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News on your Amazon Kindle being sucky, and your story telling narcissism

The news this week is about how some schools seem to think that the Amazon Kindle is a bad tech device because its not able to be setup to read aloud to you if you are blind because that initial setup requires navigating through onscreen menues that do not initially read themselved to you. As oppossed to all those other tech devices they think are just fine, like all the computers (which do not come pre-set to be accessable to the blind) and of course the standard paper books, which have absolu...

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[ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:23:28 +0000 ]

News Story authors should not take readers for granted

When reading a news story, it is very important to consider the source. Many times in our busy online lives, we start to take a site for granted, and believe that the content put forth is done so in good faith and with the readers best interest and the truth all rolled up into one [...]...

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[ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:29:45 +0000 ]

Hold me closer Tiny Elvis, Blogworld Expo New Media Expo survivor

I’m back from Vegas and the BWE/NME…with less MonEy…what are the odds! Had a great time and really enjoyed the party put on by our friends over at Blubrry. Theres just something about Vegas that makes you want to go back, plus, this year they didn’t have the show in August, but rather mid October. [...]...

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[ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:39 +0000 ]

Give it away give it away now…unless its Philidelphia Eagles tickets

There are a few things I think of when I want think about a new cell phone. The 1st is, when the heck is the iPhone coming to a real cell phone carrier in the US? Many other countries have the darn thing on multiple carriers and we here in the US are still hosed [...]...

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[ Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:06:50 +0000 ]

The worst podcat listening device since the 8 Track…The Zune HD

I know what your thinking…come on Mike, that headline is just a tad on the other side fo hyperboly isnt it…no, its not. After 28 hours with the Zune HD, I can honestly say that it is the absolute worst device I have ever tried to use to listen to a podcast on. Not that [...]...

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[ Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:19:21 +0000 ]

A confidential matter of most urgent importancy

If your country becomes known throughout the world as the hub for scams, schemes, and all matter of money stealing, laundering, thievery….is it any wonder that you get portrayed in a bad light in the movies or that a commercial pokes fun at these activities? No…its not . Sponsor: Try GotoMeeting free for 30 days! For [...]...

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[ Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:43:46 +0000 ]

Expressed verbal permission given to rebraodcast, redistributes and otherwise spead the news

There comes a time when you just have to laugh at the complete lunacy of some of the things we have to deal with on an every day basis. Hot dogs come in 10’s but the buns come in 8’s, Turn signals make it harder to change lanes, and of course, you cant talk about [...]...

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[ Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:10:25 +0000 ]

Rock and Roll all night, hose over your fans who voted, every day

There is a definite disconect between the music industry and many of its fans, and this is not big news. What is news is the amazingly inept ways in which old bands and old media try to become hip and cool, come up with a pretty good idea…yet still manage to find the songle most [...]...

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[ Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:02:18 +0000 ]

I for one welcome our new robot overlords

So you can’t teach an old dog new tricks…at least not very easily, but according to a new report, you can teach new robots some darn scary tricks. Now a few months ago, the news came out of a robot powered by organic waste. You know, was like old vegetation…incapacitated people, those kinds of things. [...]...

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[ Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:04:02 +0000 ]

Its not about the law, its about the citizens the law protects…or it should be

Everyone has a run in with the law at some point. Maybe its you being naughty, maybe its your neighbor being loud, or just possibly you need some help, and the person that comes to your aid, is a public servant who far too often gets associates with being the harbinger of doom…ok maybe not [...]...

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[ Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:17:42 +0000 ]

iPod fall down, go BOOOOOOM

It happens…not very often when you consider there are hundreds of millions of them out there, but it is a real fact that lithium batteries can go bad. I don’t mean they start pushing over cows, robbing liquor stores and writing bad checks, but they can go bad, and especially if damages (lets say by [...]...

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[ Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:11:12 +0000 ]

The best podcast ever envisioned in the knows universe* (your enjoyment may vary, void where prohibited)

Advertising…we are surounded by it every day, and lets be very clear that there is nothing inhearently bad with advertising. What happens when your promotional department gets a little over zealous? When you go from being a great choice and a great product to the NEST choice and the ONLY way to go if your [...]...

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[ Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:44:59 +0000 ]

If you havn’t heard yet, theres one good reason to keep those seat belts fassened on a comercial airliner. This week we find out about a gaping hole that opened up 45 minutes into a domestic flight here in the United States, and while no one was hurt, rumours abound about a sudden and dramatic [...]...

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[ Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:10:42 +0000 ]

Open Mouth, insert foot…but please, wash it 1st

So there you are…it may be what feels like the most important moment in your life, at least for this week. Your a little nervous, and rightly so…this is big. You concentrate, you know you only have one chance to make that good first impression. The last thing you want to do is blurt out [...]...

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[ Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:09:34 +0000 ]

Pom-Poms and Danger…who knew!

