No wonder a chill was running down my spine most of the day. A CJR essay makes a cogent argument that “journalism needs a rhetoric beat.” Britannica Blog has a very interesting post on why the written word has “no real information value” for communicating with an extraterrestrial civilization. Colbert may be done but […]
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This post has been simmering for well more than a month now and, while I hate to admit it, the recent long home stand of the Stampede brings it to fruition. The games reminded me all too painfully of songs that absolutely drive me nuts. I’m not talking annoying, somewhat obnoxious or even mere hatred […] BoingBoing pointed me to an interesting little tool over at Gracenote. Once known as CDDB, Gracenote provides the service a lot of music software uses to obtain album information. When you insert a disc into the CD or DVD drive on your computer, the software may very well connect to Gracenote to populate the title, […] Out-of-state travel is the cause of the latest interruption of blogging — plus it made me go cold turkey for several days from my hockey addiction. Rather than regaling readers with travel tales, here’s several items items I’ve noticed over the last week or so. Denise Ross has launched a website, including a blog, for […] Okay, I’m addicted. And that’s the reason things have been sparse around here lately. What am I addicted to? NHL Center Ice. In eight of the last 10 days or so, I’ve spent anywhere from two to four hours a night watching hockey on TV. The two days I missed were because I was at […] |
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