http://ianlawrence.net My thoughts, my ideas, my word. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:32:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hipsters are a threat to North American culture. Hipsters are everywhere: they're in our schools, in our bars, in our parks, in our libraries, in our music, and maybe even our own homes. Their treacherous breed will destroy modern society as we know it unless we can stop it. But ... http://ianlawrence.net/2009/04/17/the-hipster-threat/ As the city of Oakland honored the four slain police officers killed in March, citizens spoke out against the violence against black youth in their city. During a city council meeting on March 31, Oakland residents expressed their grief toward the death of Lovelle Mixon, who killed Sgts. Mark Dunakin, Ervin ... http://ianlawrence.net/2009/04/09/citizens-cry-out-for-oakland/ It was the late 1970s and the age of home computers had just begun. Soon, computers would run entire households: turning on lights, doing your taxes, balancing your checkbook and even preparing your meals. They would do every menial task using a chip the same size as the one existing ... http://ianlawrence.net/2009/04/08/the-home-pc-future-a-retrospect/ OAKLAND-- City council meetings were called 'boring as hell' by citizens attending an Oakland meeting last Tuesday. Citizens were seen nodding off and even completely asleep during the Oakland city council meeting Tuesday night. They blame the dullness of the speakers and the boring atmosphere of the room for their drowsiness. One ... http://ianlawrence.net/2009/03/31/faux-news-city-council-lullaby/ Reporter George W. Schulz urged journalism students to develop investigative skills in a lecture given at San Francisco State University on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. Schulz told the students that these skills would make getting the information one needs for a story much easier. He also said these skills would allow ... http://ianlawrence.net/2009/02/26/schulz/ I must listen to podcasts on my iPod more than I do music. I rarely venture to the "Music" selection of my iPod. I have around 5000 songs on my iPod, all sitting idle. Instead I wait from day to day for new episodes to appear in my podcast feed, ... http://ianlawrence.net/2009/02/22/podcasts-are-fun/ Untitled Bearonica Project: Part 1 from Don Lorenzo on Vimeo. Okay, so this is a video I made just for fun. It's supposed to be an introduction to a short mockumentary about Bearonica. Amazingly, I used Final Cut Pro to make this. I know, right? Why? Because I could, that's why. Though ... http://ianlawrence.net/2009/02/18/bearonica-a-story/ -(CE)Ian http://ianlawrence.net/2008/09/16/country-first/ "Hey EA... I, uh... I bought Spore..." "Yes?" "And well... I want to install it again... but it's been more than 3 times and I need your permission to do it." "Sigh... You really bought Spore?" "Yeah, honest!" "I don't believe you." "Honest I did! I went to the store and everything!" "What store?" "Best Buy?" "You sure..?" "No wait... ... http://ianlawrence.net/2008/09/12/the-inevitable-ea-transaction/ One day, Jonathan Blow was probably sitting in his barely furnished house sipping on chai tea and listening to Nick Drake, when he pondered "You know, these international big wig corporations have had it too good for too long. It's about time some of that money was sent my way." ... http://ianlawrence.net/2008/08/11/review-braid/