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Hi! I'm Will (or Technophile, or Techno, or Tech or that guy).
The forums are a damn cool place and you should check them out!

I live in LA and I work in the gaming industry in community management.

I <3 Destructoid

and now some rambling:

Technophilia and technophobia are the two extremes of the relationship between technology and society. The technophobe fears or dislikes technology, often regarding some or all technology with fear. This may be as a consequences of fear of change, a prior catastrophic experience with technology or because it may lead to a process of dehumanization.

The technophile sees most or all technology as positive, adopting technology enthusiastically, and seeing it as a means to potentially improve life and combat social problems. A technophile will choose technology above other methods rather than rationally selecting the best tool for the job.

* I'm a modern man.

A man for the millennium, digital and smoke free. A diversified multicultural postmodern deconstructionist. Politically, anatomically, and ecologically incorrect. I've been uplinked and downloaded. I've been inputted and outsourced. I know the upside of downsizing. I know the downside of upgrading. I'm a high-tech lowlife. A cutting-edge, state-of-the-art, bicoastal multitasker. And I can give you a gigabyte in a nanosecond. I'm new wave but I'm old school. And my inner child is outward bound. I'm a hot-wired, heat-seeking, warm-hearted, cool customer. Voice activated and biodegradable. I interface from a database, And my database is in cyberspace. So I'm interactive, I'm hyperactive, And from time-to-time I'm radioactive. Behind the eight ball, ahead of the curve. Riding the wave, dodging a bullet. Pushing the envelope. I'm on point, on task, on message, and off drugs. I got no need for coke and speed. I got no urge to binge and purge. I'm in the moment, on the edge, over the top, but under the radar. A high concept, low profile, medium range ballistic missionary. A street-wise smart bomb. A top-gun bottom feeder. I wear power ties, I tell power lies, I take power naps, I run victory laps. I'm a totally ongoing bigfoot slam dunk rainmaker with a proactive outreach. A raging workaholic. A working rageaholic. Out of rehab, and in denial. I got a personal trainer, a personal shopper, a personal assistant, and a personal agenda. You can't shut me up, you can't dumb me down. 'Cause I'm tireless, and I'm wireless. I'm an alpha male on beta blockers. I'm a non-believer and an over-achiever. Laid back but fashion forward. Up front, down home, low rent, high maintenance. Super size, long lasting, high definition, fast acting, oven ready, and built to last. I'm a hands on, foot loose, knee jerk, head case. Prematurely post traumatic, and I have a love child who sends me hate mail. But I'm feeling, I'm caring, I'm healing, I'm sharing. A supportive bonding nurturing primary care giver. My output is down, but my income is up. I take a short position on the long bond, and my revenue stream has its own cash flow. I read junk mail, I eat junk food, I buy junk bonds, I watch trash sports. I'm gender specific, capital intensive, user friendly, and lactose intolerant. I like rough sex. I like tough love. I use the F word in my eMail, And the software on my hard drive is hard core, no soft porn. I bought a microwave at a mini mall. I bought a mini van in a mega store. I eat fast food in the slow lane. I'm toll free, bite sized, ready to wear, and I come in all sizes. A fully equipped, factory authorized, hospital tested, clinically proven, scientifically formulated medical miracle. I've been pre-washed, pre-cooked, pre-heated, pre-screened, pre-approved, pre-packaged, post-dated, freeze-dried, double-wrapped, vacuum-packed, and I have an unlimited broadband capacity. I'm a rude dude, But I'm the real deal. Lean and mean. Cocked, locked and ready to rock. Rough tough and hard to bluff. I take it slow. I go with the flow. I ride with the tide. I got glide in my stride. Drivin' and movin', sailin' and spinnin', jivin' and groovin', wailin' and winnin'. I don't snooze so I don't lose. I keep the pedal to the metal and the rubber on the road. I party hearty, And lunch time is crunch time. I'm hanging in, there ain't no doubt. And I'm hanging tough, over and out.

RIP G.Carlin



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State of the Forums – April Edition Technophile | 6:41 PM on 04.02.2009 23 comments

OH HAI! So what’s been up in the forums lately? Some pretty good stuff I might say. Our active users has been rising every day, we hit a new record of most users at one time (118) and we have decorated the place a bit. Since I last blogged, I’ve put up a new forum theme called “Also,Cocks” that people seem to like. We added a nice little nav bar (which is a version of the one on the homepage) with active links that can take you pretty much wherever you want to go. We did some color adjustment and generally made it look like its own little piece of the site. I’m very proud of it and it wouldn’t be what it is without all the awesome feedback and suggestions I got from the forum goers. So you should probably go check it out. The “classic” greentoid and UltraGreentoid skins are also available for you to use if the new theme doesn’t work for you, although you miss out on some of the fancy linkage I’ve got at the top. Also in full swing is the badge system. While I spoke about the first two badges in my previous blog, the community has responded very well to them and we’ve added many more based on their suggestions and updated the rules on obtaining a couple of them. I’ll outline them here RULE CHANGE! – The Front Page badge. I’ve been awarding these since the 16th of March as I see cblogs make it to the front page. Originally I had stated this would only carry from the 16th forward. I have added a additional stipulation to this, if you can PM me a link to the blog on the front page I will happily award you the badge. This makes sure those that really want it can get it. You can only get it once (otherwise things would get cluttered) so just one link will suffice. NEW BADGE – The Old “school” gamer badge. For those over 35 that actually want to advertise they have been around forever, can simply PM me and get the badge. (art by ZombiePlatypus) NEW BADGE – The Destructoid Community Discusses badge. Inspired by Tactix’s excellent blog series, I’ve awarded this badge to every community member that has participated in this series and will continue to hand them out as Tactix does new editions. NEW BADGE – Contest Winner Badge! Win a contest on the front page? Then here you go. Same rules as the Front Page, if you have won a contest previous to March 16th, PM me with a link to the article saying you won and the badge is yours. I’ve been handing these since the 16th as I see them on the front page. This applies ONLY to official Destructoid contests that are featured on the front page and not any community run ones (as those are impossible to keep track of). NEW BADGE – Failcast, the community podcast. Have you been on failcast? If so, you get this badge. I’ve awarded as many of these as I could track down (with the exception of the PAX edition that had too many people for me to figure out) I will continue to award these as the episodes come out. (badge art by Icarus) I’ve still got room for 2 more badges and while I’ve got a ton of suggestions,I still want more. I want to keep to the theme of having them be community earned and for things that are unique (in other words, NOT post counts or comment counts or anything along those lines). So go ahead and put down your suggestions (and art!) in this thread - http://www.destructoid.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11833 Overall, despite a bit of drama we have had recently the forums have been humming right along. Come on by and have some fun with us. The podcast forum hosts stop by regularly, the Bar section is by far the most popular place to hang out and Mxyzptlk runs the FNF forum section like goddamn clockwork. I also want to give a tip o’ the hat to Dexter345 for coming back, Banj for being Banj and to all the editors and staff that come by often and the podcast hosts (especially podcastle) for really having fun with their respective forums. Thanks and I’ll be back in a month or so.