You see them at little league games, you see them at high school gymnasiums and football fields…even in college and your professional team sports they are there, cheer leaders. But what you didn’t know is that behind the glory, just beyond the poof of the plastic strips of pom pom fluff, there was danger. When [...]...

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[ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:36:45 +0000 ]

It’s not my McFault

This week I take a look a a nice variety of stories, including one that asks the questions, if your cell phone is stolen by a McDonalds employee when you leave/lose it at the restaraunt (ok fast food market)…does the owner of the store or McDonalds have any culpability? You may be surprised by my [...]...

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[ Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:51:06 +0000 ]

Sequals suck….usually

. There are many things I really get anoyed with, and one of those things is sequal reliance. So many times it seems that a movie is made, not because there is a great story to tell, not because someone has a passiona and vision for a new project…nope..its made in an effort to find that [...]...

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[ Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:34:26 +0000 ]

The AT&T iPhone user goes whaaaaah, whaaaah

Every once in a while, someone with true appreciation and understanding comes along. A person who sees the reality of life, and the need for rules. A human who has a keen awareness of the meaning of commitment and responsibility. Unfortunately, this person is usually drowned out by the whines and complaints of the clamoring [...]...

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[ Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:14:09 +0000 ]

What a mess they’ve made of this

We all have them…admit it, behind your desk or your television is a pile of wires and cables that could, in theory, trap a small tribe of early homonids. There have been many attempts over the years to control the rats nest of wires we all hide behind our well dusted entertainment centers, but not [...]...

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[ Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:31:09 +0000 ]

Come wth me if you want to live…but you look so creepy

Its been a long time since the first Terminator movie came out, but the same creepy feeling you get when you look at a Terminator then comes right back at you now. The reason is simple, the uncanny valley your brain creates when it sees something that looks almost human. Sure you can try and [...]...

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[ Mon, 25 May 2009 18:39:34 +0000 ]

Nothing good has come from this…if you lost 1.4B you may think that too

So we all have our own opinions…as the saying goes…they are like armpits, everyone has them, and they usually stink. Sometimes however, and opinion wafts forth upon us with such stench and rechid stupidity and lack of forethought, that it just has to be called out. This week, it was once again, Sony showing us [...]...

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[ Mon, 18 May 2009 22:53:49 +0000 ]

You don’t touch the other elves envelopes like that

photo courtesy of joetelling Most of the time we can all agree that being treated fairly is a good thing. There are those times when you have to discriminate between a few different people or options for the overall efficiency of things, but in the grand scheme of things it is typically better to be fair. [...]...

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[ Sat, 09 May 2009 17:44:32 +0000 ]

Free Windows?

It takes a little bit of convincing to get me to move to a new operating system. Microsoft fail compeltely to get me to commit to Vista on two fronts, it wasn’t a good upgrade (as in it offered absolutely NOTHING to me) and it cost way too much. The new Windows 7 [...]...

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[ Mon, 04 May 2009 02:42:25 +0000 ]

I didn’t drive any of these things

There’s a good mix of news stories this week, from HD-DVD to DMCA takedowns. But the real question of thes week is did you ever drive one of these craptastic vehicles listed on the worst vehicles of the 1970’s? Sure I touch on keeping your memory sharp as you get older, and yes [...]...

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[ Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:56:06 +0000 ]

New Media New Technology, same stupid decisions New Media New Technology, same stupid decisions

It doesn’t take a whole lot of searching to discover ways in which current business practices are pretty silly in the face of current technology. It takes even less effort to find a company who is clinging on to the way things used to work, in spite of moutains of warnings and predictions that [...]...

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[ Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:37:12 +0000 ]

Blame Google?

||| DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO THE SHOW ||| There’s a lot that we all take for granted these days, and one of them is that Google is there to help us find stuff. Doesn’t matter if its a place to eat, the next air show, what Britney is flashing this week, or the [...]...

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[ Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:48:32 +0000 ]

GO GREEN! just not dark green

If you listen to this weeks show one thing is for sure, you will know exactly where I stand on overreaching attempts to legislate how someone lives their life, and no I’m not talking about someones preference in a partner. At some point in the past 150 years, California went from wild west outpost, [...]...

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[ Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:06:34 +0000 ]

Turn Left 100 yards onto goat path

Listen to why there are times when you have to step back from the relentless stupidity and lack of commons sense that has become our day to day lives. Such is the case when you take the America desire to rid our schools of drugs, and the actual results of so called ‘zero [...]...

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[ Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:41 +0000 ]

What is in a nyme

Listen to this weeks Mike Thinks News as Mike talks about how this show and site are no strangers to the idea that branding your product is important. Its one of the reasons we are part of Thinks Media…its branding all the shows, under one family name and logo. If you’ve been listening [...]...

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[ Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:58:37 +0000 ]

How small can you make this thing anyway?

The final swan song for Circuit City has been sung. As we remember the store that gave us so many stories over the years, its just a little sad to see it all end. On the TV side of the news FOX has continued its practice of bringing out great new Science [...]...

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[ Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:22:52 +0000 ]

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