November 30, 2008 – 2:04 pm
Have you ever heard of Clearwire? Clearwire is an ISP who offers internet service through a different medium: radio. The clearwire modem uses a radio signal to connect to the nearest cell tower rather than using a cable connection or running through the phone line. All ISPs are — naturally — susceptible to interference of [...]
November 29, 2008 – 2:41 pm
Black Friday in the U.S. is met every year with incredible stories of sales, bargains and shoppers, but every year there seems to be at least one story that stands out. This year, a temporary Wal-Mart employee was killed at 5 am as the front doors were opened and the horde of salivating shoppers began [...]
November 26, 2008 – 8:48 am
Recently, the Weatherspoon Art Museum at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro held an exhibition by American feminist artist Kiki Smith titled “Touch of the Eye/Look of the Hand.” Sixteen works of varying media were on loan from a private collector which ranged from photogravure to etching and lithograph. Although Smith is best known [...]
November 25, 2008 – 2:57 pm
The ancient and relatively lost art of the ninja keep propping its head in the Western world. Perhaps there is a secret underground neo-ninja movement in the West.
Two men who were dressed as ninja in Clifton, New Jersey were arrested. Tadeusz Tertkiewicz, 20, and Jesse Trojaniak, 19, were each charged with weapons possession and Tertkiewicz [...]
November 25, 2008 – 2:25 pm
Received as a birthday present in 2005 by my sister, my Diesel Lawndale shoes have experienced a lot since that time. Before their time, my feet would share about even time between a four-year-old pair of Vans and a pair of Airwalk which I had been wearing since 1994. While I was at first a [...]
November 19, 2008 – 12:37 pm
I had a chance to see the UNCG production of “The Revenger’s Tragedy” last night at the Taylor theater. It’s been a while since I went to the theater but I sure don’t remember it being quite like this.
Departing from a strictly “traditional” theatrical production, “The Revenger’s Tragedy” begins with nearly all of the participants [...]
November 18, 2008 – 9:17 am
This TV series was released back in 2002 and even though everyone I knew said that it’s a must watch, I never got around to it. Until recently, when I sat down for an entire day and watched all fourteen episodes back-to-back. I really liked the series and while I was expecting a lot more [...]
November 13, 2008 – 12:36 pm
Two new McDonald’s-funded restaurants in Japan opened up in November in Omotesando and Shibuya in Tokyo prefecture. Named Quarter Pounder, they decided to take a different approach to their now well known style.
The web site for the new McDonald’s advertising campaign in Japan begins with a simple phrase “To those that eat hamburgers — have [...]