“I’m quitting,” my freshly divorced friend ceremoniously announced. “That’s it! I’m going to pull out of this silly race while I still have a scintilla of self-esteem intact.” “No you’re not,” I retorted. “Quitting is not permitted. You’re just having a bad day. You’re blood sugar’s low. You’re hormonal. Go have a double cappuccino or a

Darn.  Wanna know something really sad, and then something that’s even sadder?  Of course you do!  So I shall share, because I’m nice that way. First sad thing…..I can’t play World of Warcraft on my computer. Second sad thing is the reason…..You need a 56kBps connection to play.  The highest I have ever gotten on my dial

Today seems to be a “good news day”, well, at least for me since the side it actually up again for quite some time and I was just a little slow it noticing it. Demonoid.com is the best BT tracker out there! Screw the RIAA!

A powerful new model has emerged within the economics of e-commerce, observed Chris Anderson in his 2004 Wired magazine article, “The Long Tail.” [1] Today’s consumers have highly-individualized tastes that include more than just mainstream fare. With the help of foresighted, all-inclusive online retailers, people are getting what they want: offbeat movie rentals from Netflix,

By the Project for Excellence in Journalism “The state of the American news media in 2008 is more troubled than a year ago. And the problems, increasingly, appear to be different than many experts have predicted. Critics have tended to see technology democratizing the media and traditional journalism in decline. Audiences, they say, are fragmenting across new information

“The invention of the Weblog has shoved journalism into a reformation, perhaps a revolution,” wrote Joseph Rago, an assistant editorial features editor at the Wall Street Journal[1]. The majority of blogs on the Internet are simply personal web sites — sites that exist because blogging software is free, readily available, and automates much of the

Just before the end of 2005, programmers Chad Hurley and Steve Chen launched a simple, social website that allowed anyone with an Internet connection to upload video clips and share them. Within a matter of months, YouTube.com had become a phenomenon–recognized as one of the fastest-growing websites in the world. Some 100 million video clips

Just a heads up: Bill Pay will be down from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. the following dates for maintenance. Sunday, June 8 Sunday, Aug. 10 Sunday, Sept. 7 Sunday, Oct. 12 Sunday, Nov. 2 All you late night/early morning bill payers will have to wait until a decent hour Sunday morning. Sorry for any inconvenience!

Let’s be honest. Who hasn’t  made an obscene gesture or two or had a wild night where the night cap “smart drink” was a dumb idea. We’ve all had our moments we wished we could forget. Only in these times with pocket-sized high-technology it’s very easy not only for these forgettable occurrences to be remembered,