Admin | October 21, 2011
That ability for an individual to customize technology to suit his or her needs and personality, to make the world a little smaller, to summon content quickly and easily with the swipe of a finger, began in earnest 10 years ago this Sunday, when Apple announced the launch of the first-generation iPod. With Jobs death [...]
Admin | October 20, 2011
Back in February, I tried to brick my CR48 by installing Ubuntu Linux on it. Considering the relative ease of doing so, I had decided that I wanted to do something a bit more difficult the next time I installed another OS on the laptop. After switching between Ubuntu and ChromeOS almost weekly for months, [...]
Admin | October 19, 2011
Like the submerged nine-tenths of an iceberg, the workhorses and coalface-diggers of the British film industry have been shoved out of sight, working away unseen to support and ballast the marquee names out front. Its only occasionally that we are afforded a glimpse of the subworld of the Ealing cutting rooms, the Pinewood sound stages, [...]
Admin | October 18, 2011
The Occupy Wall Street movement has demonstrated — in the most literal sense of the word — its geometrically growing power. Week by week, the movement is growing in strength. In less than a month, in fact, it has gotten the attention of a profoundly inattentive Washington establishment. In yesterdays press conference, President Obama himself [...]
Admin | October 17, 2011
A body is being recovered from the waters of Lake Michigan on the Near North Side Friday afternoon. Police Marine Unit personnel responded after someone saw a body floating near Olive Park Beach off Ohio Street, according to a Marine Unit spokesman. “Police are making the recovery,” Fire Media Affairs spokesman Kevin MacGregor said at [...]
Admin | October 16, 2011
Wild Adventures Theme Park (WA) welcomes legendary entertainment icon, Dolly Parton, for a once in a lifetime concert Friday, October 14 at 8:00 pm The park anticipates a busy evening and will open at 3:00 pm for guests to enjoy the park. All guests are encouraged to arrive as early as possible to ensure entrance [...]
Admin | October 15, 2011
By DON THOMPSON, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento International Airport is scheduled to open a $1 billion terminal Thursday, replacing a structure that is four decades old with a building that is designed to be a striking entrance to Californias capital region. The $6 million in public art includes a distinctive centerpiece that is [...]
Admin | October 14, 2011
Moms Talk: Adventures in Pumpkin Picking [POLL] Columnist Kellyanne Koemp finds the perfect pumpkin patch and shares her tips on making the experience great.
Admin | October 14, 2011
But first to the new trailer for The Adventures of Tintin: the Secret of the Unicorn. This time we get our first proper look at the Unicorn itself, as well as an extended glimpse of a north African city where Tintin and Captain Haddock travel in their search for the famous ship. Intriguingly, Spielberg has [...]
Admin | October 13, 2011
Some pithy comments have already landed on the previous post covering the canning of the controversial deal between the Pharmacy Guild and Blackmores, which would have seen pharmacists prompted to promote Blackmores products as companions to certain popular medications. Here is some more reaction: from Dr Ken Harvey, the National Prescribing Service and Senator Richard [...]