Duly Noted

May 18, 2010 Like 0 French Davis

There are about a million things that rock about the summer. Long motorcycle rides, playing golf, grilling brats and drinking beer in your backyard while watching your neighbors fight with sticks, wearing cardboard, silver-spray-painted “armor” in their yard (or is…

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Bring Google

April 14, 2010 Like 0 French Davis

There are a lot of powerful companies in the world. Oil companies, bank companies, weapons companies, media companies. Companies that decide the fates of man and nations alike. But there’s one company out there that trumps them all. It’s the…

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Love Has Come Along

February 16, 2010 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

It’s February, and that means it’s the most important holiday for romantics looking to express affection in a socially acceptable manner: Groundhog Day. Seriously, Valentine’s Day is little more than a nauseating display of polyester teddy bears and chalky heart…

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Music Mayhem

January 6, 2010 Like 0 French Davis

The newspaper industry is dying. Yes, I know, it’s not exactly a revelation to you. It’s old news, and you’re probably sick of hearing all about it, especially from some self-serving so-called journalist who’s whining about losing a paycheck. Big…

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Dear Santa…

December 3, 2009 Like 0 French Davis

There are a lot of things I’d like for my >INSERT APPROPRIATE SECULAR HOLIDAY HERE< gift this year. So, I decided the fair thing to do would be to list them all here, so my legions of readers and fans…

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A Flash of Genius

November 12, 2009 Like 0 French Davis

The Universal Serial Bus might be one of the biggest leaps forward in computing since the advent of microprocessors. Prior to USB connections, peripherals (printers, mice, joysticks, etc.) connected to computers via a multitude of proprietary connections; serial ports, parallel…

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Duly Noted: For the Record

October 19, 2009 Like 0 French Davis

I went into a music store yesterday. An honest-to-God, brick-and-mortar music store. It’s a lot like going into a museum, except the whole thing’s the gift shop. In fact, this particular music store even sold records.

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Beyond the Axe

September 10, 2009 Like 0 French Davis

On Aug. 13, the most important living person in rock and roll history died due to complications from pneumonia. He was 94 years old. And he invented the solid-body electric guitar.

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Remember the Time

August 17, 2009 Like 0 French Davis

By the time you read this, it won’t exactly be timely, but at this point, I can’t really fathom writing about anything else.

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Ensuring the Idiot Box

March 9, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

The postponement of the digital television conversion last month revealed the truth about the way Americans view their television: as an inalienable right.