Blog of Josh Hall

The English language is stupid. It’s ludicrous.  Rules, then exceptions to those rules.  Logic, then words that defy that logic.  We’ve have this stupid language for centuries, and we just continue with the madness.  There is no end in sight.  Sometimes, I wonder if the AOLers and shorthand IMers are pure evil or truly revolutionary […]

Never completely trust what a computer tells you. The reason is, computers are made by humans.  Humans lie, they can be stupid,  and they are prone to errors.  These 3 points go viral when inputted into a computer and subsequently released onto the internet.  Some people say that computers, the internet, and Google are making […]

This post was going to start off as a bit of a stupid people rant, but a few people redeemed it from frustration and dragged it into entertaining.  Possibly, the sheer ridiculousness of the entire thing brought it to the ‘funny’ category too. Yesterday, I got this email: From: Katlyn Fergus Sent: July 7, 2011 […]

Here’s an example of one of my peers in my masters degree program.  We have our first group assignment, and groups were chosen by the professor.  Granted, there was some confusion on how to use the online system and communicate to multiple people, but this is the email she sends out… hello all I have […]

No matter how smart you truly may be, chances are someone is passionate about how stupid you really are.

You should never be surprised that something has caught on, no matter how stupid you think it is.  There are enough people in the world, that anything can be successful as long as it reaches the right market.  Look at the Chinese technology entertainment industry.  Look at LARP’ing.