We lost Ars Technica
Published on 18 May 2008 at 4:19 am.
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This is not a giant run-on paragraph. I’ll figure out why it appears that way later.
There’s no real problem with big sites. Some of the biggest are amongst the best. A bad example is Wikipedia, and a good example was Ars Technica.
Latin is by far my least Favorite language, right next to English. But since my mother tongue is English, I feel more than qualified to translate Latin to English, back again, and brutally mutilate both in the process.
That gives way to my favorite Star Trek-based Latin. “ex astris scientia” meaning “from the stars, knowledge.” Of course, this is also the best site for star trek information, be it imagined or real – http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/
But now let’s get back to Ars Technica. It’s the art of technology. And who can deny technology as an art? And really, who would say Ars Technica ever provided less than the best commentary on our modern technology.
A trillion years ago, had they existed, Ars Technica would have been covering the coin (had it existed) and the fear of predators. Oh, and a healthy dose of actual information!
Here’s the big problem. Condé Nast is unaware of art or technology. Hell, they own Wired.
Yes, the same “Wired” that publishes Leander Kahney’s, who (really, this happened) wonders why Steve Jobs refused to comment on a story about him (oh, could it possibly have something to do with calling his company’s customers cultists? nah!), blog “The Cult of Mac.” Better than Kayney himself, is his side-kick Mortensen… This guy thinks Apple should hire a man who’s iPhone was run over by a truck. Yah, Apple should hire him. Uh, why? Because he dropped his phone, it was run over, and still worked. Yes, our hero, and next Apple employee.
No offense intended to Ars Technica, but you guys could not have made a significant portion of what Condé Nast offered you over say the next 10 years? Cause, really, with the quality you publish, 2.5 million per year doesn’t seem that far fetched. Well now it does.