I have been previewing The Sundance Channel series Big Ideas For A Small Planet for two years. It is a great series, eco caring companies and individuals making a difference in our petroleum centric world. We spend so much time wrecking our planet, and for the most part we totally ignore the damage we inflict. […]

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One of the fun things about being a reviewer is that you never know what to expect next. I was somewhat surprised when a company asked me if I would review an Alarm Clock Radio. Now don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against Alarm Clock Radio’s and have used one for many years, but […]

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I was out shopping yesterday and my wife wanted to look in the local Thrift Store, well you do find the strangest things in those places so I was game for an adventure. While she perused the clothes, I was off to the rotting and aged electronics section. That was when I spotted ‘The Thing’. […]

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Interfaith dialogues and Opportunities for Muslims
After 11 Sept, Islam has become a global brand name. All of a sudden the world is focused on Islam and Muslims. Many Muslims are very skeptic about this attention, some are even uncomfortable when fired by questions at work place and at airports etc. but for a Muslim […]

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Trust Definition
Trust, as defined by the common law legal systems pertains to a relationship in which a person or entity called the trustee possesses legal title to certain property or which we refer to as the trust property or trust corpus, but is obliged by a fiduciary duty to exercise that legal control for the […]

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I like the Nintendo Wii, I really do.  It’s a fun system that doesn’t take a whole ton of gamer strategy, thumb agility and appeals to a wider audience than the typical Play Station or X-box gamer.   That being said, my mind can’t always get out of the box and understand how you can play […]

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The technology industry never fails to amaze me. On a daily basis I read articles about new products and the functionality being built into todays ‘gizmos’ is absolutely mind boggling. And the new Portable Media Player from Irvine California based IOGEAR is right up there with the best of them.
Everything about this product, and the […]

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I generally like the stuff that Adobe puts out, the price is right, well at least at the ‘free’ end, but is outrageous at the ‘pay’ end of the scale. The media player business has been a hard fought battle for years. Microsoft has Media Player, and there is WinAmp, and RealPlayer, it is a […]

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As reported by powerhouse engines like Google and Yahoo, social networking is the monarch of the Internet. Sites like MySpace, Facebook, Hi5, Perfspot, and others clearly dominated 2007’s search terms. Now the trend of niche social networking/interaction sites—MySpace for select markets, if you will—is on the rise. A shining example is SoccerFlow.com, giving fans of […]

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by TK Kenyon. “Raj, Bohemian” falls into numb and mindless violence, or violent and mindless numbness, or whatever.”

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After launching her American tour and releasing On a Clear Night, her second album, in the U.S. last week, Australian singer/songwriter Missy Higgins has now “dedicated this year to America and to becoming a superstar,” she declares jokingly. “Hopefully it won’t take that long, though because I’ve got other things to do.” To Chicago fans […]

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Can anyone think of a better choice to compose a classical piece for an orchestra than… Paul McCartney? Invited by Magdalen College Oxford president Anthony Smith to create a piece to set the seal on a new concert hall, McCartney surprised others, and himself, with the quality of his work. ”If it had been a Beatles song I would have known how to […]

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ITV, in the UK, has a rather good drama on that depicts the establishment of a police force in London back in the 1750s called City of Vice. It stars the bloke who plays Emperor Palpetine in the last Star Wars series. Its gritty, edgy and fairly true to the facts. Someone, quite cleverly, has […]

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I have been greatly impressed by this little unit, and in case you missed my earlier comments you can find Part 1 here, and Part 2 here. I write a lot, I likely produce more words than the average person, even the average writer, I guess I am a Write-a-holic. It takes a lot to […]

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I will admit it, I am a bit of a Ludite, and I am proud of it. My Telephone makes phone calls, it does not take photos, play videos, or even MP3’s, it just makes phone calls. My watch tells me the time, and it does it in easy clear to read numbers, it does […]

