The 2011 Rockettes Refresh…

The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, a holiday tradition in New York City, has got a new look to it. Well-known for featuring the Rockettes and their famous kick line, this year the director and choreographer Linda Haberman pulled off some technical and storytelling magic to bring the show into the 21st century. Some traditionalists may [...]

What’s for Dinner? From Farmer’s Market to Table

It all started with a flip through the November issue of Food & WIne. There was a recipe for Bucatini with Cauliflower and Brussels Sprouts.  The picture looked good.  Figured it was worth test driving for our Saturday night meal. The dish, contributed by Marc Vetri, includes onion, garlic, anchovies and herbs that are part [...]

Things I Finished by Sarai: This Week’s Celebration

The Day of the Dead (Dia de Los Muertos) is a holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and around the world in many cultures that focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. The celebration takes place over two days (November 1–2, in connection with the [...]

Cirque du Soleil’s Totem: The Story of the Costumes…

This links to the story of a very talented lady, Kym Barrett. She designed the costumes for “Totem,” the new Cirque du Soleil show. Her background is impressive — full of jobs like “The Matrix” trilogy and Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo + Juliet.” The story talks about how the designer has the “luxury” of a year [...]

An Option for Containing a Shout…

Being frustrated can trigger alls kinds of reactions. You might want to punch something or dash off an angry tweet, Facebook post or email. Or sometimes, you may just want to get it all out with a long, loud scream or shout. Something happened the other day that reminded me of a Flintstone episode. I [...]

360-Degree Approach to DR/BC Explained

In this short video, Steve Wallace, the AIS vice president of Network Operations, explains the 360-Degree Approach to Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity.

Finding Joe: The Story Behind the Story…

An incident took place during the recently concluded Frys.com open. Someone who claimed to have been inspired by the movie “Drive,” threw a hot dog at Tiger Woods in an act that he claimed was “courageous and epic.” Getting arrested for disturbing the peace and impacting the results on that hole (Woods missed his 18-footer) [...]

Murdoch Takes on Education Reform…

In an opinion piece appearing in The Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch, the chairman & CEO of News Corp. (which owns the Journal), talked about education reform. He opened by saying he favored the Steve Jobs model and referenced the “1984″ Super Bowl ad. “Our children are growing up in Steve Jobs’s world. They are [...]

Inside the BlackBerry Outage…

Research in Motion just had a really bad week. The service disruption that impacted most of the Canadian company’s key markets, including North America, Europe and Asia, and a big chunk of its 70 million world-wide subscribers, came at an awful time — as many BlackBerry users were being lured to the iPhone 4S (which [...]

Sappy-rado: New Chevy Ad Feels Weird…

Anew Chevy ad hit the airwaves. If you watched sports, you may have caught a glimpse of it. A little boy is playing with his “Tonka Toy” version of a Silverado truck — having created an imaginary world that supposedly mirrors his Dad’s (who just so happens to drive a Silverado truck).

The $500 Office Hoodie…

While catching up on my reading, I saw a story in Bloomberg Businessweek that talked about the “Office Hoodie.” A proponent of that type of attire because I am always cold. Hoodies are a staple in my closet. The thing that really got my attention was the price… $500 (!?) Really?? What makes a hoodie [...]

New iPod Nano Gets Unboxed…

The iPod nano 16G is pretty amazing. In fact, I’d say Apple hit it out of the ballpark with this 6th generation which has the same Multi-Touch screen as the iPhone and iPod Touch. The nano is way cute too! It boasts a 1.5-inch 240-by-240 pixel resolution display without much additional border. The official spec [...]

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