I remember seeing the Michael Moore movie "Roger and Me" years ago where he interviewed Borders employees about why they aren't unionised (not allowed) and what their gripes are. He encouraged them to form their own union and was subsequently banned from public speaking in their stores (articleThey said they couldn't get higher wages/pensions ( Read more... )

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PopulationInternet Users% OnlineSpeed *

Latvia2.231M1.254M5625.31
Lithuania3.555M1.777M5025.55
Ireland4.203M2.83M636.20
Hey yo, what the fuck is it with Eastern European countries beating us at stuff? What the fuck, Lithuania ( Read more... )

In response to this.I'm not sure how I feel about this whole thing. What about the large-scale marketing power and industry connections that a record company can bring to the table? After all NIN have access to the best recording studios etc., but no one wants to listen to some indie band's demo that they recorded in their da's garage. And what if ( Read more... )

Man, this social networking malarky has gotten out of hand. I'm now on MySpace, OkCupid, Bebo, Facebook and LinkedIn. I resisted Friendster cause I reckoned enough was enough. I deleted Ringo, I don't remember ever joining it ( Read more... )

I dunno if any of youse are still using Radioblogclub but get wit da 2010's fools and log on to SeeqPod.Remember the first time you got a camera phone and the pictures had about 50 pixels each and then you got one of the more recent ones and it was as good as a regular camera and a massive lifestyle upgrade? Well this is the aural equivalent of ( Read more... )