Although not one of my original selections, I chose to introduce and follow Von Zipper because it is the surf/snow/sports company which I relate with the most; case and point, my initials. VZ, or Von Zipper, or Vince Zieser have influenced me to make such decisions as selectively and exclusively rocking out nothing but their shades, placing an 18" VZ decal on the rear window of my Silverado, and owning as much of their apparel as possible.
Here is Von Zipper's Twitter page, and from observation they typically use it in the same fashion as every other for service company, advertising. Any new/introduced product or team rider who wins an event is thrown up on a tweet and broadcasted to their 4,275 fan base.
Now onto why Egypt sucks...
They're putting thoughts into my mind of a new millennium civil war held here in the US. If a country can band together much like Egypt did to protest President Hosni Mubarak's 30 years in power thus causing the Egyptian government to shut down Internet service, than what would happen if the same happened on our soil? I'll tell ya, TURMOIL.
What would Youtube sensations such as fountain girl, or the millions who walk NYC streets texting, sexting, and browsing do if our government decided to shut down service? I'm not even considering the amount of businesses (all of them) that rely on web based technologies to function properly on a daily basis.
Check out this chart that displays the overview of routing activity in Egypt for the past 24 hours.
It's unbelievable to fathom the amount of damage this could sustain on a country, and Egypt is a prime example. With CNN reporters getting harnessed and abused while reporting live for simply displaying the violence that was ensuing, what would happen to the millions of innocent minding their own business?
Here is one last article describing the idea behind the Internet "kill switch" and if it truly necessary...
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