Media
Best Of YouTube
Did you just get back from a ten year journey of self discovery to a Tibetan guru? Been out of touch for a while? Not sure what all the fuss is about this thing called YouTube? Here is a clip collection that will get you up to speed.
No Future in Newspapers
When I first decided to finish college (ten years after high school) I started looking at the educational programs available at my hometown public university. I was determined to pick a field of study that would be easy to get through; that it be interesting was a secondary consideration. The first goal was [...]
Gags of Wrath – Wiki-Hack
I was doing some research on the Great Depression when I came across a “humorous stealth hack” of Wikipedia.
In the description of The Grapes of Wrath plot there were slyly inserted references to “mad cow disease”, the dream of a “steady drug supply” and death by reindeer.
I don’t know about you, but when [...]
Newspapers Won’t Die
People just won’t quit talking about the “death of newspapers”. Newspapers are not going to die. At least not all of them. They talk about the death of newspapers all the time on this website. And I just found some talk on this website.
The following is a comment I posted to another blog on the [...]
Robin Miller is My Hero
Robin Miller says he gets fired for speaking the truth about motor racing.
Telling the truth in the media is usually risk vs. reward. You risk losing money, friends and stability for taking a stand while the reward is the conviction of your reporting.
Miller and veteran racing journalist Ed Hinton are on Speed TV’s Wind Tunnel [...]
Liz Taylor is 75
Elizabeth Taylor, star of such films as Butterfield 8, and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolfe, is 75 years old. This story is from Yahoo:
The Hollywood icon came down the red carpet at a Las Vegas-area resort in a wheelchair. She was escorted by her 52-year-old son Christopher Wilding, who shares the same birthday.
If you know [...]
