Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, it’s Thursday, 21 September 2017 and this is the Morning edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. Puerto Rico has been devastated by Hurricane Maria. There is no electricity and it appears that there will not be any electricity for between three and six months. …
Monthly Archives: September 2017
The Nightshift: 20 September 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, it’s Wednesday, 20 September 2017 and this is the Morning edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. Hurricane Maria is pounding Puerto Rico as this post goes up. Quite a bad year for hurricanes. Mexico City hit by a 7.1 magnitude earthquake. Over 200 people …
The Nightshift: 19 September 2017
Press Clippings: Good Morning, it’s Tuesday, 19 September 2017 and this is the evening edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed (and yes, we’re running late today). President Donald Trump Spoke at the U.N.Today. The Senate is going to try, again, to repeal Obamacare. Think they have a better actual plan than before, …
Who Won?
Paying Attention: The 2017 Emmy awards were handed out last night (17 September 2017). Here are the winners (in bold) and nominees (not in bold) in each category: Outstanding comedy series “Atlanta” (FX) “Black-ish” (ABC) “Master of None” (Netflix) “Modern Family” (ABC) “Silicon Valley” (HBO) “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” (Netflix) “Veep” (HBO) Outstanding drama series “Better …
Understanding The Equifax Hack
Paying Attention: Embed from Getty Images Equifax got hacked. Big time. Over 143 million (one hundred forty-three million) records were stolen. Equifax is a big credit reporting service (one of three) and this type of data breach is not supposed to happen at a company that deals with such sensitive data. I talked with a …
The Nightshift: 18 September 2017
Press Clippings: Good Morning, it’s Monday, 18 September 2017 and this is the morning edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. Today is National National Cheeseburger Day. Have one, all the way. We have added Houston’s daily newspaper, the Houston Chronicle, to the list of world newspapers below. Also, we added the CNN …
The Nightshift: 17 September 2017
Press Clippings: Good Morning, it’s Sunday, 17 September 2017 and this is the morning edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. The British authorities have arrested a second suspect in the Underground Bombing. The arrest suggests that the bombing was not a “lone wolf” event. Names have not yet been released. Today is …
The Nightshift: 16 September 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, it’s Saturday, 16 September 2017 and this is the morning edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. The Cleveland Indians amazing 22 game win streak is over. They lost last night 4-3 to the Kansas City Royals. A “bucket bomb” exploded yesterday in the Underground subway …
Cut it out
Paying Attention: Embed from Getty Images Talk to someone in their 20s or 30s about their television habits and you find out one thing really quick: it’s not your parents TV anymore. It’s also not your parents’ Cable TV or satellite TV package anymore. The millennials have had it with overpriced subscription services that deliver …
The Nightshift: 15 September 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, it’s Friday, 15 September 2017 and this is the morning edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. The Cleveland Indians have won again, extending their streak to 22 straight. This could be the sports story of 2017. North Korea has launched another missile, this one …