Prologue: This is a piece all about what happens in the Black Mirror episode White Christmas. It was originally supposed to go in the ballp.it TeeVee forum but then it got too long and ended up here instead. If you don't want this episode spoiled, don't read this. For the record, a lot of the other Black Mirror episodes are good. So the thing starts out promising enough. The always reclusive and camera shy Jon Hamm…

A Miserable Pile of Secrets
Vampires, as a concept, tend to fall in and out of favor, depending on the trends of popular culture. And with that shift in trends, so too is there a flux in the number of people who pretend to be vampires for whatever reason. But fortunately, there is help! Steve Leighton, the proprietor of vampirewebsite.net is a REAL vampire, and he has tips on how to find out if you are also a real vampire, and then how to distinguish yourself from the fakers. This…
with
- Boots Raingear
- Adam Bozarth
- Jack Chick
- Portaxx
- Lemon
reading vampirewebsite.net
ep #161
Before we start, I recognize that it's kind of suicidal to say unkind things about iTunes. This is a website for a podcast, people listen to podcasts with iTunes. The majority of our listeners (an altogether nerdier and more tech-savvy group than most) still uses iTunes to listen to our podcast, as do a number of the ridiculists, and we take extra effort to make sure that's still a comfortable and easy process. But…
Hi there, let me show you around. As you can see, a lot of what's here is significantly different than it used to be. Personally, we think it's a whole lot better. I know change is hard, but I'm thinking once you get used to the new format, you'll like it a lot better. Let me show you a couple of things that are new. explore the miserable world of The F Plus The old site had tags and search, and neither of them…
UPDATE: While a lot of the information in this blog post is still valid, we've abandoned this experience. For more on this, please read Why We're No Longer Trying Flattr. The internet is free, except for all the parts that matter. When I first started making stuff for the internet (in the late 90's), any time you built a website that was for information or entertainment, you put it together like you would a…