Archive for July, 2008
Senator Ted Stevens Indicted
Senator Ted Stevens (R) of Alaska was indicted today on seven counts of failing to report thousands of dollars worth of favors from a company that helped renovate his home. Stevens, the longest serving republican in Washington, has long been known for abuse of his office in the Senate.
A publication called Citizens Against Government Waste [...]
Mercury Rev Prepares Snowflake Midnight
How do you describe a truly incomparable band? Mercury Rev ratchets up the bar with their newest release - “Snowflake Midnight” - and in the process distinguishes themselves as one of the most truly unique artists in today’s lackluster musical landscape. The only way I could possibly describe or compare this CD would be to [...]
Zune Dock Review
Altec Lansing has been a quality name for audio for many years now - particularly speakers. They have made a product for the Zune called the IM414 MP3 Speaker System. Much to my surprise, the product got great reviews on amazon.com - but ONLY if you could get it to work! And unfortunately, the negative [...]
New “Kid” On The Search Block
Anna Patterson’s last search engine code was so impressive that Google snapped it up in 2004 to update their own software. Now Anna is back - but she’s keeping this one to herself. Cuil - pronounced Cool - is a new alternative to Google in the ever expanding wars for search engine dominance. At [...]
The Dark Knight Sets Box Office Record
So ok, I fell victim to the hype, and saw “The Dark Knight” yesterday afternoon. Clearly, I’m not alone - as the opening receipts for the latest in the Batman series set a box office record for single day sales at over $66 million dollars, easily topping Spiderman 3 for the honors.
I have to say [...]
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