Oh the irony.
For those of you that haven't heard, Chris Hansen, the news anchor who hosts Dateline NBC's "To Catch A Predator", was caught in a sting operation, using hidden cameras, cheating on his wife.
I will let that sink in for a second.
This guy hosts a television show that uses hidden cameras to trap would-be perverts in sting operations. And he's been caught cheating on his wife... in a sting operation using hidden cameras. Wait, it gets better. According to 'The Daily Mail' the woman he was caught with is 21 years his junior. I can't even make this stuff up.
Apparently the Connecticut based Hansen has been spending alot more time in South Florida recently, reportedly investigating the disappearance of 'Jimmy T' Trindade for Dateline. You're a clever one Chris.
Now he's not only put himself to shame, but taken a blossoming 30 year-old Florida journalist named Kristyn Caddell down with him.
Damn that deep voice of yours Mr. Hansen. I imagine you're irresistible to most women.
And to add insult to injury, the National Enquirer, of all publications, is responsible for breaking this story. And get this, they've been on it for 4 months. ARE YOU SERIOUS? Since when does the National Enquirer stake out someones personal life for 4 months? New lows in media here people. New all time lows.
Chris Hansen's memorable catch phrases from "To Catch A Predator" will inevitably have a sarcastic undertone from now on. This whole ordeal oozes hypocrisy and its almost painful to see. Emphasis on the word almost. "Just have a seat Chris. We were just talking about you."
-Anderson Rowe
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Thoughts?..
I know I posted already today but I want to end the day with this thought. Feel free to respond to it in the comments below. I want to know what you think.
"The greatest form of control is when you think you're free when you're being fundamentally manipulated and dictated to. One form of dictatorship is being in a prison cell and you can see the bars and touch them. The other one is sitting in a prison cell but you can't see the bars but you think you're free. What the human race is suffering from is mass hypnosis. We are being hypnotised by people like this: newsreaders, politicians, teachers, lecturers. We are in a country and in a world that is being run by unbelievably sick people. The chasm between what we're told is going on and what is really going on is absolutely enormous. The greatest hypnotist on the planet Earth is an oblong box in the corner of the room. It is constantly telling us what to believe is real. If you can persuade people that what they see with their eyes is what there is to see you've got them. Because they'll laugh in your face of an explanation then which portrays the big picture of what's happening... and they have."
"The greatest form of control is when you think you're free when you're being fundamentally manipulated and dictated to. One form of dictatorship is being in a prison cell and you can see the bars and touch them. The other one is sitting in a prison cell but you can't see the bars but you think you're free. What the human race is suffering from is mass hypnosis. We are being hypnotised by people like this: newsreaders, politicians, teachers, lecturers. We are in a country and in a world that is being run by unbelievably sick people. The chasm between what we're told is going on and what is really going on is absolutely enormous. The greatest hypnotist on the planet Earth is an oblong box in the corner of the room. It is constantly telling us what to believe is real. If you can persuade people that what they see with their eyes is what there is to see you've got them. Because they'll laugh in your face of an explanation then which portrays the big picture of what's happening... and they have."
What's Myspace?
Obviously I'm kidding.
Who can forget Myspace? Launched in 2003, it quickly became the most popular social networking site in the world. At its peak in 2006, Myspace had over 100 million active users. In 2007, the massive site was worth $12 billion.
And as quickly as it skyrocketed to the top, it seemingly disappeared.
Today, Myspace's parent company News Corp. (Rupert Murdoch) sold the website to "advertising targeting firm Specific Media" (whatever the hell that means) for a bargain $35 million. Ouch. Even worse? News Corp. bought Myspace in 2005 for $580 million. Double ouch.
I bet they wish Tom had more friends right about now.
Enough about the financial side of that though. Everyone knows Facebook is king right now anyway (atleast in the U.S.).
What really surprised me about this is how quickly Myspace slid into obscurity. It felt like it happened overnight. As soon as people jumped on the Facebook bandwagon, Myspace felt absolutely dead. Nobody was even trying to tag-team the social networking world, and do both. Everything just stopped.
And for anyone who was there when it happened, you know what I mean. It didn't actually stop. Just the stuff everybody wanted to see stopped. The people left. The bands, fake accounts, spammers, and ridiculous internet personalities and socialites trying to add everyone and they're mother didn't stop.
That's what ruined Myspace. Twitter has this problem too, but atleast they dont blow up your bulletin box.
Now it seems as if Facebook has nowhere to go but down. It's currently ranked 2nd in the world amongst the largest social networking sites, and my guess is that's only because there is probably a China-specific social network site that all 300 trillion of them are on at all times. Are we going to see the demise of Facebook?
I personally don't think so.
I think much like what happened to Myspace, a bigger better deal is going to catch on, and a paradigm shift in the largest body of daily internet traffic will switch from Facebook, to whatever that new site may be.
Or will it?
What about Twitter? Many thought it was the next big thing. Maybe it still is. Right now, it seems to be co-existing nicely, with many (including myself) tag-teaming the two sites. Maybe this is the future of social networking? Is there enough room for the both of them in this town?
