Ranting

Usage based billing, Bandwidth caps, Competition

Posted by Scratch on February 3, 2011 at 1:41 pm

I’m just a consumer. I’m a consumer of radio, television, media, internet, hard goods, and mindshare. I believe in paying for product that I choose to use, and I don’t wish to pay for product that I don’t want or choose to support. The CRTC (Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission) has been appointed by the [...]

EmpireAvenue beta (or else…)

Posted by Scratch on November 22, 2010 at 7:15 pm

Below is the text of an open letter to Dups, (@dups) and CC’d to a few folks from my empire family. Recent changes to the site removed the ability to pay for upgrades to your account, and eliminated the need to pay for stock releases. These changes dramatically alter the game-scape. 5 days ago – [...]

Mr. Cameron, please present your credentials…

Posted by Scratch on September 29, 2010 at 3:39 pm

I just watched the tail end of James Cameron’s press conference. I appreciate his concern for the environment, and I appreciate and respect his desire to improve this planet. What I question however is the grandstanding of a hollywood movie mogul in my backyard, while his backyard produces more carbon, and burns more fossil fuel [...]

Worst.World.Cup.Ever.

Posted by Scratch on June 24, 2010 at 8:15 am
Fucking Vuvuzela.

TLDR: Vuvuzelas suck. Srsly.

Same ‘ol Same ‘ol.

Posted by Scratch on October 21, 2008 at 6:45 pm

So – it’s been a while.  While I sit here at the office waiting for a final build of our catalogue PDF’s from the team, I thought I might offer a few thoughts about the world at large, drop a few links to interesting things, and generally ensure that my blog is not as stale [...]