Guerre des sexes
I took some time today to sit in the coffee-shop downtown and read the New York Times online, sip a cappuccino from a non-paper cup (a real saucer!) and, in sitting next to a group of women around my age, I realized that the sexes are two completely different animals in every possible manner. They […]
Google unveils IM chat client
So you love their search, you love their mail, you love blogger (yes they own that), and you’ve got their desktop search running, but you need more Google? Look no further, the big G has just dropped the bomb on AOL Instant Messenger’s parade. Google Talk, a new chat client, is now available for Windows […]
From the mixed up files of Mr. Steven R. Neuman
I have had a bit of an absence from posting, but with good reason. I have been dredging through my files and re-posting (with the proper time stamps, of course) all my posts from the original Hyperbole blog. I hate to sound like a nostalgic geezer, but when I first started blogging in 2002, it […]
Journo News: PBS
Romanesko, the blog that most newspaper editors don’t realize is a blog, had an interesting link to a story in the Village Voice about Fareed Zakaria, media gadfly, Daily Show guest and Newsweek International editor and columnist. Zakaria, a “Neoconservative policy wonk,” can finally give Mr. Stewart’s sofa rest because he’s the winner of the […]
Meth Madness
Well kids, it’s official. You now need a prescription to buy your Sudafed in the state of Oregon when you’ve got the sniffles. The law, signed Tuesday, requires a prescription for previously over-the-counter drugs containing a component, known as Pseudoephedrine, which can be used by home-grown ‘cooks’ making meth. Nevermind that such sources represent a […]