We’re in Philadelphia this weekend. I’m working on a story for NPR on the Philadelphia mayor’s race, and I wanted to record the first televised debate between the 5 democratic candidates, which was taped this morning. I got to play with all my new equipment. I had my Zoom H-4 plugged into the mult box […]
Make sure to check out my shared clips
This is just a quick note to my three loyal viewers, and to anyone else who stops by this page. I tend to read thousands of news stories and blog posts every day. And much like Robert Scoble, I don’t have time to write about them all. That’s probably where the similarities end. But I […]
109 freelancing resources
Freelance Switch has written up an amazing list of resources for freelance professionals. It’s mostly geared toward people who work online, doing things like designing web pages. But as a freelance journalist and radio producer, there are a lot of tools on the list that I can use as well. The list began as 101 […]
Our cat could kick a tiny helicopter’s behind
A few weeks ago I bought one of those tiny remote control helicopters for a friend’s birthday present. I figured he’d get a kick out of it, and I was kind of hoping his dog would too. It turns out it’s kind of tricky to control, but still fun to use. His dog, however couldn’t […]
First BSOD just four hours after getting Windows Vista
So Best Buy and Circuit City have a great deal this week on the Toshiba A135-S4527. It’s a Pentium Dual Core computer with a 15.4 inch screen, 120GB hard drive, and 1GB of RAM. I picked it up for $650 plus tax. The thing is, we’re still living in campus housing, and will be for […]
TV Squad site redesign: Now with more PVR Wire
TV Squad got a facelift tonight. The site is a bit cleaner, the categories have been tidied up and web 2.0-ified (if you scroll over each category, you get to see a list of subcategories), and most significantly (for me), PVR Wire is featured on the front page. While TV Squad is a much busier […]
Watching information spread
This is interesting. The other day Chris Gilmer wrote up a post about a new Google Service called Goog 411. Basically, you can call 1-800-466-4411 (1-800-GOOG-411), and you can get free information from a computerized voice. I’d been using 1-800-Free-411 the same way for a little while. I think it’s absolutely ridiculous that phone companies […]
Best of the Best Indian dance competition
Last weekend I spent some time with the members of PennDhamaka, a South Asian dance group at the University of Pennsylvania. They were preparing for the Best of the Best Indian dance competition in Chicago this past Saturday, and Weekend America wanted to profile one of the teams that would be competing. I’m pretty happy […]
End of the line for Dell Axim series, I’m getting a laptop
Well, I can’t say I’m surprised to see that Dell is no longer selling Axim PDAs on its website. While Dell has never been an innovator in the Windows Mobile space, for a few years it did a remarkable job of presenting the latest technology at the lowest price. Dell wasn’t the first company to […]
Do newspaper blogs hurt newspapers?
Wall Street Journal columnist and blogger Jeremy Wagstaff poses an interesting question: Is old media killing itself by blogging? A growing number of traditional news outlets are adding blogs to their websites. But does that blur the distinction between blogs and old media like newspapers? Don’t people turn to blogs for quick, often opinionated analysis, […]
Journalist/blogger Josh Wolf released from prison
Having spent more than 7 months in jail, Josh Wolf has served more time in jail to protect his sources than any other journalist. He was freed yesterday after reaching an agreement with prosecutors. In 2005, Wolf filmed a San Francisco protest that coincided with the G-8 summit. During the protest a police officer’s skull […]
This TV news website would be better if it had more branding
Steve Saffran over at Lost Remote has an amusing piece detailing Things Web Viewsers Never, Ever Say. Viewsers isn’t a typo, it’s meant to signify a cross between viewers and users. I’m not sure I like it, but that’s beyond the scope of this piece of media criticism. Here’s a few items on the list: […]
XLR to 1/4th inch cables
Google never ceases to amaze me. A few weeks ago, I noticed that my little page was the 7th item shown by Google if you searched for “how many song will fit into 400MB.” Everyone says the key to increasing your Google page rank is to pick one topic and blog about it all the […]
ThinkGeek 8-bit tie becomes real
Wow, didn’t see that coming. The other day I posted that ThinkGeek’s April Fool’s joke tie should be a real product. It turns out that thousands of folks had the same idea. Now it turns out that ThinkGeek is giving the public what they want. As Laughing Squid points out, the company has decided to […]