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The poetry of James Maitland Stewart… This is one for the record books. Light-hearted crescendoing into something much more (especially coming from the dignified Mr. Stewart. Hard to imagine anything that approaches this on late night television today. Dog lovers beware…
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05 20 13
Monday mornings… Yves Klein – The Void (Empty Room), 1961
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05 17 13
(Mario’s) peas for everyone. tgif…
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05 16 13
Google salutes Atari… If you do an image search for “Atari Breakout” on Google, the results turn into a space invaders-style game celebrating the 37th anniversary of the launch of Atari’s landmark title. Happy 37th Anniversary!?! The tiled image results shrink down to form the layers of bricks as the bouncing ball emerges from the bottom of the screen. You can use either the mouse or keyboard arrow keys to control the paddle. When you rack up your best score, you can share it on your Google+ page from right inside the game. Frankly, you guys can do better…
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05 16 13
Texting & Driving… Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile join AT&T’s It Can Wait campaign, with a multimillion dollar ad campaign, set to blanket TV and radio airwaves this summer. The campaign is unusual not just because it unites rivals, but because it represents companies warning against the dangers posed by their own products. After initially fighting laws against cellphone use while driving, carriers have begun to embrace the language of the federal government’s campaign against the risky practice. The recently released study, by Cohen Children’s Medical Center, discovered that 50 percent of students admit to texting while driving and more than 3,000 teens are killed every year in car crashes caused by texting, overtaking drunk driving –which kills 2,700 every year — as the biggest cause of teen deaths in the U.S. The campaign’s creative effectively targets younger drivers with youthful art direction, accessible copy, compelling videos and the intensive use of social media. This is a more than disturbing new threat to both teenagers and anyone that gets behind the wheel. Let’s do what we can and encourage continued focus on this situation. Drive safely…
