Drudgereport Slants the News
Over the last few years, much has been made about the move to “online media”, and that traditional media, from newspapers to radio to television were all doomed as the new wave on online...
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I have discovered more and more I read the flailing Wired magazine the same way I read The Onion, mostly for a laugh at the outrageous and humorous things that appear there. In the...
Report: Castor Semenya is a Both
Well, this is certainly one for the “should have been obvious” file. South African “female” running star Caster Semenya has apparently tested as a Hermaphrodite, which is to say that she really isn’t a...
Perez Hilton Gets More than Black Eye Over Michael Jackson Attack
it hasn’t been a very good week for Perez Hilton, the screen name for flamboyant “blogger” Mario Lavandeira. First off, he gets into a scuffle in Toronto with Members of the Black Eyed Peas,...
Perez Hilton Insults Dying Michael Jackson
Quite simply, I am shocked and dismays. As many of us who grew up in the 70s and 80s, I didn’t really like Michael Jackson’s music (rock guy here) but still had respect for...
Under The Hood of FREE!
Welcome to the third part of my look at the world of “FREE!” as proposed and pushed by a few pundits and online bloggers as the future of stuff. I am particularly focused on...
The Lie Of Free Continues
If you believe the buzz, if you are foolish enough to fall for the gurus, then you probably think that “FREE!” is the next best thing in marketing. As I mentioned last time out,...
The Long Lie
A few years ago, Chris Anderson, the editor in chief of Wired Magazine wrote a book called “The Long Tail”. In a nutshell, Anderson’s observations were based mostly around the book, video, and music...
Greed Killing Formula 1?
I will be the first person to admit that this is a story that could have been written in any of about the last 10 years. Formula 1 has become the largest sink hole...
North Korea Firing Rocket or Launching Satellite
Well, as I mentioned about a month ago, airlines had started to turn north korea into a no fly zone, as a result of Pyongyang suggesting that there might be trouble. Everyone in the...
ER Draws Last Breathe; Era of TV Ending?
NBC’s long time hit show ER is grinding to a finish this week, the end of it’s 15th a final season. It’s been a struggle the last couple of years for this “use to...
Report: Whitehouse asks GM CEO to Step Down
In the almost never ending saga of the embattled US auto makers, there have been a few odd twist and turns. This is probably the oddest one so far. According to the Associated Press,...
CNN Slips to Third, or Did they?
An interesting report on the March viewership numbers from Nielsen Media Research. shows the CNN is slipping to third amoungst cable news viewship in prime time. “Through Wednesday, Fox was averaging 2.73 million prime-time...
Google StreetView Hits UK Privacy Snags
More and more calls are coming to shut down the Google Streetview service of UK locations, after serious privacy concerns have been raised and many complaints have been registered. European privacy laws are very...
