Leap Around Your Living Room

Leap Around Your Living Room

I have utter, unparalleled love and adulation for the song *Braindead* by [Exodus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exodus_(band)). The intro that song makes me want to jump around the room. It is the pure, unfiltered essence of thrash metal. The [album...
Sneaky Education And The Desktop

Sneaky Education And The Desktop

When I was a kid, I owned a [Sega Megadrive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Genesis) (Sega Genesis for my American friends). I spent hours on that thing. Sonic The Hedgehog. Streets Of Rage. Desert Strike. Toejam And Earl. I loved it. One game that was released...
jb@home Rockstars

jb@home Rockstars

One thing I am most proud of about [jonobacon.com](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/) is that there is some great discussion in the comments. It seems the most magical aspect of blogging is that no matter what I babble on about, it invariably results in some...
Leap Around Your Living Room

Governments And Free Content Policies

A nice little story for those of you who may have missed it. Last week [Larry Lessig blogged about](https://lessig.org/blog/2008/11/and_while_were_at_it.html) how the new [change.gov](https://change.gov/) site for Obama included the following at the bottom of the...
Sneaky Education And The Desktop

Twitter. It Now Makes Sense.

At first I wondered what was the point of twitter. Today I [found it](https://twitter.com/johnleach/status/1034831782): > **johnleach** introduced his cats to squirty cream. one was terrified of it. years of trust building, gone in one short hilarious squirt. You are...