Covered this week; Email pioneer Ray Tomlinson dead at 75… the problems with ‘cutting the cord’… George Martin dies at 90… Robert Palladino, inspiration behind the original Macintosh typography, dead at 83… Bryce Harper talks baseballs ‘unspoken rules’… Netflix tips… Most Interesting Man in the World going on a one-way trip to Mars… legendary prog rock keyboardist Keith Emerson, dead at 71… Trump in relation to the Republican Party… Indie apps dying a slow death in the App Store… John Oliver explains the encryption debate…
March 7, 2016
“Thank you, Ray Tomlinson, for inventing email and putting the @ sign on the map.” The inventor of the form of email we all know and love, dead at 75.
March 8, 2016
Live election coverage and live sports may be the only remaining lock the cable networks have on your TV watching habits. Why I finally broke down and re-attached the cable TV cord…
March 7, 2016
‘Fifth Beatle,’ producer George Martin dies at 90…
March 8, 2016
Rev. Robert Palladino, a Roman Catholic priest who began his vocation in a monastic order, was also a world-renowned master of calligraphy… he was the inspiration behind the typography on the first Mac, the reason it had multiple, monospaced fonts as he shaped the typographic experience we all have on computers today. He died on Feb. 26 at 83… and you should really read his story…
March 9, 2016
Bryce Harper has a point.
5 tips every Netflix user should know.
March 10, 2016
Say it ain’t so… able to slam a revolving door, parallel park a train, he commanded so much respect that the contents of his tacos refused to fall from their shells… the most interesting man in the world takes his final ride…
Legendary prog rock keyboardist Keith Emerson, dead at 71…
March 11, 2016
Donald Trump isn’t the destruction of the Republican Party; he is the fulfillment of everything the party has been saying and doing for decades. He is just saying it louder and more plainly than his predecessors and intra-party rivals.
March 12, 2016
Are indie apps a dying breed in the App Store?? Are mass market apps about to take over?? The majority of money that’s being made is through in-app purchases and subscriptions… well designed apps that perform specific functions well are on the decline…
March 13, 2016
John Oliver explaining encryption, the Apple-FBI case specifically, in a way that really brings the issue home… here’s the story along with the video of the segment… be sure to watch to the end to catch Oliver’s home-brewed Apple commercial.
