Our Big Frakking Brother

Posted on February 27, 2013 by metrospirit

Outlandish? Not as much as you might think. It’s getting late as our hero sits at his terminal. C-Bucks lost again, and another thousand cubits lost betting on Pyrimid. “Frak! How could they possibly lose to the Panthers?” our hero…

Please Help

Posted on February 20, 2013 by metrospirit

Adventures in customer service Yes? Hello? I need to talk to someone about my printer. … Well, the darn thing doesn’t print… More specific? Well — let’s see — I’m in my Word, and I click on the printer button,…

Taxing Begins at Home

Posted on February 13, 2013 by metrospirit

How Augusta may have influenced political history In honor of my good friend Josh Ruffin, this week I wanted to write some sort of commemorative piece on the 100th anniversary of the income tax. In short, the 16th Amendment was…

Geek Humor

Posted on February 6, 2013 by metrospirit

Not to mention dating sites for anyone and everyone A physicist, a biologist and a mathematician are sitting in a street café, watching people entering and leaving the house on the other side of the street. First they see two…

For Hire

Posted on January 30, 2013 by metrospirit

My true calling? Internet mercenary. There’s an old saying that goes back to the 80386 generation. “In cyberspace, they can’t hear you scream.” Or something like that anyway. I remember hearing it shortly after I was first instantiated on E1M1:…

I, Robot

Posted on January 23, 2013 by metrospirit

The Prelude It’s undeniable. The technology sector in Augusta is the booming. If you are into nuclear, Augusta can boast about Plant Vogtle being the first new nuclear plant in the U.S. in 30 years. If the military-industrial complex is…

What’s New in Gadgets

Posted on January 9, 2013 by metrospirit

NFC, car apps and much, much more (Prequel) Monday Night — Time for football! Unfortunately, I have one sick kid and one tired wife. For everyone’s sake, we were able to get everyone in bed by 9 p.m. Time…

Zombies for Congress

Posted on January 2, 2013 by metrospirit

Congress protects our email… psyche!!! In a spectacular change of position, our so-called elected representatives removed an update to the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act that would have granted email the same legal protection as hard copy documents. Just a…

News Flash

Posted on December 26, 2012 by metrospirit

Life appears to continue in spite of what the Mayans predicted At the time of this writing, our office received reports that Australia successfully began December 21, 2012. While reports indicate that the weather is a little breezy, predictions of…

The Zombie Apocalypse

Posted on December 19, 2012 by metrospirit

Gifts to help you prepare for the end of the world (or for Christmas) With everything going on this holiday season, I’m sure that most folk have forgotten that Friday, December 21, is the end of the world. Now, we…