News, Views & Clues
Cool Tribute to Steve Jobs…
In the Sunday paper, Pearls Before Swine had a very cool tribute to Steve Jobs. You can find the Pearls cartoons online here. ### Read More →
Moto’s Droid RAZR: Slicing its Way into Relevance?
It slices through the air with the greatest of ease. Yeah, that seems to be the message of the ads that ran before the official release of Motorola Droid RAZR on Verizon Wireless. I kept wondering, why I would want a smartphone that can slice light poles in half? The follow-on ad was even more mysteresting (mysterious + interesting). It features... Read More →
Things I Finished by Sarai: A Cardboard Box Re-Purposed
In this week’s edition of “Things I Finished,” Sarai Hoffman talks about re-purposing a cardboard box to create something truly functional. *** Let’s be clear about this everything happened because I get distracted very easily and I have several empty cardboard boxes. My intent was to re-purpose these for my kitty to use as a scratch... Read More →
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 quarrel with... Read More →
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 of the mix for sautéing... Read More →
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 Catholic holidays of All Saints’... Read More →
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”... Read More →
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 just remember it as “the scream box.”... Read More →
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 eager... Read More →
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 became available on... Read More →
Plyometrics & Preparing to Play the Ducks: LSU Story…
On Thursday night, I watched the Cal Bears take on the Oregon Ducks in a nationally televised football game (with the Detroit Tiger baseball game on swap). While the first half was surprisingly close (Cal up 15 to 14), I sensed what was ahead. The Ducks are built for speed. LaMichael James (21) - Photo credit: The Oregonian The game turned into a... Read More →
Sappy-rado: New Chevy Ad Feels Weird…
Over the weekend, a new 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). See for yourself below. To... Read More →
