Covered this week; Olympic picture fun… notes on the Clinton Foundation… Curt Schilling will be caused by Donald Trump… America in the 1940’s in color… Paisley Park to be opened for tours… Warren Hinckle dies… Eddie Van Halen talking shop… what’s coming and going on Netflix in September… here comes the iPhone 7…
August 22, 2016
Decisive moments at the Rio Olympics, frame by frame… very cool, you’re going to want to scroll down to get things moving…
Olympic Medals per capita.
August 23, 2016
An issue I’m willing to deal with if the alternative is Donald Trump… but the case studies this article illuminates are troublesome. The certain conflicts of interest the Clinton Foundation dabbles in aren’t acceptable for someone who holds the office of Secretary of State let alone the POTUS.
August 24, 2016
“The Schilling/Trump principle is never shutting up, particularly on topics about which they are ignorant, which is pretty much all of them. This is a movement, not limited to Trump, and it’s not going to end anytime soon. God help us.” Matt Taibbi on a Curt Schilling Senate run in Massachusetts for Rolling Stone…
Seldom-seen photos show what America looked like in the 1940s… in color.
New to my bucket list… Paisley Park to be opened for tours starting this Fall.
August 25, 2016
“Warren Hinckle, the flamboyant editor who made Ramparts magazine a powerful national voice for the radical left in the 1960s and later, by championing the work of Hunter S. Thompson, helped introduce the no-holds-barred reporting style known as gonzo journalism, died on Thursday in San Francisco. He was 77.”
August 26, 2016
One of the greatest guitarists to ever live… a wonderful long-form interview with Eddie Van Halen where he talks about the building of Frankenstein, honing the 5150 and the ongoing development of all the EVH gear…
August 27, 2016
What’s coming and going on Netflix in September…
August 28, 2016
The iPhone 7 is close now, just a couple more weeks… here’s a summary piece on expected features.
