“Question of the Day: Watch or Cellphone For Telling Time?”

December 29, 2007

How quaint. I haven’t worn a watch in years.

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“Will The iPod Kill Blockbuster?”

December 29, 2007

How can you ask this question without considering how high def DVD is going to be adopted and preferred by customers? Are people going to want to download 480p when they can go out and rent 1080? And so on. Fair questions.

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Suicide and Social Networks

December 28, 2007

Something in the Globe yesterday really stopped me short. It was an article by Andre Picard titled “Holidays, suicide and Hope” about the dynamics of suicide and holidays, especially Christmas. Picard was debunking the myth that suicide rates are higher at Christmas. Why? “Scientific research repeatedly points to the importance of social networks and the […]

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“It still seems a bit weird to hook a computer up to a TV”

December 27, 2007

Been doing this for over 5 years now. Getting tired of seeing the so-called cognoscenti getting so much attention for pointing out the obvious. I can get that from – sorry – the Globe or the NYT. Sigh – what’s next, please?

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“Wal-Mart Scrooges on Movie Downloads”

December 27, 2007

Just to whom exactly was Walmart’s retreat from online video a surprise? There is a huge opportunity here – it’s just that (for obvious reasons) Walmart is exactly the wrong team to execute on it.

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“Goodbye 2007, and Take Your Little Plates and Locavores With You”

December 27, 2007

Ditto.

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If you’re going to syndicate, Syndicate!

December 27, 2007

It’s annoying as heck to have to subscribe to a publication’s entire RSS feed to get the content produced by only one of its writers, particularly when they publish different work in different publications. If you’re the talent, and you’re drawing an audience on your own, you ought to be able to splice into one […]

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The Movie Reviews Podcast

December 27, 2007

I don’t know if there is such a thing, but if there were a podcast that played just audio movie reviews, whether originally produced in audio or video or in print but read by a narrator, I would gladly pay or sit through advertising, regardless of how interminable it was. OK, not regardless, but almost. […]

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“Christmas At The Apple Store: Very, Very Crowded”

December 26, 2007

I saw the same thing – it was two weeks before Christmas, but at two stores in each of NY (Fifth Avenue and SoHo) and Toronto the scene was the same: jammed to the doors with glassy-eyed customers, eager to touch the geek-candy.

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“Harper wonders if Canadians really get Afghanistan”

December 26, 2007

Words fail. By all accounts, he’s a smart guy, and no doubt well-intentioned. But honestly: (i) my critics don’t understand this like I do, (ii) if we don’t fight them there we’ll have to fight them here, (iii) you can’t believe how much this is hurting me, (iv) if this goes wrong, it should be […]

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George’s Excellent Adventures

December 24, 2007

It looks like Republicans have persuaded Shrub to stay as far away as possible in the run-up to the election.

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The Globe on Oscar

December 24, 2007

I just can’t believe that the Globe marks the great man‘s passing with this photo. Update: Good sense prevails.

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