The Nightshift: 17 December 2016

Press Clippings:
It’s Saturday, 17  December 2016.
The last weekend before the Christmas weekend, which is coming up in just 7 days.
Step out of the blur and catch up with world events by clicking on one of the links below which takes you to the front pages of the world’s great newspapers.
Now, more than ever, you are advised to click-through.
And Happy Holidays.
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
This post is number 864 for this site. 

The Nightshift: 16 December 2016

Press Clippings:
It’s Friday, 16 December 2016.
This will be a massive shopping and celebratory (party) weekend. Step out of the blur and catch up with world events by clicking on one of the links below which takes you to the front pages of the world’s great newspapers.
Now, more than ever, you are advised to click-through.
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
This post is number 862  for this site. 

The Nightshift: 15 December 2016

Press Clippings:
It’s Thursday, 15 December 2016.
Christmas is closing in on us, the end of the year is almost here, and a new President is making plans to take office. Lots going on at this time of the year.
Step out of the blur and catch up with world events by clicking on one of the links below which takes you to the front pages of the world’s great newspapers.
Now, more than ever, you are advised to click-through.
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
This post is number 860  for this site. 

Do Smart Products Make Dumb Gifts?

Paying Attention:
Christmas is the time to give, give, give, with many opting to hand out high-tech gifts and gadgets during the season.
And why not? Tech (high or low) is a major part of modern life and often the new tech from year’s past evolves into an everyday necessity that you didn’t know you needed until someone gave it to you at Christmas.
But, there is a limit.
A constant barrage of “smart” products is now raining down on us this holiday season and not all of them are very “smart”; many of them require a lot more assistance to do a simple chore than the “dumb” products they are supposed to replace.
Here’s an enlightened viewpoint on the topic from Fast Company’s Co-Design site.
Well worth the time to read.
It just might change your viewpoint on that “must-have” gizmo.

The Nightshift: 14 December 2016

Press Clippings:
It’s Wednesday, 14 December 2016.
The predictably contentious Presidential-transition process continues, with a new controversy seemingly everyday. It’ll be interesting. Stay tuned.
In the meantime, step out of the blur and catch up with world events by clicking on one of the links below which takes you to the front pages of the world’s great newspapers.
Now, more than ever, you are advised to click-through.
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
This post is number 857  for this site. 

The Christmas Playlist Series: No. X

The Hunt For New (Christmas) Music: 

 
Combine this playlist(which is Part B) with the previous one (No. X, Part A) and you’ll have several hours of great holiday music.
Happy Holidays and good listening.
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The Fine Print: Image courtesy of our friends at Getty Images (all rights reserved), who graciously make available their vast archive of photos to non-profit bloggers and websites. Check it out–they have the last century on file. Thanks, guys, as always, for sharing.

The Nightshift: 13 December 2016

Press Clippings:
It’s Tuesday, 13 December 2016.
The predictably contentious Presidential-transition process continues, with a new controversy seemingly everyday. It’ll be interesting. Stay tuned.
In the meantime, step out of the blur and catch up with world events by clicking on one of the links below which take you to the front pages of the world’s great newspapers.
Now, more than ever, you are advised to click-through.
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
This post is number 854  for this site. 

 

The Christmas Playlist Series: No. X

The Hunt for New (Christmas) Music:

This playlist is composed of the best of the previous playlists. This is Part A. Combine it with the playlist that follows and create your own super-Christmas playlist for the season.
Line ’em all up on your playback system and let them play all day(or night).
All good. All totally in the holiday spirit.
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The Fine Print: Image courtesy of our friends at Getty Images (all rights reserved), who graciously make available their vast archive of photos to non-profit bloggers and websites. Check it out–they have the last century on file. Thanks, guys, as always, for sharing.

The Nightshift: 12 December 2017

Press Clippings:
It’s Monday, 12 December 2016.
The work week is on, the Big Day is coming (only 12 more Shopping Days until Christmas)
Over the weekend, the President-Elect squared off against his own intelligence agencies in the “did Russia hack the U.S. election” controversy. Time–and facts–will tell.
In the meantime, step out of the blur and catch up with world events by clicking on one of the links below which take you to the front pages of the world’s great newspapers.
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
This post is number 852  for this site.