Archives for the 'Internet' Category
Short Post: why “Green Acres” should come back…
A radio journalist on yesterday’s Marketplace Morning Report made a throwaway reference to the old sitcom “Green Acres,” which sparked my imagination. It’s time to return to Green Acres.
In the sitcom, Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor starred as a wealthy New York couple who move to the country town of Hooterville to become farmers. Albert, [...]
Dr. Horrible update… finally saw it…
And it’s a lot of fun.
A Firefox update, an Adobe update, and a temporary disabling of Norton AV all finally concluded in 14 minutes of fun… probably should have spent the $3.99 at iTunes, but at least I saw it!
And if this makes no sense to you, click here for deets.
I saw it in a [...]
Denied! Joss Whedon’s “Dr. Horrible.” Score one for conventional TV…
I was a Buffy/Angel fan (although, y’know, not crazy or anything) and so I read with interest that Buffy-creator Joss Whedon was planning to launch a new 3 act online video musical called “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” over the course of three days starting today (July 15, 2008) followed by a forced taking down of [...]
Gadget Review: Amazon’s Kindle
I’ve now read my fourth book on the Kindle and have enough of a take on it to write this post.
Big Takeaway #1: If you’re an inveterate reader like me, travel a lot for business like me, and have to read a lot of business books for your job like me, then, like me, you [...]
More on Boing Boing and Violet Blue…
Violet Blue kindly responded to my recent post about the L.A. Times story concerning how Xeni Jardin, one of the Boing Boing editors, removed references and links to her. You can find Ms. Blue’s comments here.
To recap, Ms. Blue utterly denies that Boing Boing removing links to her and her work would have any economic [...]
