Renaissance 2.0
I was going thru my book of invention ideas again and stumbled across two similar ideas for what I called the Laptop Telephone and then the PhoneBook. It was basically the idea of adding phone capabilities to a laptop. The first idea was in 1993 and it was rather simple with the notion of including…
Now I know why I am so excited about all the rumors of Apple’s “New” iWatch product. I had the same idea about 20 years ago in 1993! Check it out. I have been going thru my old inventions notebook and stumbled across this gem. Here’s what the text says: Wrist-top Computer 11/27/1993 A micro…
Memorial Day has obviously influenced this piece and I make no apologies for it. I think we all need to remember and honor all those who sacrificed their life for our freedom that we take for granted. Personally, I’m against war so all this is rather ironic coming from me. I don’t think we should…
What a wonderful song and music video for “BRAVE” by the beautiful and talented Sara Bareilles. It shows a bunch of every day people just breaking out into dance in public places. It’s so funny to see the looks on the faces of people watching these characters enjoying themselves in an unusual way. Obviously dancing…
I absolutely adore this video based on the commencement speech by the late great David Foster Wallace to the graduating class of Kenyon College of 2005 is an awe inspiring work of art. This video is just as amazing as the speech itself. It’s so well-done. It captures the best parts of the speech and…
I’ve always loved “Lotta Love” by Nicolette Larson who died way too young in 1997 at the age of 45. The song reminds me so much of one of my favorite movies, “French Postcards” because it was used in a pivotal scene near the end of the film. It just makes me feel so good…
I’ve always loved the American songbook and my favorite songs were by George and Ira Gershwin. I love this special by Michael Feinstein who shares many stories about the brothers and their music. Feinstein was fortunate enough to spend six years with Ira Gershwin at the age of 20 when Ira was 80 when he…
“Born to Do It” (2000) by Craig David is one of my favorite albums of all-time. It’s 13 years later and I still love every track from it. That’s a great sign of a classic album… one that never ages. 1 Fill Me In 2 Can’t Be Messing Round 3 Rendezvous 4 7 Days 5…
I was watching American Idol and this song started playing at the beginning as they did their obligatory intro piece about the final four contestants. I was captivated immediately by the song and thought it was Five for Fighting at first but realized it wasn’t. I used the Shazzam app to discover that it was…
I can’t get this wonderful song out of my head lately. I love the meaning of the song and the chorus and harmonies. The whole sentiment of “What are we waiting for?” resonates so much for me. Things are really happening now in my life. I am not waiting for anything anymore and making things…