Monthly Archives: August 2009

Who is on Twitter? A lot of marketing types

More research (courtesy of eMarketer) on who is using Twitter. By the raw numbers, it's skewing more female than male, and tends to be favored by younger people (66 percent are 25 or younger). Ok, that's who's signed up. But … Continue reading

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Fun Wall Street Journal Blog Read

First, let it be clear. I love Facebook. I am friends again – virtually anyway – with one of my kindergarten pals. I loved him then. I love him now.  There are others, particularly this one guy that I don't … Continue reading

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Looking down on the cloud

The National Institute of Standards and Technology pulled together a succinct definition of cloud computing with characteristics, models and deployments. Like the author at Channel Insider who wrote about it, I think it works. What do you think? Wednesday, August … Continue reading

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Inglourious Basterds

When you’ve made Pulp Fiction, everything else is inevitably going to be compared to that movie making triumph.   It must be a curse and a blessing to Quentin Tarantino.  In this case, it’s a blessing for him because a lot … Continue reading

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A Special "Thank You"

I’d like to give a sincere shout out and thanks to the doctor and his team at the cardiology unit at the University of Wisconsin Hospital that took such great care of me during my recent episode.  Please take a … Continue reading

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Everybody Wants to be Italian — as long as they don't have to watch this

Loving the North End and being married to someone from the Boston area, I couldn't resist renting Everybody Wants to be Italian. Too bad this hackneyed love lost, love found story about a fishmonger and two women just didn't work. Basically, this … Continue reading

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Book Review: The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold

If there was one negative thing I would have to say about author Alice Sebold, it would be that she hasn’t written enough books. I was first introduced to Sebold’s writing when I read her award-winning fiction novel, “The Lovely … Continue reading

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Turns out Supernatural is a pretty darned good show

I vaguely recall seeing the promos for the CW show Supernatural when it started up. But going up against NBC's must-see TV, and with me having limited time and DVR capabilities during the week, I just never got around to … Continue reading

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Watching my pennies with a $3.99 movie download

It’s never a good sign when you sit down and can’t remember the movie you watched five hours earlier.Oh yeah, my iPod says I viewed Confessions of a Shopaholic. The chick flick starts out with a flashback of the main … Continue reading

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The Meth-head to the Madness

AMC is the next HBO.  On the heels of the wildly successful Mad Men – whose third season just debuted this past Sunday – the network has followed it up with another winner, the critically acclaimed, Emmy award-winning show Breaking … Continue reading

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