Tag Archives: 1980s

When the Future is Boring

Posted on November 15, 2008 by Lee

It seems the marriage of David Pollard and Amy Taylor is heading toward divorce, due to Pollard’s virtual affair with a virtual prostitute, uncovered by a virtual private detective hired by Taylor. It occurs to me that the key thing … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Technology | Tagged 1980s, Amy Taylor, boredom, cyberpunk, data communications, David Pollard, divorce, mmog, Neal Stephenson, private detective, second life, social media, Technology, virtual reality, William Gibson | Leave a comment

Atari Firefox

Posted on September 1, 2008 by Lee

I must have dumped fifty bucks in change into this laserdisc game in early-80s arcades. It was not nearly as easy as the chap playing it makes it look.

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged 1980s, arcade, atari, Firefox, game, games, laserdisc | Leave a comment

Breaking Terrorism Markets

Posted on February 13, 2008 by Lee

Douglas Farah notes that with the Al Qaeda leadership now dead or in flight from Iraq, we might be on the verge of a replication the experience of the Andean drug wars of the 1980s. In that situation, the death … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged 1980s, al Qaeda, Andes, Awakening, cartel, cocaine, decentralization, drug war, Iraq, market, networks, niche, Terrorism | 1 Comment

Night of the Comet

Posted on February 8, 2008 by Lee

Well look at this. An entire fan site devoted to Night of the Comet. The film that answers the question of what would happen if two cute 80s valley girls were the last people alive in postapocalyptic L.A. Greatness, is … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged , 1980s, Catherine Mary Stewart, dance, eighties, film, keyboard, Los Angeles, movie, Night of the Comet, valley girls | Leave a comment

Ouch, Ouch, Ouch.

Posted on February 5, 2008 by Lee

Video clip of Sean Hannity asking Frank Luntz’s group of Democratic Obama supporters to name one (1) specific accomplishment of their candidate. They all fail embarrassingly and resort to offering Obama’s personality characteristics as achievements. One young girl does manage … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged 1980s, Barack Obama, Chicago, community organizer, Democrats, Developing Communities Project, FNC, Fox, Frank Luntz, Sean Hannity, video, youtube | 1 Comment

Conservative Trash Television

Posted on January 30, 2008 by Lee

Do you remember in the 80s when there were these bizarre quasi-political trash shows with psychopathic screaming hosts on television and the radio? They were something like a combination of Rush Limbaugh and Jerry Springer. Here’s video of two of … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged 1980s, Jerry Springer, Morton Downey Jr., Rebecca De Mornay, Risky Business, Rush Limbaugh, song, Tangerine Dream, television, trash, video, Wally George, youtube | Leave a comment

Privatization Under Thatcher

Posted on January 20, 2008 by Lee

Short video clip on Maggie’s privatization efforts in the 1980s, and the intellectual rationale behind expanding the investor class. It’s not about creating prosperity, it’s about educating a nation in what makes prosperity possible.

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged 1980s, Britain, capitalism, Economics, Education, privatization, prosperity, Thatcher, UK | Leave a comment