Merry Christmas Lights 2007!
For those of you cooped up inside your snowbound homes and those attempting to reduce your “carbon footprint” by avoiding driving around town looking for the best Christmas light displays,…
Homer Simpson, Noah Style
Back in September 2006, Noah Kalina got his 15 minutes of fame by posting a video on YouTube showing his face photographed every day for six years (see my earlier…
Video: World of Warcraft: Dancing
If you haven’t seen the World of Warcraft: Dancing video yet, you should. The combination of avatar dancers superimposed over dance clips is pretty cool, but what really makes it…
Do you poi?
I remember the thrill of watching the dancers at the Tahitian Terrace at Disneyland (before it was dumped for an Aladdin show in the same location) from a front-row seat…
Televised executions
I couldn’t believe it when the local news channel posed the question to its viewers via its website: Would you want to witness an execution ? It wasn’t the question,…
Save Net Radio and Music Diversity
To compare Internet radio to traditional radio, satellite radio, or digital music channels on cable is ridiculous. Most Internet radio sites are just ordinary people who enjoy listening to music…
Social networking sites not as social as they need to be
How many social networks do you belong to? How many social network sites do you really need? If you’re like me, you really only need one—as long as it has…
Should You Have to Have a License to Drive on the Info Highway?
Deb Shinder, Editor of WXPNews, posed the following question (and my comments follow): In the early days of automobiles, anyone who could afford one could buy a car and start…
Endangered Species Chocolate – Not a toxic source of lead
I love chocolate! (Big surprise, right? A lot of people love it.) If you read my blog regularly, you probably know that supporting organizations that save rain forests and ones…
Video: Judson Laipply – The Evolution of Dance
Judson Laipply is one heck of a talented comic dancer. It brought back so many memories from Elvis movies to Justin Timberlake. What a trip. Thanks to my friend Joey…
“Friend Like You”
A friend like you is rare. You’re the person I always hoped to meet, But shyly, I stand and stare. As you walk past unaware, I pray: “I wish you…
“A Mass of Individuals”
Purple and white globes of color Deck the foliage green. Fair are the flowers of the alyssum, One of the fairest to be seen. A mass of alyssum makes a…
Kellie Waymire – Loss of a famous loved one in the Internet age
A close relative of the deceased Star Trek Enterprise actress, Kellie Waymire, called me for insight on how to remove the actress’ name from several porn sites. There are no…
Why does this make me feel LESS safe?
Imagine you are a proud citizen of the glorious empire. Unfortunately, the Emperor was found guilty of war crimes (authorizing the torture of war detainees, launching preemptive strikes against other…
Secrets Often Stay on Cell Phones
It seems people swap cell phones, smart phones, and PDAs about as frequently as they change their smoke detector batteries. These miniaturized devices hold a large amount of personal data…