"I just know it is coming into the house," she said. "You know it will fly into the house and you won't get it out," she told me. But I didn't listen. We've got a little bird, probably a swallow, that has decided to nest in the little potted … [Continue reading]
Million Dollar Language
Posted on March 16, 2007 Written by
"Why use a 50-cent word when a 5-cent word will do?" That advice needs to be adjusted for inflation, because we live in the age of Million Dollar Language. I saw a billboard on the way in to work, highlighting a contest being run by a local bank. … [Continue reading]
TiVO’s big 2009 Announcement
Posted on March 15, 2007 Written by
I previously spilled the beans about the 2008 rollout of the Apple iWife. Now, I've unearthed the top-secret details of a coming breakthrough in Digital Video Recorder technology. … [Continue reading]
Consolidation
Posted on March 14, 2007 Written by
One of the downsides of media consolidation is the propensity of a small error to be magnified. Like this one, for example, from the Nashville Tennessean: Plan for emergenies Spring tornado season a good time to make sure you and your family … [Continue reading]
Parts is Parts of Parts
Posted on March 6, 2007 Written by
I have an annoying habit of noticing things that seem to bother me, and no one else. I have an even more annoying habit of sharing those things with people who don't seem to mind. And I have an intensely annoying compulsion to continue until others … [Continue reading]
Michael Medved’s Math Lesson
Posted on March 5, 2007 Written by
Apparently, I need to add "prophetic visionary" to my online resume. Or, I can add "shameless plagiarist" to Michael Medved's. I recently wrote about the ways in which we can build communities. I still hold that in the long run, you are better … [Continue reading]
Juggling Act
Posted on March 2, 2007 Written by
What's more challenging than running a real-time online newsroom for an American Red Cross disaster relief operation? Running two of them. [tags]Ike Pigott, Occam's RazR, American Red Cross, tornadoes, Alabama, Georgia[/tags] … [Continue reading]