SOPA opera

Okay. Started reading some articles. Interesting stuff.

I hate to start right off with the drama (no I don’t. suck it!) but this is the order I read them. I don’t have to say anything. The article has all the info I have at this point.
SOPA and PIPA: What went wrong?

Of course I went to the gamer perspective next.
ESA finally drops support for SOPA, after the fact
Some fun facts and good news for me personally but still hungry.

Okay, I got distracted. Big freakin’ surprise. Here’s some tidbits for the linux users.
10 New Open Source Projects You May Not Know About 

All in all, things worked out and people did what we do and I’m proud we did it. My greatest fear is that one day we will just stop fighting for our liberty and let them take it. And the part that I fear most is that it is this coming generation that will sink it all. But old farts have been saying that about the generation on their heels since forever. Fuck it. Have a good day and enjoy access to information. We still have it.

SOPA what?

Well, the day has come and gone when I was inspired to make a change. I felt a great need to join the united voice that spoke against the corporate devaluation and manipulation of the internet as we know it. But I am lazy. I confess to you now that I have failed to “stay the course” because I had other shit to do since Wednesday. You did too. I know. I’m as baffled as you. Or I was until I confessed aloud that I am lazier than a fat teenager. I have not one time looked for news as to the outcome -if any- of our struggle. (Can I honestly call the struggle mine now that I have betrayed it to sloth?)

It is not a lack of opportunity. I use the internet regularly enough. I spend most days perched in this aging and creaking chair staring at the too bright light of the unnecessarily overdone display, leaning closer with every wonder filled moment. In fact I have played video games online for hours (browsing simultaneously in many cases), checked for new episodes of Terra Nova and NCIS of course, even built a website for a friend’s upstart. But I didn’t look to see how the legislation was treated. I am stopping now to find out. The suspense is killing me.