For those consumers desperately seeking another technology addiction, relief may be in sight. The TiVo television recorder was supposed to free viewers from the prison of living their lives according to the TV schedule. But many users lament that the device has rendered them TiVo-obsessed. “I love my TiVo and get separation anxiety when I [...]
So, just where is your 99 cents going when you buy a song at the iTunes Music Store? Well, it isn’t going to Apple. Steve Jobs tells The Register that most of that money is going to mollify the RIAA and the greedy record labels: Your 99c belong to the RIAA – Steve Jobs (The [...]
Well, it finally happened. Tom Ford and Domenico De Sole will step down from their posts at Gucci. The pair was responsible for bringing Gucci back from the dead several years ago. My guess is that Gucci will flounder again without a big name like Tom Ford. Top Executive and Star Designer to Step Down [...]
That’s what the Red Hot Chili Peppers used to sing, anyway. This time a few Catholic schoolgirls, feeling sufficiently empowered, pummeled a man who repeatedly flashed them: High School Girls Pummel Man Who Exposed Himself (Reuters)
The Gender Genie uses a simplified version of an algorithm developed by Moshe Koppel and Shlomo Argamon to predict the gender of an author. Give it some text and it will do its thing.
Pictures from my trip to Seattle are in the gallery. It was good to see some of the family and friends again and to see my cousin get married. Although, I found Seattle, itself, to be pretty unremarkable. Seattle is a little too granola for me. Seattle kind of reminded me of other cities on [...]
Here’s a nice pic of Parminder Nagra (Bend it Like Beckham, E.R.) and Liz Phair from the Radio Music Awards: Yahoo! News – Entertainment Photos – AP
P. Diddy, Mr. T called. He wants his hairdo back: Yahoo! News – Entertainment Photos – AP
I’m posting this from an internet cafe in Seattle while drinking a mocha from Vivace. Two things I never thought I would be doing anytime soon. I just thought I’d let you know.
The Chicken of the Sea people invited Jessica Simpson to their offices to set her straight on the difference between chicken and fish: Yahoo! News – Jessica Simpson Visits Chicken of the Sea Now who’s going to set her straight about buffalo wings?
