Yesterday, Maya Rudolph got to live a dream of hers and take a shot at rebooting the variety show with “The Maya Rudolph Show.” The show felt very much like a classic old variety show, complete with cameos, special guests and songs about pretty much nothing. Continue reading
I wrote here previously about the amazingly simple yet addictive game called “Threes,” which started out on iOS but ultimately made its way to Android, but not before a clone called “2048” went nuts on the platform. Continue reading
One of Michael Jackson’s hallmarks was elaborate and exciting music videos that weren’t just about illustrating the song. At a time when Jackson is posthumously making a new mark, Katy Perry, a pop superstar herself, seems to be taking up the mantle by creating elaborate videos, although hers are done with some knowing humor. Continue reading
In the Internet’s early days, the homepage was king: Companies like Yahoo! fought to have the most relevant landing page for users. The hope was they’d make it their start page when opening their browser, and spend a long time on their sites, consuming content and features. Continue reading
It must be an incredibly fun job to write for characters like Wile E. Coyote and coming up with ever more complex and inventive ways to abuse the poor character. Continue reading
A quickie for Thursday: One of my favorite movie moments perhaps ever, featuring Tim Curry and Lesley Ann Warren in one of the most over-aired movies to ever show on Comedy Central, “Clue.” Continue reading
Does your CD collection, for lack of a better term, have a shelf life, wherein the music may no longer play? How about those DVDs of your favorite movies or TV shows? Yep, even physical media has risks beyond warped vinyl, unspooled tape or scratched discs. Continue reading
Earlier this year, I posted an item about the classic Windows XP background image and its history. But here’s a baffling marriage of two iconic sitcom stars and an iconic operating system: the Windows 95 Video Guide. Continue reading
An IndieGogo campaign is pushing forth an effort to seek funding for an idea that’s actually quite far along, but sounds very futuristic in concept: Solar panel roadways that can generate energy and help handle storm runoff at the same time, not to mention be lit up with LED technology and even keep snow and ice from melting on the roads. Continue reading
Acrobatics are always impressive when seen, but a video circulating Facebook has an extreme example of it featuring a trio of teenagers, The Ross Sisters, who put on an incredible show in a movie from the 1940s, “Broadway Rhythm.” Continue reading