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Friday, January 16th, 2009
The Slow Death of Print Media
A picture taken from the blog of ‘the Stranger’ in Seattle. The Seattle P-I is on it’s last legs. I’ve also got wind of layoffs at CBS radio in Seattle not to mention the potential massive layoffs that Microsoft is flirting with. The decline of the Seattle market is a cannary in the coal mine. [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Industry News,Microsoft by Jason D.
Friday, January 16th, 2009
Christina’s World
Painter Andrew Wyeth has died. He was 91. This blog might be about technology and media content and all that but I think if this blog exsisted in 1948 when ‘Chritsina’s World’ was painted I would have blogged about it. You can visit the online version of the painting via MoMA.org. While Wyeth had a [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Content,Off topic by Jason D.
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
Golden Globes
Woah, trying to do a little catch-up as I’ve been just getting over my December hangover. This year was particularly awful due to crazy weather, unusual projects at work, and of course moving. Each one would have been a struggle on its own but combine the three and I’ve been laying low here on IandB. [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Movies by Jason D.
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
Dumbest Idea of the Week
Cell-Mate is a product that looks like a joke. I kept clicking around their website trying to find that hidden page 5 links in that would suddenly say “but seriously folks, this product is not real and would be an abomination to society if it was ever produced as anything but a seriously worthless gag [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Hardware by Jason D.
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
Get Well Steve
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is going to be taking “a medical leave of absence until the end of June.” Below is the text of a letter he sent out to Apple employees today. We wish Jobs a speedy recovery and will welcome him back as CEO in June. Also, best of luck to Tim Cook [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Apple by Jason D.
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Apple Commercials
So, Steve Jobs isn’t going to Macworld and Apple isn’t going to Macworld after this year all together… let’s drop their stock 6 bucks a share. Anyway, I’ve been crazy busy the last few weeks. We’ve had snow, much like much of the nation, and have the potential for more, lots more. Hope everyone [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Jason D.
Thursday, December 11th, 2008
Golden Globe Nominations
The Golden Globe nominations were announced this morning. You can find a full list here. I would say nothing too surprising, Heath Ledger was nominated for beast supporting actor, and ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ was nominated in multiple categories including best Picture-Drama. There are several of these films I haven’t seen but that [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Industry News,Movies,TV by Jason D.
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
Yahoo! Search Terms 2008
Yahoo!, the internet for teenagers, has released their top 10 list for most searched terms of the year. For the fourth year in a row ‘Britney Spears’ has shocked and confused people so much they want to know what stupid thing she’s done now. In fact in order to attempt to increase traffic to our [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Internet by Jason D.
Monday, November 24th, 2008
iPhone for your tongue
When it’s cold out during the winter months and you don’t want to take off those gloves for fear of having your fingers go numb… Have no fear, your tongue is here. I’ve discovered through a similar situation that some stuble on the chin won’t get the phone to answer. What I needed was my [...]
No Comments » - Posted in iPhone by Jason D.
Monday, November 24th, 2008
No Doubt to Tour in 2009
HOLY FREAKING YES!