raving lunacy - oxymorons for the 21st century

While I am waiting for the block guy to measure and quote me to put a block wall around the casa, I thought I would spew a bit about some of the latest nonsense in circulation.

Techmeme Leader Board 

can we get any more self referential? The cool kids can now up their ad rates just like the yellow page salemen of yore.

Remember when they they would  sell you an ad and as proof it works, they would have you answer the phone and ask how they found you… Back in the day, when the YP was the  source, you got validation, and got to do market research for the phone company for free! The leader board is the latest website counter for the numerically inadequate.  (see my mighty reach? turgid, pulsing,quivering…)

 IPhone and the brick it became

Let me see here…. They told you that it was an exclusive product, running on an exclusive network. Now you are whining about stuffing a Chevy engine in your Ferrari, and are wondering why they voided your warranty. I already know what part of the fine print you missed…ALL OF IT!!

But for those of you who want to see a silver lining, think about the 200 page bills that documented every access you made with your iPhone. The real story here is that they are not telling you the entire story. They know where you went, what you saw, what you downloaded, listened to, or watched. They just didn’t put that information on the bill. But as sure as you are reading this, they have that information and are collating it  and will be using it  to promote  tiered  service.  Thanks to  Apple,  AT&T, and  your participation,  you are  helping the phone  company  build a gigantic database of sites, bandwidth, and usage patterns, that will serve them as ammunition to resist network neutrality. I was wrong.. There is no silver lining.