Entries Tagged as ‘Stuff My Generation Likes’

August 6, 2008

Stuff My Generation Likes: Entourage

A new blog, the Boston Sports Oracle, recently posted a story relating the Boston Red Sox to the hit HBO series, Entourage. Perhaps a die hard Boston fan can work the Sox into anything, but this post reminded just how popular and widespread the Entourage phenomenon is.
With the fifth season premiering on September 28, one [...]

July 15, 2008

Stuff My Generation Likes: Wikipedia

In our first years of school, teachers emphasized the importance of sharing. Then, it was primarily focused on sharing toys, food, and friends. Growing up in the 21st century, this notion of sharing spread into the realm of information.
The emergence of Wikipedia on everyone’s Bookmarks (or Favorites) has shown the benefits of sharing knowledge. Look [...]

June 30, 2008

Stuff My Generation Likes: Shuffle

On iTunes or any iPod, there is the invaluable tool of shuffling songs, having the forces of randomness mold our music playlists.

Perhaps this is because of our infectious cultural ADD—the desire for constant change, always shifting between songs for variation and to relive our boredom with the current selection. Or, perhaps, it is our spreading [...]

June 28, 2008

Stuff My Generation Likes: Free Music

We are one of the first generations to even imagine not paying for a song. Partly, this is because the record has evolved into the MP3. Partly, because of Napster. We happened to mature into our music-taste adulthood during a time which was shaped by the downloading of songs on Napster, and later, on other [...]