Out of the Newsroom

It is Thanksgiving morning and as one might expect, the airwaves and internet are filled with people giving thanks for this and that. It is all very heartfelt, sometimes profound and just so giving.
I get it, that is the intent of this uniquely American holiday.
(Yes, I know the Canadians have their own [...]

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I’m sporting a new t-shirt today, this one just acquired yesterday at the WordCamp NYC event. It’s great in that it is a long-sleeve black model, perfect for the oncoming cooler temps of winter here in New England. Even more special is that it sports the WordCamp NYC design, which is inspired by [...]

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It’s been a long week. One of those weeks where just a lot of things took a lot of effort.
The week began with the trauma of a new haircut. Somehow I ended up telling the nice young woman who was cutting my hair that it needed to be shorter. Like much shorter [...]

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If you have ever wasted some quality time watching one of those “nature” type shows or something old school from National Geographic, chances are that you have seen something about the idea of how creatures learn. Every life form above the lowly slug seems to have something close to the idea of intelligence, and [...]

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I work in television.
I have done so for about 34 years now. I have seen my share of events, through the glass of picture tubes–and in more recent years, that of flat electronic screens. I had been working for a few weeks in 1974, when I witnessed my first remarkable event while working [...]

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Another note from the just ending vacation. I had decided not to take my laptop with me on vacation, but given the way things work–I knew if I didn’t have it, I would need it for some pressing reason. Since the Disney resort hotels aren’t known for having great business centers, I went [...]

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