ok, so hopefully not sacrilege, but we should never take ourselves too seriously. so, today, in fact, is ash wednesday, and i thought i would drop in for a quick little fun post. on a serious note, ash wednesday is something that’s only been on my radar for a few years. i grew up in a faith tradition that didn’t [...]

i’ve talked about my feelings concerning copyright issues and cultural technology implications on the blog before, so i thought this cartoon—while somewhat hyperbolic (like most good editorial cartoons)—was pretty funny. beyond being funny, though, it actually raises worthwhile questions about technology advances and how the media industry always tend to be slow to change and accept the inevitable. technology and [...]

over the last year or so, religion has been at the forefront of american political discourse. whether it was rev. jeremiah wright, mitt romney’s bid to become the first mormon president, sarah palin’s prophetic utterances at her wasilla place of worship or the bridge that barack obama erected between frank religious conversation and the democratic party, religion was a central [...]

quick update: after an almost two week hiatus, i’ve posted a new bit of blog goodness on the eikon temp site titled, so, what exactly is eikon trying to accomplish? go check it out. it gives a little insight into the gears that are powering and motivating what i’m trying to do with eikon. also, as i begin to talk [...]

wow…this is awesome. for those who don’t know every single word of the fresh prince of bel air theme song and are between the ages of 25 and 30, you should be flogged with a cultural cane. apparently, kay pettigrew, a pretty cool indie/folk artist from toronto, knows it and she proves it with this video. good stuff.

u2′s latest album, no line on the horizon, delivers 11 highly-anticipated tracks from what’s possibly the world’s greatest rock band. u2 and frontman bono can do little wrong, parlaying their rock star status into not only the aforementioned greatest rock band title-bearers, but also activists and global political influencers. after taking extreme measures to protect their latest album from leaking, [...]

i love lists. you know, kind of like i love lamp. but in this case, lists… so, when i stumbled across rolling stone’s 100 greatest singers of all time, i was, needless to say, very intrigued and thoroughly enjoyed perusing said list. as with any list, there are plenty of points of agreement and plenty of points of “what??!!” basically, [...]