Al Mohler says we are in transition from being a culture that permits pornography to a culture that is pornagraphic:  A society that embraces pornography as a constitutionally protected form of “speech” will have a hard time policing sexually explicit material.  When courts rule that filtering pornography from public computers in a public library is unconstitutional, the public library is transformed into a pornographic playground.  When employees spend company time (and government funds) viewing pornography at work, the moral character of... Read more

Scott McClellan over at The Collide Blog has some good advice for investing in technology when money is scarce: If you’re considering a new technology purchase, do a serious cost-benefit analysis. When you do, try to predict how long your new purchase will meet your needs, not just how well it will meet your needs in the present. Hopefully, you’ll be a better steward of your technology budget that way. Plus, you’ll have fewer gadgets taking up space in your... Read more

Believe it or not, Activision is currently developing Guitar Hero for DJ’s, entitled ‘Scratch: The Ultimate DJ’. From a “mostly hands-off demo:  The controller is about what we were expecting, but the still-in-development gameplay had some surprises. You aren’t just controlling the “DJ-y” bits of songs and randomly scratching along, but switching between different instruments and tapping along with the controller’s five buttons. Unlike“Guitar Hero” or “Rock Band,” there is no “strumming” needed — you just hit the appropriate button. The scratch mechanic... Read more

Quake Live’s  has entered the casual arena. All you need is a computer and a browser, and suddenly you’re playing Quake  against all sorts of people. It’s a really nice, streamlined and simple system, built specifically for quick in and out play and lots of social interaction.  So, is anyone who hasn’t played Quake in the past suddenly interested? Read more

Joss Whedon on why DC Comics Characters don’t work as films: DC’s characters, like Wonder Woman and Superman and Green Lantern, were all very much removed from humanity. Batman was the only character they had who was so rooted in pain, that had that same gift that the Marvel characters had, which was that gift of humanity that we can relate to. via Cinematical. Read more

LucasFilm will be putting on a production entitled, “Star Wars:  A Musical Journey.” The production will not be a musical in the ordinary sense but will feature a 90 minute or so edit of the six films to coincide with a massive LED screen and new/reworked scores by John Williams. This story had me thinking, what would be the highlight of your Star Wars musical? What would be your title? My favorite moment would be the soulful Chewbacca solo, “Ruhh, Wehhh,... Read more

LeCroupier online casino prepped for consoles! I think it’s safe to say this is kind of scary. Read more

The unrecognizable Internet of 1996. I remember spending way too much time waiting for web sites to load and chatting in irc during this time, but we didn’t have AOL. We had some awful isp that hardly ever worked (remember ISP’s?) and provided us with a FREE BROWSER called “Mosaic.” Nowadays my screenname is deadyetliving, but back then it was “superbird,” which many thought referenced the Denny’s delicacy when in fact I had never even eaten at Dennys. Read more