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 [...]

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 [...]

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. The game turned into a [...]

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 [...]

Lateral Publishing Debuts at TechCrunch Disrupt SF…

At the recently concluded TechCrunch Disrupt SF conference that was attended by 2,000 leading technology innovators and investors and over 150 new startups, Red Staple, a pioneer of tools that enable independent artists to easily and affordably create digital packages for rapid distribution, demonstrated its new e-Book authoring tools — a breakthrough in the emerging [...]

Sneak Peek: Red Staple ePub Authoring Tool

Lori from Red Staple, a pioneer of tools that enable independent artists to easily and affordably create digital packages for rapid distribution, gave a sneak peek of the company’s new authoring tool for creating enhanced iBooks and ePubs. This 7-min video, which was shot in late August, this gives you a sense of how quickly, [...]

Battle for the Bintje: Belguim’s Best Potato…

The Wall Street journal had a front page story about the fate of frites in Belgium. I knew Belgium fries were awesome, having had first hand experience many years ago. I figured part of the reason was tied to my experience on that cold very cold (finger numbing) day in March. A paper cone of [...]

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