Technology Debater Pillows

A Bold, Principled Stance

High Tech/Low Tech.

The Proust of Twitter

"No way. Lando, my friend. Lando." "There's no way Lando Calrissian was a better betrayer than Alex Krycek." "Ask any passerby on the street. 9 out of 10 of them won't even know who Alex Krycek is." "That's utter foolishness. Everyone knows Alex Krycek. He was basically the X-Files' anti-Mulder. He could out-weasel Billy D. Williams any day." "Stop!" "When men start arguing over which fictional character was a better betrayer, they have officially run out of things to talk about." "That Kr

My new laptop is nicer than your new laptop. I'm not going to get into a competition about whose new laptop is nicer. The one I replaced is nicer than the one you replaced. Stop it.

'We're beta testing Goo-Goo Glass.'

"I had a great weekend... My Grandpa talked about the war again and my Dad about his most daring facebook comments!"

"Honey, come quick! This guy in the comments section just solved the Middle East crisis."

'You present a very convincing argument.'

Stegosaurus (say the evolutionists). Nonsense (say the creationists).

''Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense' Thomas Huxley, 1825-1895.'

'I can watch T.V. shows on the computer, so who needs a TV?'

''Relativity,' you say? — Well, it can't be any worse than your 'speed bump' theory.'

"Ruddy AI. Bad enough to be replaced by a computer, never mind a COFFEE MAKER."

"I'm suffering the unbearable loneliness of being right on the internet."

I can't keep up, Randy. What happened, little buddy? You know how I created a hate-bot to automate my back you up in online arguments business? Don't tell me: The Russian troll farms beat you to it. No. My hate-bot became sentient and created an even snarkier hate-bot. Mankind is officially obsolete. For an extra $1, the HB-1000 will throw in racism and misogyny.

Popular and Unpopular Science

What'r We Doing Today, Daddy?

"I'm an atheist. I don't believe in programmers."

'When I was young we didn't have the interweb at our fingertips. . . we had to go to the library to get our questions answered!'

Philosophie.fr Bulletin Board - 1936

To tweet, or not to tweet - that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the snark and the venomous replies of anonymous jerks

"Wow! I never knew the Vancouver Island marmot is among the rarest animals in the world! Pretty cool, huh?"

Doubts about Astrazeneca vaccine

"Sorry, Man! I had no idea Alexa would be here!"

"I know you're wrong, I just can't get the computer to say it yet."

"Not now, honey. Daddy's arguing with strangers about the sexual orientation of puppets."

Frank and Ernest's Cerebral Questions. Today's question is would an "elbowhead" be smarter or dumber than a "knucklehead"? (Published originally on October 12, 2015.)

"I can tell you about this article or you can just read the comments online."

GM Scarecrow

"This is where petrophysics leaves off, and petrochemistry steps in."

Modern Nursery Rhymes

Oh no! What's wrong? I tweeted a sarcastic insult about Brian Blount, my nemesis in the race for class president. So? So … the sarcasm didn't come through. All my followers think I was praising him. Oh. Yeah, well sarcasm's tricky online. Oh no! My followers are confused about where my loyalties lie. Oh no! Some of them are calling me a sellout. They're saying they're disillusioned! Oh no! Now they've split into two factions, those who say I'm a sellout and those who say maybe Brian Blount isn't

'Don't internalise that simmering rage -- get it out of your system on website comments sections.'

Rudy, be reasonable. We can't have a functioning media if everyone starts putting up their own stories on the web. We need professional ethics. We need editing. We need fact-checking. We need