Jarvis Slacks
Capitalism fixing the problems of Capitalism
“Unemployment is capitalism’s way of getting you to plant a garden.” Orson Scott Card.
The End of Real Stories.
The oil rig that sank in the Gulf Coast. That’s a real story. It is a real problem and it has real consequences. The Arizona mess where the state has turned into a totalitarian regime? That’s a real story. Some ass lost his cellphone and some other ass grabbed it and stole it to another ass and then the asses job publish a story about it? NOT A STORY!
How the Apple Tablet will Screw over Poor People
So, apparently, the amazing and most important company that was ever created by human beings is releasing the often rumored and much desired Apple Tablet! It is the Apple Tablet! It is made by Apple and, uh, it is a Tablet! I mean, think of it like the iPhone, but, you know, bigger and more … Read more
Public Transportation Works can Create jobs?
Yeah, Public Transportation sometimes sucks. You have to find out what time the bus runs before you go anywhere, the bus sometimes smells like an armpit, and it isn’t as comfortable as sitting in an expensive car and sitting in traffic for four hours a day. But I don’t mind it for a number of … Read more
The Best and Worst of the Best and Worst of 2009: Twitter
Twitter is stupid. So are DVDs, Macbooks, videogames and text-messaging. All good things are stupid, at first. Then they become part of our lives like cotton socks and toothpicks. That is why Twitter is so useful. It is a very raw tool that we have taken over and changed to do what we need it … Read more
Rationing, the Way it should be.
I’ve been reading “Hot, Flat and Crowded” for the past few days and, yeah, it is pretty good. If you like getting angry and throwing stuff on the bus as you read. I don’t really throw stuff on the bus. No one is happy on a bus. But, speaking of buses, whenever I ride on … Read more
Need a Job? Give up your Facebook password. Seriously.
Yeah, you need a job. We all need a job. This isn’t new. But what are you willing to give up? Are you willing to let your boss all over Facebook? Myspace? Twitter-Twat? Would you give your boss your passwords and usernames? Isn’t that almost like giving a mugger the knife that you are holding … Read more
The Never-Ending Compulsion to Social Network
The up-coming Jarvis Slacks Podcast for this week has Kenneth and I yelling at each other about absurd things that make me want to pull him right through the Skype-tubes. Which is the norm. One of the issues we attack during the podcast is the over-usage of the wonderful and powerful social networking tools at … Read more
3 Billion bucks in Stimulus package for the Internets. Our Addiction says, “Thank You”.
As you know, I am a huge proponent of the internets. If someone could put the internets into a bottle and sale that shit for, like, a dollar, I would be walking around town with a bag full of bottles of internets. It isn’t an addiction. I can stop anytime I want. But, thanks to … Read more
