Malaysia Airlines Flt 370: Coverage ClickPak

Press Clippings: Information from various sources today, 17 March, 2014,  on the year’s biggest mystery. Someone Took The Malaysia Airplane:  (Source: Bloomberg) Malaysia Backtracks On When Airliner Communications Went Down  (Source: New York Times) MIT Professor John Hansman discusses Flt 370  (Source: Bloomberg) Did Terrorists Take Over Flt 370 (Source: CNN) The Lost Final Hours of Flt. …

Concentrate: ADHD Does Not Exist

Paying (Not Enough) Attention: Ran across this piece sometime ago and then again in looking through the archives of the site, and thought it deserved some attention (rather ironic that my attention slipped to something else, is it not): It’s on ADD/ADHD, a condition that sometimes seems a bit like an epidemic today, and  the …

The Good News About Bad News

  Paying Attention:  The mysterious disappearance of  Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 has gripped the world’s media–particularly the U.S. media.  A giant airplane,a Boeing 777, with 239 people aboard,  disappeared on 7 March 2014 about an a hour and fifteen minutes into a flight from Kuala Lampur to Beijing. Those concrete facts are about the only …

Music For Sportscar Racing

The Hunt For New Music: The Twelve Hours of Sebring (62nd Annual ) runs this weekend at Sebring International Raceway in Sebring Florida. The Official Name of the Race is the Tudor United Sports Car Championship Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring fueled by Fresh from Florida for the Tequila Patron North American Endurance Championship,  but …

Color Coordination

Paying Attention:  Don’t know why the thought came up, but the idea of unique colors in the internet/digital age is starting to get a lot of attention here at the Media Bunker. Color is a key component of branding (i.e. Tiffany Blue, Hermes Orange, Kodak Yellow –not very visible anymore, regrettably) but generally not quite …

Winter Film Festival: Powder 101

Paying Attention: Powder skiing is considered to be the ultimate form of the sport, much like clay court tennis is considered the ultimate form of tennis. It requires it’s own technique and there is a bit of a learning curve, but the rewards are worth it. The first post in the Winter Film Festival series …

The Third Annual Winter Film Festival: Ski Priority 4–Pressure Based Steering

Edgework: Continuing with our series of videos to make you more technique conscious.  More instruction from the Ski Priority Series…this one on Pressure Based Steering, something you will need to master to ski it steep and ski it deep. Watch the video a couple of times and it’s best if you can kick it to …

The Third Annual Winter Film Festival: Ski Priority 6–Freedom

Edgework: This is what you want, is it not? Complete freedom on the mountain and in the snow. The power and skill and courage to tackle any slope with precision and the type of expertise that gives the rush without the bruises and medical adventures. The final installment of the BASS Network (British Alpine Ski …

The Third Annual Winter Film Festival: Ski Priority 5–Control of Line and Speed

Edgwork: You’ve seen the elements in the previous four Ski Priority videos; now learn how to tie them all together in the fifth installment on controlling your line and speed down the mountain. You do know what the fall line is, don’t you? The fall line is the fast way down the mountain. Because it’s …

Winter Sports Film Festival: Ski Priority 1–Centered Balance

Edgework: Is this the winter you said that you would definitely learn to ski the right way? Time’s running out on the season, but if you haven’t gone to the slopes yet–or you are at the slopes and just want to improve–we’re running a group of videos that will cover some of the basics of …