No, this post is not about what psychotic people say. This is about the TV show Mad Men. The premise is a society of New Yorkers working in the advertising industry. The show focuses on the lives and interactions of the colorful characters. One of the things notable about the show many . . . → Read More: Language and Mad Men
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If you’re like me, you went through late elementary school and early middle school reading the Ramona Quimby series of novels by Beverly Cleary. Ramona was the main figure in the novels, a young girl aged 8-10 (depending on the book). Her sister Bea is also a major figure in the novels, but . . . → Read More: 80s nostalgia – Ramona Quimby movie Country Super starlet (when do starlets turn into stars? Taylor is already 20 years old) Taylor Swift announced on Tuesday this week that she will put out a third album that is more conceptual in nature than the previous two. The previous two dealt with themes of teenage angst and love. The third . . . → Read More: Taylor Swift – New Album Lindsay Lohan was recently sentenced to jail time after violating terms of her probation drafted after her first DUI conviction three years ago in 2007. Her previous attorney in the case was fired after announcing that Lohan would face jail-time bravely. Instead, Lohan has hired on Robert Shapiro, who headed the OJ Simpson case when it . . . → Read More: Lindsay Lohan hires OJ Simpson’s attorney Remember the story about the Boston University student who was hit with a whopping $675K penalty for filesharing some of his music online? Well a district court judge overruled the jury that the penalty was “unconstitutional” and decreased it by 10 fold! That is a striking victory, of sorts. Tenenbaum says he still can’t pay the . . . → Read More: Judge reduces music file sharer penalty by 90% What is the world coming to? Bob Dylan is on tour in New Jersey. At around 5pm evening time, before his concert, he took a walk in a run-down neighborhood near his concert venue. Not doing anything remarkable, and dressed in a blue jacket, apparently he got called on by someone who had seen him. As . . . → Read More: Bob Dylan on Tour but needs an ID Oh my, Boston grad student Joel Tenenbaum lost his case against the RIAA. He was accused of downloading and sharing hundreds of tracks, but the case had focused on just 30. Of those 30, the jury agreed with the RIAA that Tenenbaum caused substantial damages and loss. But $675,000??? That’s sounds ludicrous. There’s no way he . . . → Read More: Student vs. RIAA? $675,000 in damages! Interesting – looks like music can reduce the sensation of pain in babies. Scientists got together a bunch of studies and looked at them to conclude the soothing music reduced pain, lowered heart rates, and increased oxygenation in blood. How can you tell from a baby whether this is working? Looks like they looked at these . . . → Read More: Music reduces pain in babies DRM is “digital rights management”, and is a label usually attached to music files like mp3s purchased over the internet at vendors like Napster, eMusic or iTunes. Music files with DRM are restricted in the sense that they cannot be easily transferred from one computer to another with playability intact. When it’s moved to a computer . . . → Read More: iTunes freed from DRM One of the greatest Southern rock bands Allman Brothers spent the last two weeks playing at New York’s Beacon Theater. Stars such as Boz Skaggs, Eric Clapton, and strangely enough, Bruce Willis, joined them on stage. Apparently Bruce Willis had a lot of practice with the harmonica in an R&B band in his younger days before . . . → Read More: Allman Brothers and Bruce Willis |
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