Barrett Garese

2000 Words On “Derivative Bullshit,” “WebTV,” and “Online Content”

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:30:00 -0700

The Past So apparently I pissed of half of the known internet today. I looked it right in the eyes...

@barbariangroup is hiring sr. account/cs and strategists, tell your talented friends!

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:54:48 -0700

rickwebb: (via benjaminpalmer) For which offices are you hiring?

mikehudack: ericmortensen: Moving above 720p requires...

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:37:17 -0700

mikehudack:

ericmortensen:

Moving above 720p requires additional horsepower. In Apple’s case, higher resolutions also won’t be viewable on iPod/iPhone/iPad. But this is fine, because the overwhelming majority of Americans don’t have a fast enough pipe to watch proper 1080p video. Your Internet tubes are the same size whether you’re streaming 720p or 1080p. If it’s not being distributed on a disc or downloaded in full, it’s highly likely that 720p video will actually look better than 1080p. I’ll take more bits per line over more lines any day.

I'm in a house atop a hill in Chateauneuf, in the mini-Alps, just north of Nice. I've decided to stay. I'm not coming home. Sorry.

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:30:03 -0700

(via mikehudack) Don’t blame you one bit.

Gavin Polone is the bane of my existence. Ahhh, the internet -...

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:55:05 -0700

Gavin Polone is the bane of my existence.

Ahhh, the internet - giving over-worked and under-appreciated assistants the opportunity to publicly fire their bosses for almost 2 decades now.

I won’t comment much more than that, being that he has a rather tumultuous history with my former employer.

kellysutton: Gratuitous picture of the US Open Wednesday. A...

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:16:00 -0700

kellysutton:

Gratuitous picture of the US Open Wednesday.

A friend had box seats last night and gave me a call up. Thanks Kristen!

Kelly lives the life I wish I had the balls to live at his age. He’s an inspiration to me and a testament to what courage and honesty can bring to one’s life.

hmwt: Wow… Xplay absolutely RAPED Metroid: Other M. All the...

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:31:20 -0700

hmwt:

Wow… Xplay absolutely RAPED Metroid: Other M. All the points they make are valid though, and have swayed me from playing this title. I don’t love Metroid as a series because of the rich depth of story. Pair that with Team ninja’s obviously typical Japanese male game developer understanding of women in general and you’ve successfully turned me off a game I spent the last year being excited for.

NERD OUT!

Goddammit. Being a big Metroid fan, I was really excited about this game from the moment I heard about it. I was hoping that it would hold up to the Prime series and the pinnacle Super Metroid. Unfortunately, it sounds like not only does it not hold up, but that it’s an utter embarrassment.

This is why we can’t have nice things.

Yeah. I sort of had to.

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:01:52 -0700

Yeah. I sort of had to.

"The magic age is people born after 1981,” said Sam Altman in a New York Times article. “That’s the..."

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:03:11 -0700

“The magic age is people born after 1981,” said Sam Altman in a New York Times article....

"The music industry has already been disrupted. The book industry has been disrupted. The mobile..."

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:48:15 -0700

“The music industry has already been disrupted. The book industry has been disrupted. The...

Building a Nation of Know-Nothings - NYTimes.com

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:45:25 -0700

Building a Nation of Know-Nothings - NYTimes.com: On willful ignorance as a party trait.

This kitten will slay the gods in his unending thirst for...

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:17:59 -0700

This kitten will slay the gods in his unending thirst for vengeance.

The most detailed photo of a Sun Spot to date captured by the...

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:03:00 -0700

The most detailed photo of a Sun Spot to date captured by the Big Bear Solar Observatory | ZME Science

High Res version

Cole has decided that we're not allowed to play "Sweet Home Alabama" in the apartment because it's too popular.

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:24:28 -0700

nickdouglas: stryker: nickdouglas: Is he a big pretentious cockface, Y/Y? Nick’s Top 10 Fav...

Taryn’s been a source of inspiration and commiseration as I’ve progressed along my own...

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:27:19 -0700

Taryn’s been a source of inspiration and commiseration as I’ve progressed along my own...

zadi: stevewoolf: azizisbored: HOLY SHIT. Listen to this...

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:43:00 -0700

zadi:

stevewoolf:

azizisbored:

HOLY SHIT. Listen to this NOW.

THIS. IS. AWESOME.

***Download link is down the page below the fold. Beware the malware links high on the page.***

O.M.G. Nicki Minaj KILLS it on this album. Her sound is amazing. Sweet to diabolically evil in 8 bars.

This is fucking crunchy.

rebeccalando: krispayne: azspot: Rob Rogers This is...

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:58:00 -0700

rebeccalando:

krispayne:

azspot:

Rob Rogers

This is actually uncomfortably close to an argument I had with a friend of mine which went as follows:

Him: We’re a Christian Nation, our founding fathers meant for us to be a Christian Nation!

Me: We’re not, at least according to most of the founding fathers themselves when they signed The Treaty of Tripoli which stated “As the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian Religion…”

Him: Maybe, but they were all Christians and founded this country on Christian Principles.

Me: A) Some were, most weren’t. Most were nondenominational deists. B) Thomas Jefferson made his own bible by ripping out all the supernatural parts (which he referred to as “misguided” and “nonsense,” amongst other things) and just focusing on what Jesus said. It’s called The Jefferson Bible, by the way, and it was 46 pages long, if memory serves. So if you want to return to the “Christian Principles upon which this country was founded,” they’re in part the principles of calling the vast majority of the bible “misconceptions” and “nonsense.”

Him: Where do you hear this bullshit, MSNBC? You’re way out of line.

Me: I’m quoting other people here - people you brought into this conversation as voices of reason and respect - so I’m not sure how you get to call me out of line. You’re somehow simultaneously on the wrong sides of both history and verifiable reality. Do you want references?

It sort of went downhill from there.

Beers you thought were indie, import or craft beers but are actually just Anheuser-Busch InBev (AKA Budweiser) brands

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:36:47 -0700

ericmortensen: Stella...

Episode 17: The One About the Identity Problem of Web Video - New Mediacracy

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:45:19 -0700

Episode 17: The One About the Identity Problem of Web Video - New Mediacracy: It’s been a...

Nanotechnology enables ultra high-def LCDs, cheaper stacked-electrode OLED screens -- Engadget

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:16:32 -0700

Nanotechnology enables ultra high-def LCDs, cheaper stacked-electrode OLED screens -- Engadget:...