Heavy Hangs The Bandwidth That Torrents The Crown
Link: Heavy Hangs The Bandwidth That Torrents The Crown
Andy Ihnatko:
You’re not into physical media? I’m with you. It’ll be on iTunes soon. See? The store page lists the release date. March 6. You can circle it on the calendar and everything.
You’re still frowning. What’s wrong, Scrumpkin?
Oh. You want it right now.
But — umm — the release date is only, like, two or three weeks away. Just hang on a bit. You’ll be fine.
Yes, I heard you (please, sir, there’s really no need to shout). I understand that you want it (and I hope I’m not misquoting you) right the ****ity-**** NOWWWWWWWW. But you can’t have it now. You can have it on March 6. It isn’t even as far away as you think. Remember? February is the super-short month?
(Sigh)
You’re already torrenting it, aren’t you?
Annnnd now you’re also calling me a d*** because I expected you to wait two weeks, and you’re claiming that you’re “forced” to torrent it because the video industry is bunch of turds. How charming.
I wish everyone would read Andy Ihnatko’s post before banging out their own incoherent, self-entitled posts on how the entertainment industry is leaving them with no choice to but pirate TV shows. Even MG Siegler – usually a super-smart guy and a great writer – wrote a post titled “Help! I’m Being Forced To Pirate Game Of Thrones Against My Will!”.
Seriously?
These guys should try living in Europe for a while, where HBO is a distant dream, the selection of shows and films on iTunes seems to be a cruel joke and where Netflix only just launched. I pirate my TV shows too, but only because I have issues with delayed gratification. I’m okay with that, and I don’t try to blame anyone but myself.
Everyone, just go read Andy Ihnatko’s post.
# Mar 24, 2012Disturbing
Early Bird Special: YouTuber danielbwilson writes: “Discovered completely by accident by putting the toys away, it just had to be recorded and shared. Alone these toys seem innocent, but together, it is just wrong. Elmo Live and Tickle Me Extreme Cookie Monster.”
[reddit.]
World of the Living Dead »
Browser-based zombie strategy game using Google Maps as a back-end. Gorgeous. Like a HD Urban Dead, which sucked away months of my life.
# Mar 18, 2012Why Finish Books? - The New York Review of Books »
This really hits home for me. I’ve been slogging my way through books I haven’t been enjoying and I’ve had enough. As the article points out: “The more bad books you finish, the fewer good ones you’ll have time to start.”
# Mar 16, 2012LA Times: "All red meat is bad for you" »
I’ve been seeing a lot of links to news articles about this study saying that red meat is linked to a whole range of health-related risks. The part every news article leaves out, and which the original study takes into considerations, is that people who eat a lot of red meat probably have other lifestyle factors that would contribute to their general health level. From the study: “Men and women with higher intake of red meat were less likely to be physically active and were more likely to be current smokers, to drink alcohol, and to have a higher body mass index.”
# Mar 14, 2012Shamrocking
Americans are trying to make #Shamrocking a ’thing’.
Hey America? Fuck you.
Also, while we’re on the subject, the first one of you sons of bitches to call it “St. Patty’s Day” is getting punched in the dick.
# Mar 12, 2012Wat »
Gary Bernhardt’s nerd-heavy talk on the various WAT-inducing cases in Ruby and Javascript.
# Mar 9, 20123 shell scripts to improve your writing, or "My Ph.D. advisor rewrote himself in bash." »
I think a large part of my secret desire to become a writer is just so I can rock a load of LaTeX and use a Makefile – a fucking Makefile – on my writing.
# Mar 7, 2012