Category Archives: Teh Interwebz

Click Bait Manifesto

Posted on August 5, 2014 by alan

It’s short and simple. I’m done. I’m not reading your click bait any more. It’s worse than ads and I block those. I’m implementing a sudden death rule. From now on if I find a click bait link on your … Continue reading →

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Dead blogs are dead

Posted on December 20, 2013 by alan

The blogs, they are dead! “Sometime in the past few years, the blog died. In 2014, people will finally notice. Sure, blogs still exist, many of them are excellent, and they will go on existing and being excellent for many … Continue reading →

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The Intrinsic Value of Journalism

Posted on September 17, 2013 by alan

(Cross posted from Facebook because blogs are dead.) This morning I was listening to journalists complain about how hard it is to get paid for doing journalism. And I thought, “It’s interesting how much “journalism” relied on limited access to … Continue reading →

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Press != Journalist

Posted on September 12, 2013 by alan

In light of the Senate trying to define “Journalist” it’s time to repeat something I said before. The first amendment “freedom of the press” isn’t about journalism. “the press” referred to in the amendment isn’t “The Press” as we refer … Continue reading →

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A new low standard for sleazy in the gun biz.

Posted on August 16, 2013 by alan

I received this email yesterday from “gunauction.com”. Dear Alan, My name is David Smith and I work for GunAuction.com. Your website, www.snarkybytes.com has sparked our interest. Recently we have realized that we are in need of high ranking blogs about … Continue reading →

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Freedom of the Press: Even the EFF gets it wrong.

Posted on July 24, 2013 by alan

Even the EFF gets it wrong. The first amendment “freedom of the press” isn’t about journalism. “the press” referred to in the amendment isn’t “The Press” as we refer to news reporting organizations today. It’s about the freedom to publish. … Continue reading →

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Oops

Posted on June 18, 2013 by alan

  HA HA!! Some one’s getting fired! “I felt a great disturbance in the Force… as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened. You’d better get on with … Continue reading →

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BitTorrent Sync

Posted on May 27, 2013 by alan

Want to sync one or more folders securely, for free? Look at BitTorrent Sync. BTSync uses the BitTorrent protocol to sync folders on two or more computers, no server or cloud storage required. It supports OS X, Windows and Linux … Continue reading →

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The cat is so very out of the bag now

Posted on May 10, 2013 by alan

Thanks to the Streisand effect, the Defense Distributed Liberator is getting more publicity than ever. You would think that someone at the State Department would remember the PGP T-Shirt. Knowing something can be done is usually all it takes to … Continue reading →

Posted in 2nd Amendment, How Stuff Works, Internet Self Defense, Police State, Self Defense, Teh Interwebz | 4 Comments

Facebook is a supersaturated solution

Posted on April 14, 2013 by alan

Right now, somewhere out there, is the death of Facebook A solution is supersaturated when it is more highly concentrated than is normally possible under given conditions of temperature and pressure. The classic example is carbonated water used in soda. … Continue reading →

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