Neo-Radio: Rock Meets NPR
Wednesday, June 30th, 2004 Posted in Music | No Comments »As FM rock radio has become stale and repetitive, NPR has seen listenership soar 65 percent in the last five years. The music stations are beginning to take notice with the emerging format called "neo-radio." Ironically enough, NPR covered it, ...
Living with AIDS for 21 Years
Wednesday, June 30th, 2004 Posted in Society | 1 Comment »From Rocky Mountain News: Jonathan Swain did not die. Of all the twists in his life, that is perhaps the strangest. He did not die when all the other children died of the plague, as it was called, the killer he named his ...
What’s that song?!
Wednesday, June 30th, 2004 Posted in Music | 1 Comment »OK, this happens to me all the time. I'm walking through a store (today it happened to be Best Buy) and suddenly I realize I'm nodding my head to the music playing over the store speakers. I try to catch ...
Bugs in my Apple
Wednesday, June 30th, 2004 Posted in Technology | 4 Comments »My Mac has bugs, though not the kind you might expect. My 17 inch Studio Display has a few little insects crawling around in the translucent and hollow feet. They look like grains of rice in the picture, but they're ...
Monkey Mayhem
Wednesday, June 30th, 2004 Posted in Monkey News | No Comments »When the zoo says don't pound on the glass, they mean it. And now they're giving chimps a way to fight back. Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo opened a new habitat for apes that lets chimpanzees touch a panel and ...
Reality Film
Wednesday, June 30th, 2004 Posted in Movies | No Comments »Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 made $23.9 million in its opening last weekend, making it the highest-grossing film of the weekend and the highest-grossing documentary ever (not including IMAX or concert films). Just like TV, reality is in. "Documentary filmmakers have started ...
Top 100 Spiritual Movies
Tuesday, June 29th, 2004 Posted in Movies | No Comments »Though flicks like The Passion of the Christ and Saved! are the latest rage, spirituality has long been explored in cinema. Arts & Faith -- an online discussion board for film critics, including a few ChristianityToday.com reviewers -- has released ...
Plain Layne Hoax
Tuesday, June 29th, 2004 Posted in Technology | No Comments »The City Pages ran an intriguing story this week about a fictional blogger who duped quite a lot of folks. Plain Layne seemed like a real person living in the Twin Cities and blogging for an audience of 5,000 since ...
Thoughts on Harry Potter
Tuesday, June 29th, 2004 Posted in Books | 1 Comment »Nevermind. I did finish Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire last night. I stayed up until 1:00 a.m. to pull it off (more proof of what happens when Abby's not around). In my defense I'd reached the final climactic ...
New Harry Potter Title Announced
Tuesday, June 29th, 2004 Posted in Books | 2 Comments »Coincidentally, the morning after I stay up re-reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, author J.K. Rowling announces the title of the upcoming sixth Harry Potter book in the seven book series: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Rowling ...
