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31 August 2010 0 Comments

The Ebb And Flow Of A Reality TV Series

One could argue that The Real World New York, back in 1992, was the first major reality TV success story of the current reality TV era. One could also argue that it was the only Real World season, that even came close to portraying reality. Nearly twenty years later, The Real World is about as [...]

18 February 2010 0 Comments

Shazam! New Music!

I love Shazam. Maybe the coolest app in the mobile world (my opinion). I use it all the time when watching tv, or listening to the radio, or when at a bar, to identify music I like, and store it for purchase later. I end up going through my “Shazam-ed” music about once a month [...]

4 January 2010 2 Comments

Box Office Receipts Adjusted For Inflation

This is a half-baked post, that maybe I will find some time to make more robust later. I know some of this “math” is a bit fuzzy, but I think the points are still valid for the most part.
I haven’t seen Avatar (“A Unicorn Movie” as my cousin Amanda might call it), and probably won’t. [...]

29 December 2009 3 Comments

Classic Sports Video Games

The topic of old-school sports video games has come up a lot lately, and I thought it would be fun to put together a list of my favorite classic sports video games. Now bear in mind that these are not THE BEST sports video games of all time, but rather the ones that I have [...]