A Digital Watch That Looks Interesting

Recently a number of smartwatches have hit the market, the most prominent of these are the Samsung Galaxy Gear and the Pebble Steel.  Both of these phone boast integration with your cellphone and loads of options to customize the face of the watches.  As someone who watches tech trends, I am somewhat interested in the smartwatches that are coming out.  As I watch them, there is one distinct impression that I have from them.

These smartwatches look like the old digital watches that came out in the 80's and were a clear sign that you were an unapologetic nerd.  Sure, I wanted one as a kid, but I was a kid and kids are stupid.  Now that I'm an adult I want something more sophisticated.  What I want is something with a hint of visual flair while still not having a jumble of dials on the front, like you see with many watches on the market.  I want something that is simple, elegant, but also cutting edge.



Now this looks interesting to me.

The Imminent Death Of A Much Maligned Figure

On Sunday rumors started circulating.  Primarily driven by social media, news of this imminent event spread quickly.  Many of those spreading these rumors expressed delight in the news.  However, I would like to remind people of something.  No matter what you think of this man, remember this: This man has a family.  Death can cause a wide range of emotions and reactions, but when death hits a figure like this it can be especially rough.  What can make this event tougher is knowing that there is an internet filled with people delighting in it.  So, let's not delight in the imminent death of a much maligned figure, and instead move on with our lives much as they were before.

Pandasuit!

By now many of us have seen this post on Reddit.  It is a post by a user named CactusHam detailing how his mother, a muralist, painted a wrestling themed mural for his room.  The mural features such well known WWF stars as The Rock, Triple H, Mick Foley, and The Hurricane.  Many of the comments made about this story noted how wonderful it was for a mother to do this for her son, as well as the loving detail shown throughout this work.  That is what many people thought of this post.  However, some people, in this cynical world that we find ourselves, choose to look at such things in a negative context.  Some of those cynical people are lawyers.

Today, the World Wildlife Fund filed suit against the Reddit user known as CactusHam, and furthermore filed suit against Reddit seeking to find out more information about this CactusHam so they can further their civil lawsuit against him.  When reached for comment, Irwin R. Schyster, general council for the World Wildlife Fund, gave the following reasoning for filing this lawsuit.

"While we at the World Wildlife Fund know that we took a public image hit when we filed a copyright lawsuit against the World Wrestling Federation, we felt that was important to vigorously defend out rightly held copyrights.  We take the same stance today.  It is clear in the pictures posted online that this so called "CactusHam"'s so called "Mother" used the older version of the World Wrestling Federation logo, the very logo that we, the World Wildlife Fund, successfully contested in civil court.  While we do not think that the artist responsible for this work had malicious intent in their use of the contested logo, it is still a priority to us to defend the use of that contested logo no matter the context of the use."

Both Reddit and CactusHam could not be reached for comment in this matter.  When asked for their opinion, World Wrestling Entertainment sent us a form letter informing us of the current availability of the WWE Network.

More Human Rights Abuses Detailed

Recent days have seen reports of disturbing human rights abuses ongoing in many parts of the world.  This includes the recent UN report about the long term and systemic abuses perpetrated by the North Korean government, abuses that were also reported on by CBS's 60 Minutes.  There are also reports of human rights abuses going on in the Central African Republic and in Venezuela.  However, a report printed by Rolling Stone magazine sheds light on some of the most horrific and unchecked human rights abuses of all.

This is Skrillex.  Skrillex, real name Sonny John Moore, is an alleged electronic musician and singer-songwriter.  Working out of his home in Los Angeles, Skrillex has collaborated with several well meaning artists and musicians to produce something that those that have knowledge of find disturbing.  It is called "dubstep", an so-called artform that has already been labeled as a crime against humanity.  Skrillex is accused of committing his crimes in 2004, 2006, 2009, twice in 2010, twice again in 2011, 2012, twice again in 2013, and yet again in the early months of 2014.  Rather than being called out for his crimes, this sick individual has been lauded my many media organizations, although arguments have been made that such media coverage is meant to curry favor with many influential persons inside the Hollywood music establishment.

While the severity of Sonny Moore's crimes are still in dispute, what is known is that "Skrillex" frequently makes appearances in front of crowds of people, many of whom are reported to be on substances of an illegal nature.  These performances, or "concerts" as insiders are calling them, are choreographed and coordinated rituals meant to derive feeling of euphoria and joy among the gathered throngs.  Such gatherings often leave the attendants with a higher sense of connection with the person, or persons, they came to see.

It is not the indoctrinated that need to be reached about the crimes committed by Skrillex, it is the others.  The many many others who stand by, see reports of this man's crimes, and think nothing of what they are hearing that need to be motivated.  People cannot stand aside and do nothing.  People must act.  And by act, I mean really acting, not just bitching about things on Twitter.  A stand must be made.  So I urge you, do not purchase any of Mr. Moore's albums and do not go see him in concert.  Instead, go see Beck.