Chris Lysy

Happy Holidays Everyone!

The other day I was reading about Social Objects on Hugh MacLeod’s Gaping Void blog. I won’t go into too much detail, you can read his definition on his blog, but it made me think about why I like cartoons. I see them as conversation pieces that can take on a life of their own […]

Batman is the comic book representation of the argument for the super rich. Basically, the idea is that there are certain things that can only be done by individuals who have amassed large amounts of money. What would the New York Public Library be without the super wealthy? In Batman’s case, that’s the Joker and […]

Oh Christmas tree lights, my old adversary…

I worked for about 4 years at Kmart, which included a couple of Black Friday shifts. It always amazed me that no matter how underwhelming our sale items were, or cheap our giveaways, there would always be a line in front of our store bright and early…

We see drug ads everywhere else in the US, why not here too?

Happy Thanksgiving

I don’t think there is a huge divide between the people who know tech and the people who don’t. The bigger divide is between the people who are willing to just use the tech and the people who are not.

Question to ask yourself when putting a report, or anything else, on your website. Do you want people to read the thing or are you just making it available? If you want people to read it, do more than just add it to your site…

What do you get when I’m swamped at work? Random cartoons like this one…

I decree, the weekends shall be all about cartoons. It’s amazing how much my new iPad has boosted my cartooning ability. Apparently I just needed to reduce the number of steps needed to go from cartoon to publishable image.

True story, the identity of the person will not be revealed…