I’ll keep going on this. For some reason a lot of the comments I make on Reddit stand pretty well on their own, out of context. By contrast, my stuff on Bluesky all goes like: […]
Category: the internet
Practice makes permanent?
I see this phrase again and again. I guess it’s not entirely wrong, maybe, but taken the wrong way, as things always are today, it results in some wrong thinking. Here’s what a random jive […]
The vital flailing stage
This video might bother some people— there’s nothing horrible in it, it’s just the drums, not played well, by an enthusiastic young beginner: I’m always fascinated by people who have no idea of how to […]
Lightning round: answers from Reddit
Present on Reddit lately, and finding, as social media goes, it’s not too bad. The regular drumming forums now seem to be about a dozen old guys without a lot of actual interest in music, […]
The one true path to knowledge
I am referring to, of course, the autopsy. Obviously. This fascinating by which I mean abominable study has been brought to my attention, scientifically examining the “micro timing” of Charlie Watts’s drumming in the context […]
I get in fights
Smart person, or contrarian? Or flat out giant pain in the ass? What is the difference between a contrarian and FOGPITA, anyway? I don’t know. I find myself disagreeing with a lot of things said […]
World’s stupidest debate
All right, let’s get massively on line, people. There’s a hot theory “debate” happening on “Instagram”, about WHERE’S THE 1 on a simple damn rap song by Ludacris, “Rollout”, which I had never heard before […]
Sidebar: Shopping in the YouTube age
Continuing a particular aspect of that why I hate videos post: information paralysis. It hits me whenever I have to buy camera equipment, or electronics, or computer related products. It’s always a manic descent into the […]
Tech-boosting NYT writer beat up
For starters, I don’t believe anyone was predicting an actual apocalypse… UPDATE: More links at the end! Lots of people talking about this article. STILL MORE UPDATES: This thing is a hit. Will Buckley at […]
Bears
Not quite the sense of menace I was hoping for, but that’ll have to do… One of the effects of this new Internet wonderland of information is that now everyone feels they are in competition […]