Feb 20 2010
Leading up to the mid-January special election for the late Senator Kennedy’s seat, I wrote a brief post on the Democrats’ backup plan if Brown won. Well, Brown won, and reconciliation has been called for. Here’s a deeper look at the process and how it’s being used. Budget reconciliation is a provision of the Congressional …
Feb 18 2010
In an earlier blog post, I espoused that Apple’s preference of HTML5 over Adobe Flash would likely change how video is streamed online. While this may still be true, a deeper look into Adobe’s AIR programming foundation reveals that the answer is not so simple. In readdressing this issue, the first thing I wanted to …
Feb 16 2010
Buckets and buckets of posts have been written about the impact of mobile platforms and social networks on marketing and small businesses. One fledgling area that is bound to explode, however, is the ability to let your users create the content you’re selling – on the fly. Letting consumers do the work of marketing products …
Feb 14 2010
I stumbled across yet another forgotten poem tonight while I was searching desperately for inspiration and debating whether or not to write about my college essay on nationalism and its relation to current world politics. Yeah, thank goodness for the poem… A river of blood dapples my path; Scarlet flakes of fallen promise Cruelly wrenched …
Feb 12 2010
Hi, my name is Wade, and I like the smell of Windex. And fresh gasoline. And paint. Now, I know I’m not alone. The highly chemical smells of these common products are love-it-or-hate-it, and I’ve had conversations with many a lover and hater alike. The purpose of this post is to uncover why the harsh …
Feb 10 2010
It’s sheer idiocy that so many of my fellow actors cannot qualify for health insurance and benefits these days. Many factors contribute to this dilemma, including rising out-of-state production and a lack of production investment funds due to the Great Recession, but the most ridiculous of these is the work division between SAG and AFTRA. …
Feb 08 2010
When a CNN article broke today over NASA Administrator Charles Bolden’s concerns about job losses under Obama’s proposed budget (check it out: Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2011), my first reaction was of frustration and disgust. “Always, they are stripping the space exploration budgets!” I cried. A quick dig into the Whitehouse.gov …
Feb 06 2010
The recent announcement that Apple’s iPad would not support Adobe’s Flash (the scripting behind video sites such as Hulu) irritated me a good bit at first. I already know people who watch videos on iPhones; I could very easily see two or three people whipping out an iPad (in downtime on set? in an office …
Feb 03 2010
If ever I thought the entertainment industry was full of “hurry up and wait,” I have only to look at Capitol Hill. Last week (Wednesday, January 28, to be exact) marked the end of the first stage of Perry v. Schwarzenegger, the federal trial over Proposition 8 and its ban on same-sex marriage. According to …
Jan 29 2010
I have two thoughts about the new Apple iPad. Concerning its viability, I think that it will be hugely popular despite the widespread public disappointment that greeted its unveiling. The iPhone was a technological (and ultimately social) game-changer, and most expected the iPad to follow suit. The truth is that the iPad will instead be …
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