Death of Journalism – In the end, it was us all along
In the end, it wasn’t the Internet, or televsion or even bad management that killed journalism; we did it to ourselves. When I was in college, we held up the Bob Woodwards of the world…
Blue Ice – the new Techno-thriller by Mark N. Cahill
26 years in the making…I finally got the proof copy of my novel, Blue Ice. It’s true – I started writing it, and in fact, most of the first chapter remains from 1986, when I…
Friday Music Video: In Honor of the Political Conventions…King Crimson
Yeah…this about sums it up. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLQhLcKyGs8[/youtube]
Oracle moves emperil web development with Mysql
Often the biggest threats come not from without, but from within. There’s a big issue looming for web and mobile developers, and if it happens, it will affect virtually everyone that uses the web. The…
Web Design and Engineering Posts at CahillDigital.com
I’ve started blogging on my new company site – http://cahilldigital.com so you will definitely want to add that to your reading list. My last post was about Responsive Design, Retina Displays and their importance…
Red Sox Pull Off the Impossible
I’m going to state this clearly right at the outset: the Red Sox lost me last September with their heartless, uninspired play. This season I’ve watched more Orioles baseball than Red Sox, and the little…
An End to the Tyranny of the Commute
My years at Namemedia ended last month and I’m no longer forced to commute to Waltham from Central MA anymore. While I miss everyone I worked with at Namemedia, I certainly do not miss the…
Initial Thoughts on the HP G7 and the Toshiba Satellite P855
I found myself with a sudden need for new laptop last week. Not something I was really looking forward too, as I had a perfectly fine Dell MP4500 in my grasp up until last Friday…
The Last of the Old Time Newsmen
We are all a little less today, for the loss of a great newsman, Mike Wallace, formerly of 60 Minutes. He was a slave to the story; where it lead and who it lead to…
The 2012 New England Boat Show – Video Edition
This year, we pretty much only shot video, using my Evo 4g with an 8 mp onboard camera. It’s really the first time I’ve edited one of my videos down for release, and I can…