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Posts will include articles on jumping on things (parkour), meeting cool people (social media), playing with cool toys (technology), and doing good things (making people happy).
doing good things Archive
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The Day (after) The Lolcats Died
Posted on 2012/04/27 | 2 CommentsWhy, why are laws a thing you can buy? They got paid off, should be laid off, re-election denied Our web means more than lawyers, lobbies and lies So speak... -
The Day the Lolcats Died – SOPA PIPA Protest Song
Posted on 2012/01/20 | No CommentsI’ll have a full write up of this whole thing later, but a brief writeup of the last week: Last Tuesday I got involved in the fight against SOPA/PIPA and... -
On Meeting People from “The Internets” and Networking
Posted on 2011/04/22 | 7 CommentsMy name is Zachary Cohn, and I’ve met a lot of people from the Internet. Most recently I met my doppelganger, Zachary Cohen. Meeting people from the Internet is not... -
Tunnel Under the (NYTimes) Paywall
Posted on 2011/03/30 | 2 CommentsOn Monday, the New York Times’ paywall went live, preventing readers from reading more than 20 articles a month. There are some unusual quarks to this paywall though, such as... -
New Mission: Guerrilla Compliments
Posted on 2010/03/24 | No CommentsI have become enamored by the concept of guerrilla movements. The Princeton Dictionary defines a guerrilla as “a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by... -
Ah, Sweet Misremembered Youth
Posted on 2010/03/10 | 1 CommentThis is an excerpt taken from the editor’s note of the August 1986 edition of Analog: Science Fiction, Science Fact magazine. Analog is one of the longest running science fiction... -
5 Cool Things Zac Has Done
Posted on 2009/09/22 | 2 Comments5. Challenged Housing Department to get our basements back: Housing is more or less constantly trying to pull a fast one on RIT students. They often get away with it,... -
I Fought Housing… and I Won
Posted on 2009/09/22 | 1 CommentI am by no means spoiled. But sometimes it is necessary and proper to throw yourself on the ground, scream, flail, and thrash around for a bit. This is pretty... -
Keeping Busy This Summer
Posted on 2009/07/17 | 2 CommentsWe’re now officially halfway through Summer, and I’ve been keeping busy. I’ve started, finished, and am working on quite a few different projects. 1. APK Affiliate Program Toward the beginning... -
Call for Help – Parkour Non-Profit Fundraiser
Posted on 2009/06/10 | 1 CommentSome of my closest Parkour friends are from Seattle, Washington. Of the people there, Tyson Cecka has started a non-profit organization called “Parkour Visions.” “Parkour Visions seeks to improve the...