Stop Defending Old Business Models

Posted on May 20th, 2008 in Digital Living | No Comments »

Here it is, direct from the horse’s mouth, a message from News Corps. President Peter Chernin telling cable companies (and media companies) to stop their obstructionist ways. Watch the video on AdAge Whether every day individuals realize it or not, we do control the marketplace and it’s beginning to show.
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Shut the Hell Up

Posted on May 18th, 2008 in Politics | No Comments »

This was too priceless to not repost. Regardless of your political slant, the words spoken in this edition of Countdown with Keith Olbermann should resonate with every American.

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The gold standard

Posted on May 7th, 2008 in Digital Living | 1 Comment »

When I first heard the name of a great new viral website “Paint that shit gold”, I immediately had a few sites in mind that I’d love to tag.  It’s really just a monumental waste of time, but great fun at the same time. Check it out at www.paintthatshitgold.com.   More gold…  Read the rest of this entry »

Times. A personal RSS paper.

Posted on May 6th, 2008 in Digital Living | No Comments »

Times (a Mac OS RSS reader application) is a fresh approach to getting your daily feed of news and information. With Times you get a really slick application that gives you a quick glance at all your RSS feeds in an “almost real” newspaper UI.  After using iGoogle for a long time as my primary RSS aggregator, this application is extremely refreshing and a pleasure to look at.  The next question is, am I willing to buy it? Read the rest of this entry »

Wild Alaska Mother’s Day

Posted on May 6th, 2008 in Announcements | No Comments »

And now for something completely non-techy. The Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center near Portage Glacier outside of Girdwood, Alaska is having an open house for Mother’s Day. Admission is FREE on May 11, 2008. Read the rest of this entry »