Random Thoughts

Mark Osteen's One of Us There are many memoirs out there, many stories by individuals about their journeys as parents of disabled children, and some are good, some are great, and others are neither. Some writers are polished and offer their journeys ...

Article - Kim Wombles - Jul 27 2011 - 9:25am

Beast Machines: The "War And Peace" Of The Transformers Milieu

I am told "Transformers: Dark Side Of The Moon" is a good film. I enjoyed the first movie well enough, even if it was noisy in all of the wrong ways. The sequel hurt both my eyes and my sensibilities but at least the pain in my eyes had an eas ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jul 31 2011 - 3:24pm

More Agenda Driven Research

It is always disappointing to see agendas being rationalized by what passes for "research". A good example occurs in this article examining the impact of smoke-free laws in rural or urban businesses. Of course, it is never quite clear what the i ...

Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Aug 1 2011 - 9:25pm

Hiatus

Blogging will be non-existent for three days, and please do not expect me to answer your comments in the various threads-I am going to be on a ship carrying me to Greece, and, God bless it, there is no Internet! ...

Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Aug 3 2011 - 11:10am

Science 2.0 For TV- Product Planning

This afternoon we had the first formal meeting for product planning of the Science 2.0 television pilot. As you can imagine, there was talk of technical details, how the creative guys will set up the shot lists and storyboard the segments, what segments ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Aug 5 2011 - 10:15am

Have-to, Not-Fair, Gotta-do

In many ways, things here are undoubtedly like they are for countless other families: our kids whine over chores, they bicker with each other, they push each other's buttons countless times a day, and they shout out choruses of "Do I have to?&quo ...

Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Aug 5 2011 - 8:32am

Do Unto Apple As It Did Unto XeroxPARC? Copied By Counterfeit Stores

Karma? Maybe, but copycat stores in Kumming, China are going far beyond what Apple did in pilfering the look and flow of Xerox technology for its Apple computer interface. The Chinese are creating duplicates, right down to the names of the products. It ...

Article - Newswire - Aug 11 2011 - 12:51pm

Alpha Meme One Year Old: Zen Exercise in Futility

As of today, I am one year on Science2.0. A year ago, I wrote “Welcome to my first blog entry ever!”; since then, I have written almost 120 articles, which made me about a dollar each – a great way to stay poor. Traffic goes up surprisingly linearly, ever ...

Blog Post - Sascha Vongehr - Feb 1 2012 - 8:46am

12th Dimensionality

My right middle finger clicks the button to wake my mind. Greensboro (NC), 4:30 AM, Sunday morning, Holiday Inn balcony. Complimentary Styrofoam cup of warm coffee and a cigarette disguised as a Canadian cigar. ...

Blog Post - michael gaffney - Aug 13 2011 - 7:04am

Social Media Magazine Is In Print- Wait, What?

In a sign that media people don't always understand media- especially social media- The Cool Blue Company LLC is proud to announce the world's first print magazine dedicated to social media called The Social Media Monthly. Yes, a print magazine a ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Aug 16 2011 - 5:19pm