Often I enjoy listening to hard-driving fast bluegrass music, but I also appreciate a good story song. One of my favorites, featuring great harmony singing, is Widow Maker by Jimmy Martin . The song tells the story of a truck driver who kisses his wife goodbye before heading out on the road. When a vehicle [...]
Hi-tech businessmen Ted Leonsis and Jason Calacanis have written about the decline of the printed newspaper, believing the future is online. The Contexting blog recently published a nice piece with a different view, embracing the local newspaper: You need to know what’s going on in your community. From births to obituaries, the local paper does [...]
A couple of recent Facebook articles caught my attention. Waste of Time Bob Bly wrote an interesting piece on whether using social networks, including Facebook, is a good use of his time: …when you join, you get e-mails every day from people saying they have found you on one of these networks … and asking [...]
Having watched a good bit of both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions over the past two weeks, I think the presidential race is shaping up to be an interesting race this year in the U.S. Biased? I was watching ABC on free over-the-air television and noticed an apparent bias at the network. During the [...]
The Low-Tech Times previously reported that a Wright Brother’s Military aircraft replica would make an appearance in September of this year. The Wright Brothers’ ‘Fort Myer’ Flyer reproduction will be on display tomorrow, Saturday, September 6th at Fort Myer in Arlington, Virginia. Here is a link to the event website. Tweet (function(d, s, id) { [...]