include my sidewalk travel and pedestrian shortcuts. And since I don’t drive, I think I would like to opt out of data collection, please.
April 27, 2011 – Did anyone actually wait to buy an iPhone until the white one “finally” arrived? This is me yawning.
April 26, 2011 – I take it back, I have now seen Jersey Shore.
April 26, 2011 – Oh, that’s what that Close box I clicked was all about. I didn’t even read the dang thing.
April 26, 2011
April 25, 2011 – I’m sure that talk radio, which always enjoys a good outrageous lawsuit verdict, will be all over this. No I’m not. The driver was asked to drive a bus, not to perform an abortion or even dispense abortion-causing drugs. And of course, the odds are that the passengers weren’t even seeking abortion services.
April 25, 2011 – Just musing on language again: what is an "outside group?" I have no affection for the Texas Public Policy Foundation, butt I daresay that they are no more "outside" than AT&T's PAC, or the AFL-CIO, or my mom's organization of parents of mentally-disabled folks in state supported iving centers.
April 25, 2011 – I’ve never seen Jersey Shore, but based on what I’ve heard, and on this article, I do not welcome the conversations I’ll be forced to have about Austin’s youth, once this show airs.
April 24, 2011 – This is a more in-depth look at the idea of confirmation bias that folks were passing around awhile back. And or course, the irony of the source, and its presumed liberal slant, will not be lost on some.
April 22, 2011
April 22, 2011 – I watched this in hopes that I could recommend it to you. But I can not. Think, appalling food combinations and senseless waste of food. OK, appalling may be a bit strong. My basic reaction; YUCK!
April 21, 2011
April 21, 2011 – I think he got the idea from the Georgia governor. While I’m at it, I’ll be praying for fair and nonpartisan redistricting, and a solution to the budget crisis that funds public education.
April 20, 2011 – I made my own, but found this version online. It’s from The Thin Man.
http://www.hark.com/clips/qlkdtmhhmc-cocktail
This would be my second choice
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7nu6v_carioca-flying-down-to-rio-le-film_shortfilms
