The One Thing Newspapers Do Well…
Over the past decade, we’ve heard a lot of prognostications on newspaper’s place in the digital world, or perhaps their lack of said place. Inevitably someone comes up with the statement “local newspapers do one…
Home Printers – Box O’Nightmare
Over the time, we expect that technology will improve. The general notion is that gadgets become cheaper, with richer feature sets, and finely tuned reliability as they mature. We see this throughout tech, in computers,…
Taking Control of Your EVO 4G
Simple Tips for the Cyanogen Mod of the EVO 4G The problem: My Evo 4g Android phone ran out of space constantly due to the limited “on phone” memory (428 mb total). Most of this…
You Want Fries With That? Journalism in a Changing World
<This article was written in early September, and I can’t remember why I didn’t publish it then. Must have had more to say, but I can’t remember it now…> A look through my archives here…
Veteran’s Day
In the 11th minute, of the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month… Thanks to all now serving and those who have served. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrQnnZJ68Xo[/youtube]
Reflections of a Train Wreck
Perhaps Mike Lupica summed up the last 30 days of Red Sox baseball best: “It was like Mookie’s hit took 30 days to roll between Buckner’s legs.” Any Red Sox fan with half a brain…
Widgets – The Special Sauce for Android
Since January I’ve been rockin’ the HTC Evo 4g after being a long term iPhone user thanks to a ludicrous encounter with AT&T’s braindead customer service team. In that time, I’ve found the Android experience…
The Forgotten 404 Page
There’s a page on your site that never gets any love. You don’t really spend time thinking about it, your readers hate it when they see it and Google dings you for search if you…
Gone in 60 Seconds – Survival at Sea Edition
I saw the video on the news the other night of these guys who’s boat sank and one was able to film the entire episode with his helmet cam. It was truly scary stuff for…
WordPress Scalability
I know why I turn off many of the “tech experts” and “internet celebrities” – they’re wrong so often it makes my head spin. Take Chris Pirillo today on Google + pitching Tiki as a…