I saw a tweet from Roger Ebert this morning, which seemed odd since he died in April. This wasn't the first postmortem tweet I'd seen from Roger Ebert. His wife Chaz has been managing his account. Still, the name on the tweets is "Roger Ebert," which I find disconcerting. If a person becomes a social … Continue reading Digital afterlife: I see dead people (in my Twitter feed)
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This Mad Men finale post doesn't contain any spoilers. If you are looking for a plot recap of the Mad Men finale for season 6 "In Care Of" there are plenty of other places you can look. (Of course, I especially recommend you read Tom & Lorenzo's Mad Style post on Wednesday.) This is not a … Continue reading Mad Men finale: Online streaming saved me from spoilers
Kim and Kanye have allegedly named their daughter North West. Once the Internet broke news of the Kim Kardashian and Kanye West baby name the typical celebrity baby name judging exploded online. As a data privacy specialist I applaud Kim and Kanye's baby name choice. North West is a not a bad baby name in … Continue reading North West: Kim and Kanye chose a great baby name for the digital age
The Chicago Reader's annual "Best of Chicago 2013" reader's poll results have been revealed. Although part of the fun of these lists is discovering places you've never heard of, it is also nice to see businesses you enjoy getting public recognition. That's why I was thrilled to see so many Edgewater and Andersonville businesses on … Continue reading Chicago Reader’s Best of 2013 features many Edgewater area picks
Articles warning about the dangers of too much screen time for children overlook one of the dangerous side effects of letting kids watch a lot of TV shows. Children's TV theme songs can very easily become earworms that keep playing in parent's heads hours or even days after the last viewing of that particular show. … Continue reading Eight children’s TV theme songs that become parental earworms
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