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Archive for January, 2007

Cat torture? Where’s the cat-washing machine?

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007 Posted in Blogging, Cats, Comedy, Computers, Digital Life, Dogs, Gadgets and toys, News, Pennsylvania, Pets, Weird Stuff, YouTube, animals, technology, video | 2 Comments »

After talking to my wife about whether I should put my life on the line and try to give our cat Kula a bath, I came across this video on ... Read more..

Did FOX News do Obama a favor?

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007 Posted in Blogging, Communication, Congress, Digital Life, Elections, Internet, News, Newspapers, Politics, Predictions, The Future, technology | 1 Comment »

Hey, did you hear the one about presidental hopeful Sen. Barack Obama attending a Muslim madrassah extremist school as a kid? Yeah, I heard it too. Shocking, huh? Unfortunately, ... Read more..

My guess for the Super Bowl … da Bears!

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007 Posted in Baltimore Ravens, Blogging, Chicago Bears, Commercials, Entertainment, Gadgets and toys, Lancaster County, NFL, New Orleans Saints, News, Newspapers, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers, Podcasts, Predictions, Sports, Super Bowl, technology | No Comments »

Another episode of our newspaper's Football Free-4-All podcast has been released on the public.  You can hear me, sports columnist Jeff Reinhart and Sunday News sports columnist Mike Gross review ... Read more..

No joke: The “How Many Legislators Does it Take to Change a Lightbulb Act”

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007 Posted in Blogging, Business, California, Cars, Children, Comedy, Crime, Digital Life, Education, Entertainment, Fighting, Hollywood, News, Newspapers, Parenting, Politics, Sports, The Future, Weird Stuff, technology | 3 Comments »

I really don't think I could that act name up if I tried. A California legislator is trying to ban all traditional light bulbs in his state by 2012! ... Read more..

Why Bill Gates REALLY walked off the Daily Show…

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007 Posted in Celebrities, Comedy, Computers, Digital Life, Entertainment, Fake news, Hollywood, Humor, Internet, Microsoft, News, Television, Vista, Windows, YouTube, technology, video | No Comments »

If you missed it, I posted about Bill Gates walking off the Daily Show set Monday after his interview with Jon Stewart (unaware that he's supposed to stay seated as ... Read more..

Apple: Oh yeah? We got new Shuffles!

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007 Posted in Apple, Blogging, Business, Comedy, Communication, Computers, Digital Life, Entertainment, Gadgets and toys, Humor, Internet, Leopard, Microsoft, Music, News, Shopping, Vista, Windows, iPod, technology | No Comments »

Overheard in the media today as Microsoft Vista launches around our country: MICROSOFT: Today we launch Windows Vista, the revolutionary new operating system. It will make everyone's computer-using life better ... Read more..

Vista party ’swag bag’: What? No Zune?

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007 Posted in Blogging, Business, Computers, Digital Life, Entertainment, Internet, Microsoft, News, Video games, Vista, Windows, Xbox, Xbox 360, Zune, technology | 1 Comment »

Gizmodo posted pics of the Microsoft Vista launch party "swag bag", with free goodies for the party-goers that came out Monday night. The contents of the limited edition black Vista tote ... Read more..

Bill Gates on the Daily Show

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007 Posted in Celebrities, Comedy, Communication, Computers, Digital Life, Entertainment, International, Microsoft, News, Television, Vista, Windows, YouTube, technology, video | No Comments »

Microsoft founder Bill Gates stopped by the Daily Show with Jon Stewart Monday night to plug the Windows Vista juggernaut. Here's the clip, in case you missed it, via YouTube: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4suTsIIBWo] Three things: Gates ... Read more..

The question no one is asking about Barbaro

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007 Posted in Blogging, Business, Communication, Digital Life, Entertainment, Horse Racing, Horses, News, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Science, Sports, animals, technology | 6 Comments »

Amidst all the sadness and sorrow over Barbaro and his euthanization, one question was not asked of the co-owners and doctors, and frankly, needs to be. Is there ... Read more..

“24″: In the year 2012, we get nuked

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007 Posted in Celebrities, Computers, Digital Life, Entertainment, Hollywood, Internet, Predictions, Television, The Future, technology | 3 Comments »

Interesting detail about the Fox series "24" ferreted out by TVSquad today.  In recent interviews, newspapers are noting that the series' sixth season, the one where Valencia meets a ... Read more..