Random Articles

• Garrick Talking to MACTA About Podcasting Oh, sorry I forgot to tell you, in just about 9 hours I’ll be speaking on a panel at the Minnesota Association of Community Telecommunications Administrators‘ annual conference. General Session - IP Enabled Services “The internet has catapulted a plethora of innovations in communications. It will continue to be an exciting ride both in technology
• Internet-to-TV: How to Beat TiVo “Sling Media’s entertainment division, told B&C that through SlingCatcher, users will be able to…bring online video content to the TV.” [via Fimoculous] The idea of getting any internet-delivered video presented on a television is something I’ve talked about here and here. ELSEWHERE “the SlingCatcher is different from other digital media servers because it just relays whatever is on your
• Northern Exposure is Identity We’re working through Season 3: Disc 5 of Northern Exposure (specifically My Sister, My Mother). In it, we find a nameless baby, Adam riding a roller coaster of emotions, and Shelly’s mom pretending to be her sister. Add these story-lines to the series’ general fish-outta-water-ness and there’s a lot of identity theory - Jewish or otherwise.
• No, Not Schaumberg On tonight’s SNL Weekend Update, Tina and Amy were trying to prove their Chicago cred with someone from the Sox (this is me, not a sports fan). He was kind enough to donate the World Series win to all Chicagoans. Southside, Northside, Skokie, Evanston, Wilmette, but not Schaumburg. Ha. (For the Minnesota readers unfamiliar with Chicagoland geography:
• Amazing Race 8 - Episode 8 Thought I’d kick off this post by sharing a more travel-related Amazing Race blog - The Pratical Nomad. Edward always has an interesting take on improving travel - or what the Amazing Race should have done. He goes in-depth. Ok, onto to this week’s installment. On one of our first cross-country road trips, Jen and I