After the jump, Brian James Kirk goes to a little town called HOPE.

Ignite:Philly is existential proof that there are innovative minds in Philadelphia and it happens tonight at 6PM at Johnny Brenda’s and is quite ready to explode. I’d say that Ignite:Philly is our little taste of the West Coast/New York collaborative/creative movement, but that would be a disservice to the hard-working creative community we have here [...]

After the jump Brian James Kirk investigates the nuances behind the latest iPhone launch.

After the jump Brian James Kirk waxes about neo-hackerdom and tells the kids how it is.

After the jump, Brian James Kirk talks with one of the intrepid, unpaid souls who created iSepta, the bold new application that aims — gasp! — to make SEPTA suck less. No, seriously.

After the jump, Brian James Kirk looks down the social networking rabbit hole and finds an unbelievably annoying life that some of you are already living. Just hold on. It’s going to be OK.

In the third of his three-part series on the presidential hopefuls’ tech plans, Brian James Kirk discovers that while John McCain may not know how to program a VCR — it’s that whole generation, really, it’s just sad — he does pretty much know where the dough-ray-mi is.

Barry Hussein may be straight pimpin’ on his technologicals, but guess what? The Hillz might have been sippin’ from the Gore-acle, too!

In the first of his series which looks at the presidential hopefuls’ respective technology plans, Brian James Kirk looks at what Barack Obama is promising to the world of tech.

After the jump, Brian James Kirk puts two and two together and comes up with how Comcast just sneaked in a precedent-setting “fuck you” in the war against net neutrality.

>>>Yesterday, the Justice Department approved the merger of XM and Sirius satellite radio worth $5 billion. Hallelujah, shake dat booty, Howard Stern. Of course, monopoly is never that easy: now, Clear Channel is on its knees begging the FCC to restrict satellites’ often indecent, “cutting-edge” content. Good luck, but I have a feeling [...]

After the jump, Brian James Kirk dishes on how the world’s most expensive work in progress, the iPhone, is still just that. A work in progress. Not unlike a young Justin Timberlake, really.

After the jump, Brian James Kirk offers a primer on Web 2.0’s greatest Winehouse/Lohan-styled fuck-ups.

After the jump, Brian James Kirk examines the cult of Newgrounds.

>>> Grassroots organizers are petitioning the presidential candidates to debate science and technology at the Franklin Institute in April. The group is supported by a list of science and technology advocates which basically equates to a complete roster of the industries. Sounds neato, right? Then Dan Gross went and screwed the whole thing [...]

After the jump, Brian James Kirk provides a must-read on the status of Philly WiFi, and what Earthlink have half-assedly wrought.

After the jump, BJK chronicles the odyssey of two young men to just get some fucking cable up in here already.

After the jump, BJK bids a fond adieu to Digital Rights Management, but not to Lars Ulrich. Hell, no. Never!

After the jump, Das Kirker introduces you to the bold new old world of the Chiptune scene. Mario Brothers fans, step right this way.