Let’s not go overboard here

(from a conversation with Gary) 0. Start off liking Paul's tunes. 1. Quickly progress to liking John & Paul. 2. Prefer John to Paul. 3. (Belatedly) Learn to appreciate Ringo. 4. (Years later) Realise that George was the underappreciated genius. 🙂

What should I do? 1. Wear the old Homestar Runner costume of 2003. Homestar seems a bit passe these days. 2. Head to Party City and get whatever dregs they have in my size. 3. Carve a pumpkin, give out candy, dress up mini-Elbeno as a dragon and be done…

I’ve been reading some noise on the wire lately about anti-features. Benjamin Mako Hill, who seems to have coined the term, writes: “Anti-features are sold to customers as features but are fundamental or unavoidable aspects of systems that can only be removed or withheld through technological effort.” In other words,…