About Jonathan
Just moved to the big bad city of Los Angeles and am going to try my hand at being awesome. In the meantime, I'll write screenplays, specs, novels and work on my webcomic that I've been trudging through for a bajillion years. There's a slight chance I listen to way awesome music and that you don't. I'm also a contrarian and I get strong urges to hate on things a majority of people love. Still with me? Good.
Jonathan On Stuff
Internets Archive
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C2E2: Day 1
Posted on April 18, 2010 | View CommentsI arrived at McCormick place from the #3 King Drive bus line. Emerging with me was a fellow in a Green Lantern tee and a guy who reminded me of a once co-worker. All around us there were signs for a kitchen and bath expo... -
On Paying For Hulu
Posted on January 28, 2010 | View CommentsVia Chicago Tribune: One plan under consideration would allow users to view the five most recent episodes of TV shows for free, but require a subscription of $4.99 a month to watch older episodes. Hulu believes it will need at least 20 TV series, both... -
On Being Bigger Than Kiss
Posted on January 20, 2010 | View CommentsI like Teenage Bottlerocket, and they just wowed me with their newest music video, which is animated by the guy who did a favorite animated short of mine awhile back. Anyway, here it is for you to enjoy! Teenage Bottlerocket “Bigger Than Kiss” Teenage Bottlerocket... -
On New Years Resolutions
Posted on January 2, 2010 | View CommentsLast year I wrote up a post about my new years resolutions. Out of the 20 I posted, I ended up completing only one. So this year I decided to re-think the resolution thing and come up with more attainable goals so I feel less... -
The Best Music Videos I Saw This Year
Posted on December 13, 2009 | View CommentsI was going to save this post until much later in the month, but then it dawned on me that I might forget to make a top-list post and then January will hit and it will be too late. And I don’t think it would... -
Putting the Rant Pants On
Posted on October 26, 2009 | View CommentsIt’s been too long since I’ve updated this blog, internets, but I don’t really plan on apologizing for that today. Instead, I’m going to don the rant pants and do some serious bitching. Here’s the short version: Facebook is stupid, twitter isn’t worth squat, and... -
On Snow Leopard and Upgrades
Posted on September 7, 2009 | View CommentsWith the exception of security updates and the occasional ZOMG THIS IS BROKEN NEEDZ FIXIN patch, I’m not all that big on upgrading my softwares. A big part of me thinks, “if it ain’t broke, why fix it?” Unfortunately, that’s not how the computer industry... -
On Birthday Wishlists from Amazon
Posted on September 1, 2009 | View CommentsA most special holiday is approaching (hint: it rhymes with ‘sly firthday’) and I thought I would share my wishlist with you guys, since I know y’all want to buy me nice things! I’ve had this Amazon wishlist set up for years and went through... -
On DRM and Controlling Your Shit
Posted on August 26, 2009 | View CommentsFrom Techgeist: You know what happens to authorized machines? They get reformatted and break over time. Yet the people who sell is software and digital media expect that when we need to reinstall Windows on our only computer so that we can get work done... -
On Cheap Asses And Pandora
Posted on August 19, 2009 | View CommentsFrom the blog of Pandora: The revised royalties are quite high – higher in fact than any other form of radio. As a consequence, we will have to make an adjustment that will affect about 10% of our users who are our heaviest listeners. Specifically,...