Renaissance 2.0
“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” (2004) is one of my favorite movies ever. it’s such a deep and thought-provoking film on so many levels. Jim Carrey and Kate Winslett were amazing in their roles. The directing and editing were astounding as the story jumps in and out of Joel’s memories perfectly. At the core…
There are new apps for Twitter every day but this new one called Shouttr certainly is different. Yes, it’s a Twitter desktop client but with a twist. It doesn’t just display your tweets but it’ll actually read them to you! One of the nice things is the fact that you can assign different voices for…
If you want to get a glimpse of Web 3.0 and the Semantic Web then start playing with a new service called Glue which allows you to easily connect your favorite sites with your social networks and friends. You don’t need to be a developer or anything either because it’s all very simple. This is…
TweetChat has released a new beta version of their chat room environment for Twitter. This one allows you to login without entering your Twitter username and password each and every time as before. Here’s what you’ll see when you access the new TweetChat: Once you allow TweetChat access to your tweet account (one time deal)…
I was blown away by this powerful song from Toby Mac featuring the amazing Kirk Franklen and sensational Mandisa (from American Idol fame a few years ago). I’m still numb from the experience and deeply touched and inspired. It’s a beautiful song first and foremost but the message is so important. Especially considering the current…
Microsoft and Apple have been battling it out for over 30 years in the marketplace and on the television screen in commercials. Here are are old spots for Windows and the Mac. Also included are some Mac ads with their familiar mudslinging at Windows. Here is a slew of old commercials including an ancient Windows…
Here’s another tribute to the 1980s. Mark Wills and “19 Something” which includes many of the cheesy things from the 80s. Funny stuff. I saw Star Wars at least 8 times Had the pac-man pattern memorized And I’ve seen the stuff they put inside Stretch Armstrong I was Roger Stauback back in my back yard…
Bowling for Soup’s version of “1985” is a blast for anyone who misses the 1980s! The music video is especially big fun as it shows many of the icons of the era. The image of Tawny Kitaen sprawled across the jaguar in WhiteSnake’s “Here I Go Again” was a signature moment for the decadent decade…
It’s no coincidence that “Don’t Mean Nothing” by Richard Marks sounds a little like an Eagles song. He got the Eagle’s Joe Walsh, Randy Meisner and Timothy B. Schmidt to play and sing on the record! In his video blog below, Richard explains how a rookie neophyte in 1987 got legends of rock to play…
I’ve shared a couple of my favorite XTC songs and music videos on here before with “Dear God” and “King for a Day”. Here’s another one that I really like called "The Mayor of Simpleton”. I especially enjoy the music video which is an homage to Emma Peel and the Avengers TV show. It’s such…