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Author / Scott DeToffol
Charlie just turned ten and is finishing up the last few chapters of the last Harry Potter book. Sam is almost eight and is in the middle of book 5. Jodi and I both read all the books as they came out and have enjoyed revisiting them with the boys. We’ve been watching the movies, […]
My latest obsession is John Fullbright, hailing from Oklahmoa. His 2012 album “From The Ground Up” starts with this barn burner, but has a lot of variety and depth.
Todd Snider has put together a top-notch band and recorded a killer set of cover songs under the moniker Hard Working Americans. Do yourself a favor and buy this one, it’s a keeper. Track list (with original songwriter) “Blackland Farmer” by Frankie Miller “Another Train” by Will Kimbrough “Down to the Well” by Kevin Gordon […]
A previously unpublished video from January 30, 1984 where Steve Jobs presents the new Macintosh personal computer to the Boston Computer Society. He starts off with some jabs at IBM, then follows up with the haymaker 1984 Macintosh commercial. He then goes into Jobs mode with tech specs and abundant hyperbole about how insanely great […]
Here are my favorite albums of the year. Enjoy! Parquet Courts – Light Up Gold Jason Isbell – Southeastern Superchunk – I Hate Music The Greencards – The Sweetheart Of The Sun The Avett Brothers – Magpie And The Dandelion The Head and the Heart – Let’s Be Still Aoife O’Donovan – Fossils John Fullbright […]
But can it slice a tin can?
Okay kids (actually, not so much for kids), here is my new favorite band: Parquet Courts. Their album is called Light Up Gold. Enjoy! That is an awesome set. Here’s more: Documentary “Light Up Gold Road Trip”
Douglas Engelbart recently passed away, leaving us an amazing legacy including inventing the mouse, and this almost impossible demo of our future. At the start of this presentation, later dubbed “the mother of all demos”, Engelbart issued this challenge to future generations who waste their days flinging pissed-off birds at delinquent swine: If, in your […]
In 1994, Knight-Ridder’s Information Design Lab, a newspaper company, published this video which very accurately predicts today’s tablets. Weigh under 2 pounds Portable Display is comparable to ink on paper Blend text, images, video and audio Part of our daily lives (yes) around the turn of the century (off by a decade) “We may still use computers to create […]
