Archive for the 'PSA' Category
Oh Shit
Posted on November 30, 2011 - Filed Under PSA | Leave a Comment
I just watched the first couple minutes of the Patrick O’Neil Comedy Stand Up Special (Netflix) and he mentions: My days are numbered. So I’m going to have as much fun as I can. Then goes on to describe all the things that would end up killing him. Wild.
PSA: GO OUTSIDE
Posted on November 21, 2011 - Filed Under PSA | 1 Comment
Heath Gordon Dot Com will be taking a hiatus this week. So you’ll have to go else ware for your poop jokes, cat videos and flash fiction. Update: Except for the football thing. That’s more important than anything in the world.
PSA: Fish Can Fart
Posted on October 20, 2011 - Filed Under Cool Video, PSA | Leave a Comment
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Fascist Pigs no doubt gearing up for #OccupyWallStreet assault
Posted on October 3, 2011 - Filed Under PSA | Leave a Comment
Today at around 11:30 I heard the unmistakeable sounds of protest. A man yelling. Drums. A bullhorn. So I decided to investigate. I wandered around Rosemount for a while until I climbed up to the back of the Masonic Memorial. I approached what I thought was easily the lamest protest ever. It was actually a [...]
Yeah, recording police is basically the same as rape.
Posted on September 1, 2011 - Filed Under PSA | Leave a Comment
It’s no secret that I am not a fan of people being prosecuted for videotaping police officers. It was a problem in Maryland until recently, but it has since been overturned. Now it’s going down in Illinois. Michael Allison is facing 75 years in jail (5 class 1 felonies) because he videotaped some police officers [...]
Trabeling
Posted on July 22, 2011 - Filed Under PSA | Leave a Comment
Hey if I don’t update much in the next 3 weeks it’s because I’m out of town. There will be regularly scheduled programming: -Book Reviews -Flash Game Fridays Enjoy the heat suckers.
Protect Your Computer From Searches and Seizures
Posted on June 27, 2011 - Filed Under PSA | Leave a Comment
Once again, if there is any group right now that is firmly doing the right thing, I believe it is the Electronic Frontier Foundation. They are steadfastly doing everything they can for you to use electronic devices freely, fairly and privately. Their most recent publication is entitled ‘Know Your Digital Rights’. From their blog post: [...]
PSA: IS YOUR FOOD POISENED?
Posted on June 22, 2011 - Filed Under PSA | 3 Comments
The 2011 EWG Shoppers Guide to Pesticides in Produce has been released. Now you know which ones to wash extra vigorously or to buy organically.
PSA: Cigarette Warning Labels DON”T WORK
Posted on June 21, 2011 - Filed Under PSA | Leave a Comment
In fact, they’re good marketing for the companies. Want to know something screwed up? Like something that just doesn’t make sense, it’s so screwed up? So you know those warnings that are on cigarette labels? They make smokers want to smoke even more. That’s right. Once again, no good deed goes unpunished. I found this [...]
The Economics of Sharing
Posted on January 18, 2011 - Filed Under Economics, PSA | 1 Comment
A file-sharing network gets a lesson in economics. To understand this parable, we first have to understand BitTorrent. If you know how this mess works, then go ahead and skip a few paragraphs. You might want to read the part about private forums. Let’s start by saying that you want to snag the Glenn Gould [...]
