Archive for August, 2007
Holy Cow
Rizzuto’s game commentary vied for time with anniversary wishes and confirmation congratulations. He never used the first names of his partners at WPIX-TV — they were “Coleman,” “Murcer,” “White,” “Messer,” “Seaver,” or “Cerone,” never Jerry, Bobby, Bill, Frank, Tom or Rick. Listeners heard about his wife (he called her “my bride”), an employment appeal for [...]
Overcooked bacon
Last night I let my Bacon’s / MediaMap / Cison / Whatever they want to call themselves license expire. My earlier blog post on the subject elicited responses from just about every media database vendor except for Cison. Interesting. So I’ve decided to forgo computerized databases that are usually out of date and purchase the [...]
Hearing voices
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Bill Husted is hearing voices. Sometimes the voices are clear, but my favorite times are when they are faint whispers that fade in and out of the static from the old shortwave receiver in my home office. Full story here. If you like what you read, please share:
Words to live by
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } IMG_0117, originally uploaded by david parmet. Seen on the wall of the men’s room at the Crackerbarrel in Milford, CT. At some point during Blog Philadelphia, there was a discussion on [...]
New toys
The Mac Observer will offer live coverage of today’s Apple special event. You can follow the coverage here. If you like what you read, please share:
