If you’ve visited the homepages of Google, Wikipedia, and/or Mozilla this fine Wednesday, you’ve likely noticed a theme among all three. These new media staples are protesting two anti-web piracy bills up for consideration by Congress. One is the Stop Online Piracy Act (House bill, written by Representative Lamar Smith, a Texas Republican). The other is the Protect Intellectual Property…
Tag: Steve Felano
Let the snow sports begin!
It’s that time of the year again! Time for feet upon feet (hopefully) of that white precipitation we love so much here in the northeastern U.S., and the many outdoor sports opportunities that come along with it. Be it skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, sledding, ice skating, hiking, or some other method of gaining forward momentum during the months when the mercury…
Generational Politics
Doing some scanning of the online news landscape during the first week of November, I came across an interesting study released by the Pew Research Center. It’s called The Generation Gap and the 2012 Election: Angry Silents, Disengaged Millennials. The document outlines a number of conclusions, with the thesis being that generational differences have come to hold more and more…
Welcome! It’s Nice to Have You
A warm hello to all College of Saint Rose students, faculty, staff, and members of the general public. As you have no doubt gathered, you have arrived at the institution’s official blog – a project that counts members of the aforementioned groups among its many contributors. Welcome to my personal slice of it. You may be asking yourself, or perhaps…