Paying Attention: Trailblazer is a new type of tool that enables you to track your browsing across the internet in 3D vs. a flat 2D list of sites visited. It’s designed to limit the numbers of tabs open on your browser at any one time, and to work as a tool to enable you to know not …
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The Songs of Summer (1962-2014)
Press Clips: Summer time means summer songs (somehow, always the most memorable tunes). What were the top summer songs of years past? NPR has a created a list of the best songs of summer. Give it a listen.
Best SNL Opening Monlogues: Kevin Hart (date)
Paying Attention: SNL has brought a lot of humor (and comedians) to American culture. This post starts a series that honors the very best opening guest monologues on SNL. First up: Kevin Hart, with a classic from January 2015. The Fine Print: Embed via YouTube. Thanks to SNL for sharing. All rights reserved by …
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Wilde on overdressed..
“You can never be overdressed or over-educated…”
Under Armour Makes Its’ Move
Paying Attention: When Jordan Spieth came within a stroke of moving into a playoff for the The (British) Open Championship, most eyes were on the piece of history he was trying to make: become the first player since Ben Hogan to win three majors in a year (Hogan won the Masters, the U.S. Open and …
The Weekend Concert Series: The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland, 1978
The Hunt for New Music. The Blues Brothers, a traditional blues/R&B/soul band, began as an comical/music act on Saturday Night Live, inspired by a meeting that John Belushi had with blues singer Curtis Salgado while Belushi was filming Animal House. In the faux-blues-band-turned-real-live-performers, Belushi performed as “Joliet Jake” Blues (Vocals) and Aykroyd was Elwood Blues(Backing …
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Should Apple Buy Greece?
Why not? The Eurozone leaders are not particularly happy to have Greece as a member (they’re hundreds of billions of Euros in the hole). And Greece is not particularly happy to be in the Eurozone, and said so in a national vote when they opted out of the first set of terms for a Greek bailout. …
Risi Comp 6th at Mosport
(Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada)….The Risi Competizione Ferrari 458 Italia No. 62 took 6th place in the Sunday 12 July 2015 race at the legdary Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (“Mosport”) track. Full report to follow. Be sure to check out the photo galleries for this week’s race.
Wimbledon by Text
Paying Attention: Amazing piece of journalism going on now, via The Guardian (England), which is currently featuring coverage of the Serena Williams/Maria Sharapova match by running text. Catch it if you can….very well done.
How to Watch Wimbledon. Extended Coverage Edition.
We recommend YouTube, for interviews, rallies, instruction, and lots of stuff you won’t find elsewhere. Just click this link and then look for the matches and features from the tournament that you want to see. For example, here’s a full length telecast of Day 9 at Wimbledon, from YouTube’s Wimbledon Channel. It’s all good for …
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