http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-wallace14-2008sep14,0,246155.storyRead more... )

http://www.harpers.org/archive/2007/10/0081742Read more... )

Tips for how to stay off it, and some background info, here: http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/techtracks/archives/2007/08/do_not_call_my_cell_phone.html

Great feature on Bob Barker, who retires next month. I haven't watched the show in at least 15 years, but it all comes rushing back.
Just the sound of it feels, somehow nostalgically, like being in bed with the flu. ("Come on down!" roars the announcer, Rich Fields -- who replaced the late Rod Roddy in 2003, who replaced Johnny Olson in 1986 -- as ( Read more... )

Those who have sat through their share of Powerpoint might enjoy this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL_-1d9OSdk

What happens when arguably the best violinist in the world, posing as a street musician, gives a free 45-minute performance in the middle of the morning rush at a D.C. subway station? Everyone pretty much ignores him. I know people are busy, and maybe classical music isn't very popular but, wow....What other really cool things is our collective ( Read more... )