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I’m sure Pepsi (who owns the AMP energy drink brand) really wants this one back. And yes, I know I’m late to the party on this a bit; I have a good reason for that, which I’ll explain in a future post. Mashable reports on AMP’s new iPhone app “Before You Score” that was apparently [...] Okay, so not really on film, probably more like videotape or DVD, but the pun on the old song title was just hanging out there. A recent story reported by Fastcompany.com, NPR, and ABC News tells the story of Robert Stevens. Robert is an independent filmmaker who compiled films of pit bull dogfights made in [...] Apologies in advance to the easily offended… but this story was just begging for a few really bad jokes to be made. The London newspaper Metro reports on a Japanese airline’s very strange new policy, which may already have some passengers a bit pissed off. All Nippon Airways is desparate to reduce their carbon emissions, [...] While cleaning out the draft posts queue, I found this. The original article is a bit old, but the parties haven’t happened yet. A recent TechFlash article discusses a Microsoft initiative for teh upcoming Windows 7 release, describing it as a “Tupperware-style twist.” The idea is to encourage users, partners, and of course Microsoft employees [...] Mashable recently posted on France’s pending legislation intended to curb the manipulation of photographs in magazines toward unrealistic body images. As French MP Valerie Boyer is quoted in the article: Many young people, particularly girls, do not know the difference between the virtual and reality, and can develop complexes from a very young age. In [...] Wired.com recently reported on something that may be considered atypical fare by most of its readers: pharmaceutical companies running into problems outperforming the placebo effect. But technology geeks or not, this is a very interesting story for all of us. The story starts with Merck and the story of MK-869, an experimental antidepressant (the same [...] I really haven’t been in the mood to blog much lately. I have at least a good five things to write about that I need to clear out of the queue, but various personal and health issues have made it really difficult to focus on blogging. A page on americaswronglyconvicted.com details the rather upsetting tale [...] A bit dated, but I didn’t come across it until now. A law.com article details a very unusual settlement. Settlement of the case Klein v. Amtrak, during the appeal phase after a $24 million judgment in favor of the plaintiff was handed down, included a provision for the trial judge to vacate his published opinions. [...] |
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