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How Big is the Big East?
Saturday, March 28, 2009
My Son the Virtual Doctor.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
DOD Re-arming Itself?
Friday, March 27, 2009
The U.S. Department of Defense has contracted Worcester Polytechnic Institute to find a way to regenerate human body parts to possibly usher in a whole new world of combat.
Obama’s Online Town Haul
Thursday, March 26, 2009
By all accounts, President Obama’s online town hall meeting was a big success. Because it was a first of its kind for a sitting President, the media fawned over the idea all morning, meaning the event was a huge PR success before the broadcast even started. The participation numbers are impressive as well. As I write this, the official stats on Whitehouse.gov state “92,934 people have submitted 104,070 questions and cast 3,605,903 votes.” Looking behind these numbers gives you the true measure of success for this excercise.
Why Congress keeps delaying the Digital TV transition
Monday, March 23, 2009
Now I don’t want to confuse everyone, since the digital transition is not just about HDTV (many existing and new digital stations will broadcast in standard definition after the the transition), but Politico has a great piece today on how the clarity of HDTV is taking it’s toll on politicians. With standard definition television, blemishes and imperfections could be covered up with makeup, leaving TV personalities and politicians looking their best.
With HDTV, the clarity of the picture makes “cover up” attempts look even worse than the blemish itself, leaving politicians to let their imperfections shine through. Politico points out that the change has the potential to cost votes. The quote of the story comes from a bystander at an event watching Bill Clinton on a high definition monitor: “Clinton looks older than T. Boone Pickens”
Pork Can Be a Good Thing in the Hands of the Right Guy
Sunday, March 22, 2009
An old world lesson on how to really make sausage.
Blowin’ in the Wind
Friday, March 20, 2009
Bob Dylan angers Malibu neighbors with a stinky port-a-potty on his property
Boozing it up in North Dakota
Friday, March 20, 2009
A North Dakota group is under fire for spending federal disaster relief funds on “unallowable or questionable” items, including a good amount of booze.
How does the group’s president, Mark Weber, respond?
“We would go out to supper and have a beer or two,” Weber said. “These are things people do when they’re getting something done.