George Carlin was awarded the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for Humor, but died before the ceremony to give it. Many of the country's best comedians came together in his honor for the ceremony, which was broadcast on PBS in high definition. OETA pre-empted the PBS broadcast for a pledge drive spec...

Just after I finish working on an item about Adobe Flash, I need some mental refreshment, so I pay a visit to the Web site of one of my favorite composers. On every machine I have, on every browser, it won't let me see a single damned thing because it says I don't have Adobe Flash Player installed. ...

Via OutSports Jock Talk Blog, we find this instance of the wingnuts going so absolutely crazy at the use of the word "Gay" that one of their "news" outlets has automatically changed the name of US sprinter Tyson Gay to "Tyson Homosexual." If you're unaware of this particular psychosis of the bedwett...

At the end of this post, in May 2007, I expressed some hope that local NBC affiliate KFOR-DT could yet come around and stop dropping the NBC high-definition signal at the slightest gust of wind, or because no one bothered to turn it on, or just because they hate their viewers. That post is the first...