By Doug on March 1, 2010
Will the world of book publishing be subject to the same revolution as the music industry because of digital content? With the Kindle (or iPad or Nook) do to books what the iPod did to record albums?
It’s not my question to answer. But Jason Epstein from the The New York Review of Books has an [...]
Posted in Publish To KM Space, Things in the News | Tagged Book publishing, Jason Epstein, New York Review of Books
By Doug on February 16, 2010
With all of the non-traditional sport focus on the Olympics, I nearly missed the news that the America’s Cup sailing competition was happening in Valencia Spain. The BMW Oracle team triumphed over the Alinghi team. That means the US boat beat the Swiss boat.
Part of my family comes from Newport, Rhode Island, so I’ve had [...]
Posted in Things in the News | Tagged America's Cup, BMW Oracle Racing
By Doug on February 13, 2010
I don’t have Olympic fever because I’m not that interested in the headline events. My tastes are a bit quirkier.
I hate ice skating. The downhill events are boring, except for the crashes. The snowboard halfpipe is fun, but I can’t tell when one person is doing better than the other.
These are the events I want [...]
Posted in Things in the News | Tagged Biathalon, Curling, Olympics, Snowboarding
By Doug on February 11, 2010
They got feet of snow in Washington, D.C. with no mountains to go snowboarding. Who needs a mountain?
With that much snow on the ground and limited plowing, all you need is a Subaru.
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By Doug on February 8, 2010
During an April storm in 1934, a wind gust of 231 miles per hour (372 kilometers per hour) threw itself across the summit of Mount Washington. That stood as a record for the all-time surface wind speed observed by man.
Until two weeks ago.
On January 22, 2010, the World Meteorological Organization released a report stating that [...]
Posted in Things in the News | Tagged Mount Washington, Weather
By Doug on January 10, 2010
It’s always tough when your playoff season ends with a loss. It’s really tough when the team lays an egg like the Patriots did today in their playoff loss to the Baltimore Ravens.
That means enjoying the playoffs for the thrill of the competition and thinking ahead to next year. Because there is always next year.
Posted in Things in the News | Tagged Patriots
By Doug on January 1, 2010
Always hoping that the next year is better than the past year.
Posted in Things in the News | Tagged Holidays
By Doug on December 24, 2009
Bela Fleck playing The First Noel, Oh Come Let Us Adore Him, Jesus Joy of Man’s Desiring, Joy to the World during a banjo Jam at the Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Music Festival at The Congress Theater on December 12, 2009.
Posted in Things in the News | Tagged Banjo, Bela Fleck, Bluegrass, Holidays, Merry Christmas
By Doug on December 12, 2009
Posted in Things in the News | Tagged Holidays
By Doug on November 23, 2009
One of my favorite shows on television was HBO’s The Wire. An enterprising soul put together the video below of some of the best quotes from the series.
Since the quotes are from The Wire there is lots of language that you don’t want your kids (or your boss to hear).
Of course, there are spoilers. So [...]
Posted in Things in the News | Tagged The Wire
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