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Archive for April, 2007

Moving on to New England …

Friday, April 20th, 2007 Posted in Lancaster County, Life, News, Newspapers, Pennsylvania, Personal | 4 Comments »

Time to pack up the moving van! Today is my last day at Lancaster Newspapers as the online journalist for the New Era. I've found a new job up in Connecticut, ... Read more..

NBC affiliate yanks Cho’s manifesto for good

Friday, April 20th, 2007 Posted in Children, Crime, Danger, Education, NBC, News, Personal, Television, Virginia Tech, technology, video | 2 Comments »

WSLS-TV Roanoke, an NBC affiliate, said yesterday it will no longer air any part of Virginia Tech murderer Cho Seung-Hui's paranoid delusions videotaped rant that was sent to NBC ... Read more..

Virginia Tech killer hated rich kids, but …

Thursday, April 19th, 2007 Posted in Cars, Children, Crime, Danger, Death, Digital Life, Glenn Beck, Internet, NBC, News, Photos, Television, Virginia Tech, technology | 2 Comments »

Hey, isn't that a sport-utility vehicle Cho Seung-Hui is driving around between killings? Those aren't very cheap last time I checked. [digg=http://digg.com/world_news/Virginia_Tech_killer_hated_rich_kids_but_he_drives_an_SUV] His diatribe aired by NBC News yesterday bashed ... Read more..

Victims all: NBC airs the “words of a murderer”

Thursday, April 19th, 2007 Posted in Children, Crime, Digital Life, Education, Entertainment, Guns, Hollywood, Internet, NBC, News, Schools, Television, Terrorism, Video games, Virginia Tech, YouTube, attacks, technology, video | 5 Comments »

Does this make the American public "the 34th victim" of Cho Seung-Hui? Last night, I sat in stunned silence as NBC aired the self-videotaped, incoherent words and images of the ... Read more..

Internet succeeded where bureaucracy failed at Va. Tech

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007 Posted in Blogging, Children, Communication, Crime, Danger, Education, Internet, Jack Thompson, Journalism, News, Newspapers, Nickel Mines, Video games, Virginia Tech, technology | 3 Comments »

A repeating theme seen in all the stories about the Virginia Tech massacre Monday is the lack of warning from campus officials in Blacksburg that a shooter was on the ... Read more..

SNL short a lot less funny due to Virginia Tech shootings

Monday, April 16th, 2007 Posted in Celebrities, Digital Life, Entertainment, Internet, Monday Morning Videos, NBC, News, Newspapers, Saturday Night Live, Schools, Television, Virginia Tech, YouTube, technology, video | 9 Comments »

I've been watching the horrific news from Virginia Tech's campus today, where a gunman (or perhaps more) took 22+ lives and injured scores of others with the ensuing chaos. [digg=http://digg.com/television/SNL_s_Dear_Sister_short_a_lot_less_funny_in_light_of_Va_Tech_shooting] ... Read more..

Kevin Rose must have a large insurance bill

Monday, April 16th, 2007 Posted in Danger, Digg, Entertainment, Podcasts, YouTube, video | 2 Comments »

The founder of Digg and co-host of DiggNation, Kevin Rose, is worth millions (due to his stock in Digg).  But his insurance agent must have heart attacks seeing this kind ... Read more..

Turn left. Swim ocean. Turn right.

Monday, April 16th, 2007 Posted in Google, International, Internet, News, Weird Stuff, technology | No Comments »

There's a funny oddity found in Google Maps when you ask it to give you driving directions for two places on separate continents. [digg=http://digg.com/offbeat_news/Google_Maps_tells_you_1_Turn_right_2_Swim_ocean_3_Turn_left] Click on the image below to see ... Read more..

Starting Construction …

Friday, April 13th, 2007 Posted in Digital Life | 3 Comments »

Hi everyone! And a good Friday to you! We're starting the preparations to move this blog to its new home at LancasterOnline.com, the home site of my employer, the Lancaster ... Read more..

I want that!: Keepon

Friday, April 13th, 2007 Posted in Entertainment, Gadgets and toys, I want that, Keepon, Music, YouTube, dancing, robots, technology, video | 1 Comment »

I gotta get me one of these! The almost-hypnotic moves of Keepon (pronounced "Key-Pong") have me staring!  And the song by Spoon in this YouTube video ... I was humming ... Read more..