Michael Jackson: Thriller 25th Anniversary Edition
July 3, 2009 by Bill Sobel
image courtesy of Epic Records
Ever since this Michael Jackson story broke it has been difficult to steer clear of it…no matter how hard I try…not only the stories of his death and his odd life but his music is all over the place…not only on your typical music stations but on news stations, sports and everything in between.
So there I was, earlier today in Target to pick up some stuff and there was a single copy of the “Thriller 25th Anniversary Edition” on the shelf, that was both remastered, had additional tracks as well as a separate DVD of his top 4 videos (Billie Jean, Thriller, Beat It and his appearance on the Motown 25th Anniversary). I just had to pick it up…and to be honest, it is awesome. The tracks from the CD are incredible, the additional tracks are fun and the videos, especially the appearance on the Motown special were in a word incredible.
Ok…so I’m part of the hype…but what the heck…it’s great music!
Final Thoughts on Sarah Palin
July 3, 2009 by Bill Sobel
I came across a fascinating article this evening by Erick Ericskon in RedState, the leading blog for right of center online activists. While this is not exactly my political publication of choice, it’s an interesting article.
Perhaps I should keep my mouth shut now, because I’m causing a few people to run for the hills for daring to voice my opinion that Sarah Palin is done with elected politics, though not necessarily politics altogether.
Nonetheless, here are more thoughts.
1. Sarah Palin resigned, I think, to spare her family from more attacks. I don’t think it is a coincidence that Sarah Palin is doing this just days after a very nasty Vanity Fair article where folks like Nicolle Wallace and, according to Bill Kristol, McCain campaign manager Steve Schmidt (though I’m told Schmidt is not involved), savaged her.
2. Unfortunately, by resigning, I think the left and national media will be emboldened to ritualistically engage in the metaphorical gang raping of conservative politicians, particularly those who are female and have children. They’ll decide savaging Palin’s family drove her from office, so the sky’s the limit on the next conservative with kids.
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Sarah Palin to resign at Alaska Governor
July 3, 2009 by Bill Sobel
image courtesy of newsday.com
Will she be missed or will we be seeing too much of her now?
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
3:55 PM EDT, July 3, 2009
WASILLA, Alaska - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she will resign from office July 26.
Her spokesman wouldn’t say why Palin decided to step down, but the announcement stirred speculation that she would focus on a 2012 bid for the Republican nomination for president.
Chicago Sears Tower unveils The Ledge
July 2, 2009 by Bill Sobel
image courtesy Frank Polich-Reuters
How cool is this?
from NPR/All Things Considered
High atop Chicago’s soaring Sears Tower, a new attraction opened Thursday to the public. It’s called the Ledge, and it’s intended to give visitors never-before-seen views of the city.
It is not, however, for the faint of heart.
The glass box, on the 103rd floor, juts out just over four feet away from the building and it allows visitor to stare more than 1,300 feet straight below them.
Susie An reports for Chicago Public Radio.
From Atop Sears Tower, A Ledge With A View : NPR (2 July 2009)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106225558
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With 3.5 launch, Firefox faces new challengers
July 2, 2009 by Bill Sobel
image courtesy of Mozilla Corp.
Great story from ZDNet
By Stephen Shankland, CNET News
Posted on ZDNet News: Jun 30, 2009 10:00:06 AM
A funny thing to happened to Firefox on the way to vanquishing Internet Explorer: the Mozilla browser’s success opened the door for a host of its other competitors.
Even as Internet Explorer’s market share has slipped–down a dramatic 8 percentage points to 65.5 percent in about the last year–Firefox programmers face a surprising question: should they be more worried about the programmers in Redmond, Wash., or about those working on Apple’s Safari, Google’s Chrome, and Opera?
Firefox has gained about 3 percentage points to 22.5 percent in market share, according to Net Applications’ statistics since July 2008, and Firefox backer Mozilla doubtless hopes for more gains with Tuesday’s release of Firefox 3.5. But Apple’s Safari and Google’s Chrome each gained 2 percentage points, to 8.4 percent and 1.8 percent, respectively, indicating a growing appetite for alternatives to Internet Explorer that’s not completely met by Firefox. Opera stayed flat at about 0.7 percent.
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