twitter: naming the storm
As the next DC-area snowfall approaches, local news outlets turn to twitter to help pick a name for the storm.
Category: news
video: LOST… reduced
Ready for Lost’s final season tonight? If you aren’t caught up, how about the first five seasons… performed in 10 minutes!
video: Snapshot of America
Christopher Guest and crew are back, this time with some spots to help promote the 2010 Census.
holiday: so here it is…
I’m just off the phone with mom and dad, been getting lovely online and SMS holiday greetings from friends, mixed up a pitcher of holiday cheer and have been settling in for some nice televised marathons on various networks. As...
video: “WHOA!” moments
I have been waiting for the DVD to be released so I could finally post just 15 seconds of this episode: [flv:lando_whoa.flv 500 376] There have been quite a few articles, blog entries and videos regarding racism and casual racism...
media: recycling IS bad!
It’s not very difficult for me to feel vindicated, but I often set my sights fairly low, so it’s more of a laidback vindication. It mostly involves discovering a copy of a TV show or ad that only I–or 2...
video: needs more DING-DONG!
I had a post brewing this morning about Zipcar and a recent utter failing, but as the commercial says: I found better stuff… “Carol of the Bells” is usually already pretty impressive when played or sung, but they killed it....
music: sharin’ the seasonal tunes
I completely forgot to mention yesterday, if you don’t happen to have a collection of alternative* holiday music, check out SomaFM’s Christmas Lounge (iTunes/Windows Media) I’ve been streaming it at work from time to time and at home to get...
video: flames, on the side of my… place
I didn’t really intend to have a blogging break, but it was probably a good thing for the holiday. Even so, it wasn’t meant to be such a long time away from writing. Once you’re out of the habit, it’s...
ads: Oh no…!
Just a quickie to give people a smile leading into the weekend. I’ve been giggling at this commercial ever since it started airing. It’s one of the few ads that I don’t skip past when it comes on: [flv:pothole.flv 500...