As much as I do like working at BMS, I can’t wait to get back to Philly. The reason is actually pretty simple: there’s always something going on in Philly. If you spend the time to look hard enough, there is an extremely good chance you can find something to do […]
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If you’re one of the few people who really know me, you already know I crack off jokes about SEPTA on occasion, from nothing says “Good Morning, Philly” like equipment problems to the real motto of SEPTA isn’t “We’re Getting There” it’s “We’re Getting There [Eventually]”. But despite the equipment problems, insanely crowded trains […]
Next Wednesday, Jan. 18th, The France Hopper Network will shut down for the full day in protest of SOPA. We firmly believe that if SOPA is passed, it will destroy the Internet as it exists today. We believe that SOPA is nothing more than an excuse to gain unrestricted control […]
As the final hours of 2011 slowly tick away, I thought I’d try to recap 2011 as it happened for me. Believe me, that’s pretty tough to do. Sure, there are a few highlights I can [vaguely] recall, but with twelve months, there’s got to be more than three or […]
Traffic light. Crosswalk. Card reader. Elevator. What do those words mean to you? Have you ever stopped to think about them? And I don’t mean “@#&@#! Why am I getting all the red lights today?” I mean really thought about them. Personally, I believe there are a lot of things […]
If you read that in the voice of a turret from the Portal series, congratulations. You read that correctly. If you did not, please educate yourself accordingly: Now, to business. Yes, I am still very much alive and very much busy with work and the upcoming holidays. I know I […]
Alright, maybe “first impressions” isn’t entirely accurate anymore. I originally planned to post this the first or second week of the month, but I’ve now been at my first job for almost a month now. I started it with really very little idea of what to expect. After all, I’ve […]
In the event you were not aware, Apple is accepting “thoughts, memories, and condolences” about the loss of Steve Jobs from anyone: fans, friends, Apple employees, literally, anyone. If you read last night’s update, you’ve already seen this first part, but I thought I’d share the email I sent in. […]
As you have likely heard by now, moments ago Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, passed away. I never had the honor of meeting him personally. I’ve never even seen him in person. But despite that, I considered Steve Jobs a mentor – the greatest mentor I was never able to […]
That’s right, I love it. While I may still be re-training my new Feed to show me stuff I actually care about, it’s about time real-time became the standard, albeit filtered. For I think about a year now, I’ve been using twitter in real-time. The split second anything gets posted, […]
Today marks my nineteenth birthday (well, technically around 11:30pm is when I officially turn nineteen). Nonetheless, it now means that in one year I’ll have spent two decades on this planet and lived through two centuries. Looking back, a lot has happened in the world in the nineteen years that […]
Anyone who knows me well would probably be stunned by that title alone. I have never been particularly fond of Microsoft, nor their products. I’ve long considered them to be behind everyone else. However, I found out this week that it’s a different story when it comes to Microsoft and phones. Their […]
Earlier this week, on Twitter I mentioned I was planning on talking about one of the greatest lessons I’ve ever learned in life. This is a story I’ve told before, but only to a very small number of people, and usually not in much detail. My idea to write about this […]
Last updated: Saturday, September 3rd Added: Thank you for not sending me mail or shout outs on how to run my portfolio. It’s my portfolio, not yours. Thank you for not begging for return investments. Changed: Nothing Removed: Nothing I thought now might be a good time to discuss this topic. In recent […]
Yesterday on Twitter, I tweeted some thoughts about a device I own called a Poken. Shortly after doing so, I got a reply back from one of my followers that said “@francehopper I still don’t understand Pokens. O.o” That reply got me wondering, how many people actually know what a […]
I thought it might be a good idea to post this given some recent analytic data I’ve been seeing. It looks like there are still a fair amount of people trying to find The Official ZREO Podcast (TOZP for short). That said, let me give you the full rundown on […]
You don’t have to be a rocket scientist, or any other form of scientist for that matter, to contribute to science. Honestly, you don’t even have to be a computer genius anymore. BOINC is so simple, you can just install it and forget about it now. Best of all, it only takes […]
If you’ve never heard of Swackett, one or more of the following may be true for you: You still get the weather from the morning newspaper (It’s OK, I used to too) You still use Weather.com and get bombarded with ADs (Psst, Google “Weather:”) You wake up at 4am and […]
As you may recall, about two months ago I did a vlog on the state of the Borders bankruptcy. When I did the vlog, it was shortly after the Borders location in Philadelphia closed, which meant I no longer had a Borders store to shop at. However, there was still one […]
This isn’t really a question I get asked (read: actually never), but I thought it was something I should share regardless. No one showed me anime. No one said “Hey check this out, you might like it” to me. I began watching anime completely on my own. The way I […]