May 2009
Terry Hamad Obit →
April 2009
WatchIn 2007, as the world worried about a possible avian flu epidemic, Laurie Garrett, author of “The Coming Plague,” gave this powerful talk to a small TED University audience. Her insights from past pandemics are suddenly more relevant than ever.
Barry Diller Interview →
Interesting interview about newspapers, Ticketmaster, new media, social media…
WatchLearning the Guitar to get laid.
FCC involved in things it shouldn't be, again
I want the FCC the make sure my cel phone company does not drop calls, that when I turn on Channel 4 on my TV I get Channel 4. I want the Supreme Court to worry about important laws being broken and rights being trampled. But no, these two bodies are worried that kids might hear a bad word on TV. The Supreme Court wrote 69 pages on the subject… insanity.
Jambase: Jazz Fest | 04.24-04.26 | New Orleans, LA →
Some great photos from first weekend.
The Big Picture: Human landscapes from above →
3-D: It’s More Than Pictures With Depth →
3-D Wednesday continues…
The Problem With 3-D. It hurts your eyes. Always... →
Norman Lear: Dear Justice Scalia... →
50 Incredible Photography Techniques and Tutorials →
WatchThe Daily Show explores Balzheimers Disease
Jazz Fest's Quint Davis stands at the crossroads... →
Nice profile by the excellent Keith Spera, Music writer, The Times-Picayune
Tsunami signs in Venice →
Noticed they went up, never thought how much they might cost.
WHY IS NO ONE SUSPICIOUS OF SIMON COWELL'S LATEST... →
I mostly avoided the story about the woman who has made the internet rounds after appearing on Britain’s Got Talent, but what I saw bugged me and I didn’t even spend the time to try and figure out why. The NY Post has a story that sums it up well.
WatchDaily Show on tax protests
WatchThe Colbert Coalition’s Anti-Gay Marriage Ad… fantastic!
Rock 'n Bowl open in new space →
And the reviews are good.
Twitter really everywhere
After the twittering from the womb story I remembered Jenn told me about a church somewhere that encouraged the congregation to tweet during the sermon to “discuss” it. Later today I found another unique twitter user…
I was looking for #nab tweets - the # is a hashtag that people include to group tweets. Well I noticed a tweet with that had #nab in it and “we have a great...
Excel lookalike twitter client →
for hiding in a big office… your twitter looks like a spreadsheet! (note: I have not downloaded, just liked the idea)
Philips web ad - frozen moment to an extreme →
Check out this really cool frozen moment ad on a web ad for a wider TV from Philips. Insanely good production.
Taxi Magic →
Game changer iPhone App (other phones too)… finds a cab near you by GPS and books directly, even pay using phone!
Twittering from the womb? →
An inventor has come up with a belt worn by a pregnant woman that sends a message “I kicked mommy at xx:xx” every time it senses a kick.
“Red Dwarf was far and away the most watched multichannel show on Good Friday...”
– From this article. Dave is a network in the UK that aired the show (Red Dwarf) that I worked on in Chicago.
"Do not destroy those tapes" →
The LA Times has a great story about the woman who spoke those words and began a misson to preserve images from NASA in the 60’s that were on an old data tape format.
Read the article and also think about your backup and data future-proofing needs. It has been a few months since my last backup rant. My new favorite off site backup company is Backblaze… $5/month per computer. They...
TAKING FANTASTIC PHOTOS WITH AN IPHONE →
WatchLindsay Lohan has a good sense of humor… who knew?
Birdhouse - iPhone app for twitter →
All of the twitter iPhone aps I have tested are designed like twitter, have a thought, tweet it. I have often wanted a drafts like area where you could store shells of ideas for tweets, and publish when the thought is complete. That is the idea behind Birdhouse developed by a friend I worked with.
WatchSee what’s new at fxphd.com with the orientation week video for the April term.
WatchSimply amazing timelapse photography shot on a Canon 5D Mark II DLSR. Click the video to switch to HD.
“May we never question or mock serious things in life like a cynic…”
– Pope Benedict in his Good Friday address… damn, another thing we don’t agree on.
Bright Yellow Blog: Turning lemons into lemonade →
Our friend Jen (one “N”) has launched a new blog and has a great story in these times when all we hear about is random layoffs to try and please investors.
A Chicago area casino recently had a major fire and while they rebuild and try and get re-opened they are keeping employees on payroll & benefits for 90 days and encouraging them to do community service work. Read more at her...
Torture by DVD?
Perez Hilton is reporting that Matt Stone and Trey Parker received an autographed picture of Saddam Hussein shortly before he was executed. Saddam was featured prominently in South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut, where he has a love affair with Satan.
Says Stone: “I have it on pretty good information from the Marines on detail in Iraq that they showed Saddam the movie. Over and over again -...
WatchA 3 minute TED talk by Renny Gleeson - he breaks down our always-on social world — where the experience we’re having right now is less interesting than what we’ll tweet about it later.
