Monthly Archives: November 2010
Solar Panel Carports: What’s So Ugly About Saving the Planet?
Stories have been done recently about new carports made of solar panels. This NYT contribution spends a fair amount of space on the argument in California about the esthetics of PVs versus their environmental logic. It’s somewhat ironic given California’s … Continue reading
Thanksgiving 2010: Schreiner Productions Has Never Been More Thankful; It’s Time to Give Back
This has been the best year of my life. Out of 57, that’s significant. An incredible wife, wonderful family, friends, dream job, and our newly-renovated dream home in my dream place. For a guy who once made a living out … Continue reading
Breaking Irony: America Forgets Who Gave Us 9/11 and the TSA
When it comes to PR disasters, 9/11 has to be the biggest in American history. Yet few people still blame the president and Congress at the time even though there’s ample evidence they not only knew of the impending attacks … Continue reading
In the Golden Age of Video, TV is Following the Leaders But Falling Further Behind
A funny thing happened in the late 1970s: TV began its descent to the scrap heap of media history. Sure it’s still around and in some ways more popular than ever. But instead of being the industry it used to … Continue reading
Detroit’s Urban Farms: City of the Past- and the Future?
Everyone should visit Detroit at least once. I lived there for three years. It’s a grim reminder of what can happen if a community is divided by race, religion, poverty, and not economically diverse and sustainable. Acres of abandoned homes … Continue reading
TV Viewing Habits Change as Subscription, Social Networks Grow: Motorola Study
More evidence that subscription is eclipsing free-to-air TV viewing. What do the Japanese have against Twitter? And why does South Korean TV suck? A new study confirms what many of us have been saying for years: people love it all … Continue reading
Utah Farmer’s Ironic Battle Against His Freedom-Loving Neighbors
One of the more disturbing phenomena in American society today is the notion that continuing to do bad, destructive things is somehow better than doing good, nurturing things. Among them, politics (religion trouncing reason), energy (renewable energy buried by government … Continue reading
Hulu Price Cut Sets Up Subscription War with Netflix
Looking for good news? How about the cost of video entertainment going lower and lower? That’s what’s happening in the subscription world with Hulu knocking 20% off it’s monthly rate down to $7.99. That’s a big shot across the bow … Continue reading
Beatles Finally Coming to iTunes?
One of the most glaring absences on iTunes’ vast menu of contributors is the loveable lads from Liverpool, the Beatles. But it looks like Apple finally added the right number of zeroes to the deal. We’ll find out later soon. … Continue reading
Ted Koppel’s “Death of Real News”, Gopnik’s “Facebook is Ugly” Columns are Old, Wrong, Egocentric Sour Grapes
A Washington Post columnist whines about Facebook being “ugly.” (in an esthetic way, not socially though there is that implication). Ted Koppel, also in the WP, complains about 24-hour cable infotainment and the “death of real news”, while crying that “the … Continue reading