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Ok, lets deal with what the Neo is not, it doesn’t internet, it doesn’t email, it doesn’t MP3, and it doesn’t make cell phone calls or take pictures, it doesn’t even Wi-Fi at Starbucks! So what use is this device, I hear you ask?
Well believe it or not, some of us just like to write, […]

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A green cellphone has just gone on sale in Japan that converts sunshine into battery power. It’s called a Strap-Ya phone because users have a wrist strap that powers them up. It’s a great looking, smart device.
The product received raving reviews not least because energy usage and gadget acquisitions are being connected increasingly by green-hungry […]

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Opening Night of the 2008 San Francisco Ballet displayed a spectacular showcase of nine stellar performances in three acts, a fitting beginning to the 75th anniversary season of the oldest ballet company in the United States. The SF Ballet’s “Diamond Gala Celebration” included surprises like appearances of SF Ballet alumni dancers such as Jocelyn Vollmar, the first ballerina to perform as the “Snow Queen” in “The Nutcracker” in the United States. Vollmar danced with the SF Ballet from 1939 – 1948 and later taught at the SF Ballet School. While she no longer danced across the stage, Vollmar still appeared a queen on opening night with her snowy white hair and glowing white gown….

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By Honey Gillard 

“What if just knowing what a word meant could help feed hungry people around the world? Well, at FreeRice it does . . . the totals have grown exponentially.”
- The Washington Post 
According to the United Nations about 25,000 people die each day from hunger or hunger-related causes, most of which are children. Imagine […]

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Backstage after their exhilerating House of Blues debut, the Frantic’s high-energy onstage presence has transitioned into an easy-going laid-back confidence. This may have been one of the quartet’s “dream venues,” but right now they’re as relaxed as if they’d done it 100 times before. And that’s the general vibe these guys gave off on stage only […]

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About 6 weeks ago I made the big change, out with Windows and in with Linux. Linspire is a commercial Linux distribution and was billed as the easiest to use and most user friendly. Guess what? It is the easiest, what amazed me was that the distribution, a mere one CD contained not just the […]

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Who remembers all those great cartoons from Saturday mornings on the early 90s?  Not me, evidently.  I’d never heard of the show Captain N and I certainly never knew that there was ever a cartoon about The New Super Mario World.
But, back in 1991, NBC had two greatly popular Saturday morning cartoons – Captain N […]

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Those of you around in the Windy City before the 1970s might remember the stylish yellow and black Chicago street signs, or the public bath houses scattered around the city for recent immigrants, the ubiquitous street vendors (now seldom found outside of small enclaves in traditionally immigrant neighborhoods), or the municipal device featured on most […]

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The name Lalo Schifrin is somewhat legendary in many circles. But unlike some legends, his fame isn’t confined to a single genre or group of people. Posing a triple threat to the music scene as a pianist, a conductor and a composer, he is not only versatile in the position he chooses to work in, but in […]

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On today’s Lunch, braniacs are divided, Clinton undoes Clinton, and Tancredo scares the bejeezus out of people watching his ads. and much more. Watch now!

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Looking like a collection of mystical eggs stuffed into a furry, translucent alien skin, the new d’light Huggable Pillow from Diana Lin Design manages to add a touch of mystique and modernism to any couch, chair or bed it is set upon. Pull the little metal on/off cord located in one corner and it […]

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On today’s Tuesday Snack, Will takes a look at the presidential candidates, speed-dating style…
Don’t miss it!

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It was three weeks ago that I took the plunge and purged the dreaded Microsoft Windows from my computer in favor of Linux based Linspire. Windows went to that big bit bucket in the sky! So after 3 weeks of using it on a daily basis I thought it was time to collect my thoughts […]

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For today’s Tuesday Snack, Will serves up some Presidential trivia and announces a contest in which you can win your very own Political Lunch hat and mug. You’ll be the envy of your friends!
Watch Now!

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For those of you not familiar with Linspire it is a distribution of the Linux Operating System. But it has one very important distinction from the rest, it is aimed at the end user who has little or no Linux experience. I took Linspire out for a test drive last week, and I have nothing […]

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