Renaissance 2.0
Switchfoot does a great job with “This is Home”. It makes me think of that old saying “You can’t go home again”. I’ve grown to understand that saying more with time. We can always physically travel back to the place where we grew up, but we can’t ever really go back to that time and…
I know it sounds simplistic and corny but we truly need to do our best every day to count our blessings in life. We all get so busy in our hectic lives with insane family schedules full of school activities and sporting events, not to mention our daily jobs at work and at home. It’s…
I really liked Third Eye Blind and “Semi-Charmed Life” was my favorite song they did. It still makes me feel good and the music video has such a great summer vibe to it for me for some reason. Yes, the lyrics are a little rough in some parts for some listeners, considering the references to…
Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Game” was the biggest hit of his career. It was written and released in 1989 but it didn’t become a big sensation until 1991 thanks to its use in the David Lynch film “Wild at Heart”. The steamy video featuring a popular model Helena Christensen also caused quite a stir because of…
Sandy Stewart was a backup singer for artists such as Stevie Nicks and finally got her chance to step up front and shine with a solo album which produced one of my favorite songs, “Saddest Victory”. She was also a gifted songwriter and it shows in this gem. My favorite part is the chorus itself,…
I’ve always been a fan of Adobe Air and all of the wonderful desktop applications that have been developed on that platform. Some of my favorites have been the twitter clients Twhirl and Tweetdeck. However, I’ve slowly become disillusioned by the whole concept of web services relying so much on desktop apps. It’s become more…
TwitterMASS is an interesting service that can help you build your Twitter network by automatically following everyone that uses a particular hashtag. For example, let’s say you want to follow everyone interested in South by SouthWest so you setup TwitterMASS to auto follow anyone that uses the #SXSW hashtag. The same is true with any…
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Despite many iterations of Windows, the desktop hasn’t changed that much over 20 plus years. There was the program manager in the Windows 3.x days then the “innovative” Windows 95 desktop with the now 14 year-old Start button. Windows XP and even the Windows 7 desktop haven’t taken the desktop much further. Sure, they’ve changed…
Everyone that knows me knows that I’m a big American Idol fan but I also love the show “So You Think You Can Dance”. In many ways, SYTYCD is a better show than AI. One of my favorite routines came last season when Twitch & Kherington performed a memorable contemporary dance number to John Mayer’s…
Spider was a band from the 80s that only released two albums but they sure left an impression on me. Holly Knight, the legendary rock songwriter was in the band which explains the quality of their songs. She went on to write a slew of classics for artists such as Tina Turner, Rod Stewart, Pat…