HCF Redux
Three episodes into Halt and Catch Fire and I still can't make up my mind about whether it is an interesting show or not. I really want to like this…
HCF
I just watched the pilot episode of AMC's new show, Halt and Catch Fire, which airs in Mad Men's Sunday 10pm slot. I was pretty intrigued by the slew of…
Whistle-blowers
Two whistle-blowers are in the news today: Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden. Manning is the Army soldier who was convicted yesterday of 17 of the 22 counts against him. He…
Prometheus or Misogyny on a Space Ship
I went to see Prometheus last week with some good friends. I had been eagerly anticipating the film, both because it has a great cast and because I LOVED the…
Qwikster Part II
Although it is not a personal email written by founder and President of Netflix Reed Hastings, I was happy to receive the following email this morning. Perhaps "the Netflix team"…
Quikster
Like all Netflix subscribers, I received an email from Netflix founder Reed Hastings this morning. I will post my comments on their blog but I also decided to post the…
Technology in Education
I just got back from a three day workshop on academic technology. As a computer scientist, I was intrigued by the idea of this workshop but I was worried that…
Tumblr Review-Part 1
As I wrote in a previous post, I have been testing Tumblr as a way of consolidating my web contributions in one place. After using the site for a couple…
New Tumblr Site
Because I spend my time thinking and writing about today's online media, I have a fairly significant web presence. I write this blog. I have a web site and a…
Amazon’s Android App Store
I received this open letter from the International Game Developer's Association. I think it's a very reasoned, educational letter and points to a dominant theme of our times. Corporations are…
3D Eye Surgery (or I am a Fool)
Media outlets of all types see April 1st of each year as a time to play with their audiences. These stories rarely "catch" me because they typically have to be…
Northern Pass–Weeding Through the Hype
There is a huge controversy raging in NH this year involving the Northern Pass Project. According to the project's web site, the Northern Pass is "a transmission project designed to deliver…
More About Net Neutrality
This entry was inspired by Meg, who asked some great questions after I posted my last entry. In that entry, I explained what the net neutrality debate is about and why…
Net Neutrality and Why You Should Care
The debate about net neutrality has been around for a while. I taught my students about it back when I was still in the Computer Science Department, during the Bush…
News Media Not Doing Its Job
As I drove to the airport in late September, I listened, as usual, to New Hampshire Public Radio in my car. Election season is upon us so much of the coverage that…
Barack Obama X?
I could not believe what I was hearing on NPR this afternoon. I had heard about the "Hussein" controversy when Obama was running for President of the United States, where…
Translating Between Media
One of the best books I've ever read is a short novel about South Africa after the end of apartheid. The novel is the Booker Prize-winning Disgrace written by J.M. Coetzee, who won the…
The iPod Touch
I haven't written in a while. The end of a semester and a sinus infection will do that to a person. But that doesn't mean that I haven't been thinking…
Wii Streaming
A few months ago, Liz bought a Roku so that she could stream Netflix content to her television. She complained slightly about the $80 price tag for a device that…
Pattern Recognition and Pseudo-Security
One of my favorite shows on NPR is On The Media. Each week, the hosts examine a variety of topics related to the media, mostly in the US. I hear…
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