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The best part of Mass Effect 3 on the 360 is the having to log in twice. Thanks EA! Origin really blows.

Moron.

… it’s within the scope of my own limited imagination …

Well hey, at least we can agree on one thing.

Goodbye, Gizmodo.

There was kind of a big event today. I’m a technologist by trade so naturally I was interested in hearing about the goings-on as they were happening. This meant pulling up a few live-blogging feeds from the event from the normal news sources.

I’ve been “reading” Gizmodo for years. Often I would see Gizmodo breaking news earlier than Engadget and there were a couple of really good writers on the site.

Recently however, in the last year or two and much more so in the last few months; the quality of writing on Gizmodo has been appalling. Grammar errors, even simple-to-correct ones, are laced throughout every single article. Unfortunately for me stumbling on one of these in something that is written “for money” can demolish my ability to process information for at least a few minutes.

Today on the other hand, I decided to also look at The Verge. Joshua Topolsky is doing some fantastic things with the new property and their focus just on products is fantastic. Unfortunately for them, there was a technical problem with their live-blogging service, so I also pulled up the Gizmodo life-feed.

What I saw there, frankly, was stunning. The commentators were talking less about the event and more about making crude in-jokes and puns. All of this of course with the now-customary lack of proper English. I was in a word, disgusted.

So in response, after spending some time thinking it over; I have just deleted Gizmodo from my Reeder feeds. I’ve replaced with with what I think is a more professional and exacting resource for the same kinds of news (sans the NSFW tags abundant in the Gawker family.)

One look at the home page of The Verge and you can tell immediately that these people really give a shit about their readership.

While I realize that my no longer reading Gizmodo is just a drop in the ocean in terms of traffic, I’m sure that others are coming to the same conclusion. Locker-room antics and a complete disrespect for the language have no business whatever in a professional journalists repertoire.

thanks for reading.

maniacalrage: It’s Just Like the Irish Always Say (More CS Crash Reports)

maniacalrage:

It’s Just Like the Irish Always Say (More CS Crash Reports)

Source: log.maniacalrage.net

Neven Mrgan's tumbl: Growing iCloud

Total agreement.

mrgan:

I wouldn’t mind paying for storage. However, if Apple does this, I hope they keep it simple: just let me pay in one place to get more iCloud instead of having to maintain separate payment plans for iCloud, iTunes Match, Photo Stream, and whatever else they come up with.

Source: mrgan
TWO DOLLAR SIGN

TWO DOLLAR SIGN

Just Touched Down

in Madison WI. Hitting “Wonder Bar” for dinner tonight.

Portrait 2-27-12

Portrait 2-27-12

"Perfection is my middle name, (and whatever rhymes with eloquent.)"
– Primus
Portrait 2-25-12 Reeves water on Canson rag.

Portrait 2-25-12 Reeves water on Canson rag.

A full day’s effort. (Taken with instagram)

A full day’s effort. (Taken with instagram)

This is so unfair I can’t even. Poco Dolce Popcorn Toffee

This is so unfair I can’t even.

Poco Dolce Popcorn Toffee

On Painting The Internet

samspratt:

Art is for everyone.

If you hold it high over everybody’s heads, newcomers will never come to appreciate it. The memes are the gateway “drug” to exploring the world of painting. Don’t care for them? I completely understand! I, too, find it incredibly difficult to appreciate such… “Lowest Common Denominator” “art” whilst wearing my monocle and holding a goblet of caviar and diamonds.

Source: samspratt