I’m astounded by the number of guys and girls making videos about trying to get famous. When I started watching Nirvana the Band the Show I thought, “Here’s another pair of these dudes giving fame a go.” The series that premiered in mid-Decmember 2007 is quite reminiscent of ...

From Johnny B. 1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? I admit it; I have issues with wrapping paper. Specifically, when I was a child, I thought it would be a good idea, instead of wasting money on wrapping paper, to wrap my presents in the comic section of my local newspaper. Now I'd be seen as environmen...

As white-collar workers return desultorily to their desk jobs, they waste time by shopping online. To capitalize on this, a group of online retailers invented "Cyber Monday," a day of Internet discounts to match Black Friday's in-store deals. You'd think that the planned traffic from such a staged e...

I wrote here three years ago about my late friend from my high school days, Vito Mastrogiovanni, who is commemorated on an AIDS quilt. Also in Vito's class was a very intelligent guy named Stuart. Generally, I admire intelligence. In this case though, Stuart knew he was smart, and it made him arroga...

Visiting family for the holidays? You know what an antisocial faux-pas it is to bring along a console, and if you're a PC gamer, hell if you're dragging along that rig. Yet when you get to your destination, either in your parents' basement or your uncle's old room at your grandparents, inevitably th...

Electronic Arts must have been pleased as hell to read, in the Los Angeles Times, that front-office types are using NBA Live 09 to evaluate opposing players, consider the impact of trades on future performance and production, and help in making other decisions. The NBA says about half of the league'...

Ah, Thanksgiving week, when America does what it does best — chow down and then go to the mall to spend dough it doesn't have. Yes, Black Friday, another back alley craps game Wall Street can't wait to rob. We still cooked up the USRDA of original reporting, despite the fact this is a shortened we...

An Israeli policeman wearing a hard helmet is shown headbutting a Palestinian woman in a video released by a human rights group today. The short film was recorded by the Israeli group B'Tselem during a protest against the demolition of Palestinian homes. The Jerusalem municipality destroyed two hous...

It’s interesting to see that YouTube has announced it’s move towards bringing a widescreen format to it’s website. Here’s the basic announcement: We’re expanding the width of the page to 960 pixels to better reflect the quality of the videos you create and the screens t...

Long before I ever went there, I loved San Francisco. From the Golden Gate Bridge to the cable cars, I adored the place. It may have started in 1962, when I was nine. The San Francisco Giants, my favorite team in the National League was playing the New York Yankees, my favorite team in the American ...