That's not even the worst part of this. Myspace has cut its workforce from 500 employees to just 50 as of June 2011. I hope Facebook has room for them all to go work at their 150,000 square foot Palo Alto, California headquarters. Surely there's a few empty desks.
This could go on and on, involving Tumblr, Tagged, Youtube etc. but those all have a few different elements uncommon from these others. Myspace, Facebook, and Twitter have, and will continue to draw our attention away everyday for years. I'm curious to see what happens next.
-Anderson Rowe
Who can forget Myspace? Launched in 2003, it quickly became the most popular social networking site in the world. At its peak in 2006, Myspace had over 100 million active users. In 2007, the massive site was worth $12 billion.
And as quickly as it skyrocketed to the top, it seemingly disappeared.
Today, Myspace's parent company News Corp. (Rupert Murdoch) sold the website to "advertising targeting firm Specific Media" (whatever the hell that means) for a bargain $35 million. Ouch. Even worse? News Corp. bought Myspace in 2005 for $580 million. Double ouch.
I bet they wish Tom had more friends right about now.
Enough about the financial side of that though. Everyone knows Facebook is king right now anyway (atleast in the U.S.).
What really surprised me about this is how quickly Myspace slid into obscurity. It felt like it happened overnight. As soon as people jumped on the Facebook bandwagon, Myspace felt absolutely dead. Nobody was even trying to tag-team the social networking world, and do both. Everything just stopped.
And for anyone who was there when it happened, you know what I mean. It didn't actually stop. Just the stuff everybody wanted to see stopped. The people left. The bands, fake accounts, spammers, and ridiculous internet personalities and socialites trying to add everyone and they're mother didn't stop.
That's what ruined Myspace. Twitter has this problem too, but atleast they dont blow up your bulletin box.
Now it seems as if Facebook has nowhere to go but down. It's currently ranked 2nd in the world amongst the largest social networking sites, and my guess is that's only because there is probably a China-specific social network site that all 300 trillion of them are on at all times. Are we going to see the demise of Facebook?
I personally don't think so.
I think much like what happened to Myspace, a bigger better deal is going to catch on, and a paradigm shift in the largest body of daily internet traffic will switch from Facebook, to whatever that new site may be.
Or will it?
What about Twitter? Many thought it was the next big thing. Maybe it still is. Right now, it seems to be co-existing nicely, with many (including myself) tag-teaming the two sites. Maybe this is the future of social networking? Is there enough room for the both of them in this town?
That's not even the worst part of this. Myspace has cut its workforce from 500 employees to just 50 as of June 2011. I hope Facebook has room for them all to go work at their 150,000 square foot Palo Alto, California headquarters. Surely there's a few empty desks.
This could go on and on, involving Tumblr, Tagged, Youtube etc. but those all have a few different elements uncommon from these others. Myspace, Facebook, and Twitter have, and will continue to draw our attention away everyday for years. I'm curious to see what happens next.
-Anderson Rowe
Monday, June 27, 2011
Radar Detectors
Everytime a friend gets in my truck, they always ask me, "whats that?", inquiring about the 2" LCD screen shining brightly from the top of my dashboard. Its my radar detector. I usually get the same response as well. "Do those work?"
Well they do work. Sort of.
You always get what you pay for when it comes to this stuff. If you're interested in buying one, I'm not saying you need to go out and buy the most expensive one you can find to be happy with it. However, when it comes to trying to avoid police detection due to a lead foot, a $49 radar detector probably won't help much.
I found mine online for around $400. That may sound pricey, but reread the above paragraph, and then hear this: It will pay for itself if it prevents me from getting just 1 speeding ticket. It picks up 14 different types of radar, has a built in compass, and a volt meter, as well as the above mentioned 2" LCD display.
If you don't have a problem with speeding, then one of these clearly isn't for you. But if you're like me, then you've probably had a few run-ins with the law, and your drivers' license may or may not have been hanging on by a thread at some point. A radar detector can turn out to be a good investment, as it has for me. Go online, do your research, check out the forums, and find one that suits you. And make sure you check with your local laws as well, because possessing a radar detector in a vehicle can be illegal in itself.
- Anderson Rowe
Well they do work. Sort of.
You always get what you pay for when it comes to this stuff. If you're interested in buying one, I'm not saying you need to go out and buy the most expensive one you can find to be happy with it. However, when it comes to trying to avoid police detection due to a lead foot, a $49 radar detector probably won't help much.
I found mine online for around $400. That may sound pricey, but reread the above paragraph, and then hear this: It will pay for itself if it prevents me from getting just 1 speeding ticket. It picks up 14 different types of radar, has a built in compass, and a volt meter, as well as the above mentioned 2" LCD display.
If you don't have a problem with speeding, then one of these clearly isn't for you. But if you're like me, then you've probably had a few run-ins with the law, and your drivers' license may or may not have been hanging on by a thread at some point. A radar detector can turn out to be a good investment, as it has for me. Go online, do your research, check out the forums, and find one that suits you. And make sure you check with your local laws as well, because possessing a radar detector in a vehicle can be illegal in itself.
- Anderson Rowe
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