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Cleveland’s Social Deck

Greg — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 01:20:54 +0000

Cleveland Indians open up a “social deck” section for bloggers and tweeters. In this press box for social media types, they get a press kit, media guide and press releases, and they are free to update followers and readers throughout the game just as they normally would. But unlike the traditional press box, they don’t get any access to players or managers. It’s a very cool idea I’d like a few other teams to follow.

House Finale Filmed With Canon 5D Mark II

Greg — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:02:01 +0000

House season finale filmed with Canon 5D Mark II. Just like Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride was filmed using a pro-sumer DSLR, so has this years Season finale of House. With more models offering full 1080p HD video output, will we be seeing more of this filming technique?

Business Tips From Van Halen

Greg — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:57:56 +0000

Business Tips from Van Halen. How Van Halen’s “infamous” no-brown-M&M test acted as a diagnostic, allowing the band to spot potential problems early.

PETA Wants UGA to Replace UGA VII With a Robot

Greg — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:26:02 +0000

People for Ethical Treatment of Animals has a suggestion for the University of Georgia, which is looking for a replacement for Uga VII, the Georgia Bulldog mascot who died last week in Savannah: PETA says the University should use what it calls an “animatronic dog,” or use a person in a costume. Robo UGA, really? Really? Only if it’s armed with a death ray….

Hulu Moving To Subscriptions?

Greg — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:19:21 +0000

At an industry summit in NYC on Oct. 21, News Corp Deputy Chairman Chase Carey revealed that online video hub Hulu will begin charging users for content as soon as 2010. Sounds like a classic case of cutting it’s nose off to spite it’s face. Just means people will look elsewhere…

ESPN Reach Premier League Deal

Greg — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:29:35 +0000

In a move mirroring their deal in Britain, ESPN has reached an agreement to televise a package of Premier League matches in the US for 2009-2010 beginning Saturday and through the completion of the season in May. Double the amount of Premier League games I can watch now… All they need now is to reach a deal with the SPL and I’ll be as happy as a pig in shit…

End of the Road?

Greg — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:13:34 +0000

Boston Red Sox have designated John Smoltz for assignment, one day after the right-hander was tagged for eight runs and nine hits in a 13-6 loss to the Yankees. Sad end to a great career…

New Formula One Season

Greg — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:13:48 +0000

Jenson Button secured a dream debut victory for the Brawn GP team after dominating the Australian Grand Prix. This is the first time in a long time I stayed up to watch a race live, and I was glad Jensen won as he’s been an also-ran for far too long. And with all the new regulation it’s truly a new age in Formula One, sure the cars are uglier, but they look like they’re made for racing now…

Where The Wild Things Are Trailer

Greg — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:23:02 +0000

Where The Wild Things Are Trailer. Looks utterly delightful… Cannot wait…

Facebook Causes Cancer!

Greg — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:22:09 +0000

Social networking sites such as Facebook could raise your risk of serious health problems by reducing levels of face-to-face contact, a doctor claims. Daily Mail scaremongering much? I’m surprised they didn’t managed to fit a reference to Maddie McCann or Princess Diana in there…

Twitter Chatter During the Super Bowl

Greg — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:47:27 +0000

Twitter Chatter During the Super Bowl. As the Steelers and Cardinals battled on the field, Twitter users across the nation pecked out a steady stream of “tweets.” The map shows the location and frequency of commonly used words in Super Bowl related messages.

Super Bowl Adverts

Greg — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:32:25 +0000

Super Bowl Adverts. Rejoice, for this years Super Bowl adverts are online already! And honestly, most of them sucked…

Layoff Daily

Greg — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:30:13 +0000

Layoff Daily. Quite possibly the most depressing site on all the internets right now…

Inside the Archaic White House

Greg — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:43:26 +0000

Obama staff arrives to White House stuck in dark ages of technology. The team members, accustomed to working on Macintoshes, found computers outfitted with six-year-old versions of Microsoft software. Laptops were scarce, assigned to only a few people in the West Wing.

The Moment

Greg — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:24:35 +0000

CNN utilise Photosynth to capture the inauguration. A citizens eye view on this moment in history…