Take a momentary break from stressing about saturated fat, second-hand smoke, carbohydrates, terrorism, stranger danger and lack of exercise to consider the new source of alarm: Sitting. Going by the new research -- which you can read about here, and here, and here -- it really doesn't matter how much... read more →
May
20
May
20
Over at Adweek, they're grooving over the just-released ad for Samsung's new curved TV: It's one of the oldest, hoariest tricks in the book: using snippets of dialogue from films and TV shows out of context, so the characters appear to be surprised or impressed by something you're promoting—that cable... read more →
May
09
We happened to be passing by and saw this "oops" in front of "OOPS!" in Five Points. Oops... If they didn't do this on purpose, they should have.
Apr
29
When the first "Star Wars" movie came out in 1977, we still thought of the future as a time when we would enjoy flying cars, and space travel via hyperdrive. No one even imagined anything like the Web, much like social media. And even when the first two prequel movies... read more →
Apr
22
Have you seen the above outrageous video, billed on social media and elsewhere as "Actual Bank Robbery In Detroit -- Absolutely Priceless !!!!"? Well, it's not an "Actual Bank Robbery." As you can see below, it was an on-location shoot for an ad for the 2008 Chevy Malibu, billed as... read more →
Apr
10
James Michener's book Kent State: What Happened and Why came out the year after four students were shot and killed there by the Ohio National Guard. This was a time when memories of the event were still pretty raw. Our own Brad Warthen, who was in college at the time, wore a T-shirt around... read more →
Apr
04
We can identify with Allan Ripp's lament about LinkedIn in The Wall Street Journal. An excerpt from his op-ed piece, headlined, "Dear LinkedIn: I Love You, Please Back Off": So, when did LinkedIn go from being a professional networking tool to being a giant nudge? I speak of the constant... read more →
Apr
03
So, we were checking The Guardian for news, and saw this image, and, being a fan of Sargent and Whistler, et al., we clicked on it. That led us to this story about an exhibit showcasing Paris in 1900, which mentioned La Belle Époque, which caused us to wonder whether 1900 was properly considered part of that period, which caused... read more →
Mar
31
We can definitely identify with Bob Garfield over at MediaPost. After a wide-ranging Web search for the perfect pair of sunglasses, he finds that he can't get away from them now: (E)veryplace I go on the World Wide Web, the sunglasses are following me. Like a bad penny or a... read more →
Mar
26
The reviewers loved HTC's One smartphone when it came out last year. But HTC had trouble selling them: Although its HTC One smartphone last year was lauded by reviewers – and indeed was judged as the best smartphone at Mobile World Congress in February – the company still struggled with sales. The Taiwanese smartphone maker... read more →
