Archive for 2009/06


Conan vs. Letterman

Is this alternative versus classic rock? That’s what the music business says, we’ve got to be young and hip, the kids demand it!  We’re a youth business! Then why is it that Led Zeppelin is still bigger than any act hatched in the MTV era? NBC should have paid off Conan and left Leno at […]

Guy Starts Dance Party

What if he had a megaphone.  And implored those in attendance to join in, telling them he was the new dance king and they’d enjoy participating? He’d have been shouted down, if not stoned to death. I won’t say the gentleman in this viral video dances as poorly as Elaine on "Seinfeld", but the moves […]

WWDC

There’s the news…  The new MacBook Pros and iPhones, with the concomitant price drops.  But what wowed, in typical Apple fashion, was software. Ever lose your phone? Well you can dial your misplaced iPhone, make it beep, display a message where to call you to redeliver it and if you’re truly paranoid, you get the […]

Wikipedia

There’s an ultimately boring article on Wikipedia in today’s "New York Times".  For those scoring at home, the article focuses on editing, with the primary controversial topic being Scientology. I’ll leave the details out, if you’re that interested, you can click through.  But what got me to write this was the sidebar, wherein the genre […]