Month: October 2012
President Obama Meets Gov. Christy In New Jersey After Hurrricane Sandy
President Barack Obama landed in New Jersey to survey the extensive damage caused to the entire state by Hurricane Sandy. It’s estimated that 60 percent of New Jersey is without … Read More
Happy Halloween! Go SF Giants – Parade Today
It’s Wednesday, October 31st, which means it’s Halloween 2012. It also happens to be the day of the parade for the 2012 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants, too. Of … Read More
SF Muni Bus Vandal Gregory Tyler Graniss Arrested Thanks To Social Media
The ass-hole that tried to damage a San Francisco Muni Bus on Third and Market after the San Francisco Giants’ World Series win, was arrested just about three hours ago. … Read More
Lucasfilm Bought By Disney For $4 Billion
Disney under Robert Iger has become the only true media giant. It owns Pixar, Marvel Entertainment, Cap Cities / ABC, ESPN, whatever small company this blogger can’t think of, and … Read More
New York Media Takes A Hurricane Sandy Big Hit
Lost in the flurry of social media reports was the fact that New York, the media capital, was crippled in another way: its media outlets were rendered inactive. This was … Read More
In Brooklyn NY, Reports Of Residents Dealing With Flood And Damage
While the worst of Hurricane Sandy is behind us, New Yorkers are dealing with the horror of a period with no power, food, or in many cases, the homes themselves. … Read More
SF Police Seek Buswrecker Man Who Attacked Muni Bus After World Series
The San Francisco Police and a ton of angry SF Giants fans are in search of the man who took one of those street line makers (the steel kind you … Read More
New York West Village To Get Power In 4-10 Days: Occupied Air
Live Video streaming by Ustream According to this new broadcast from Occupied Air, New York City’s West Village is expected to be one of the first areas to get power … Read More
President Obama’s Statement on Hurricane Sandy
In this video President Obama says that on Monday before Hurricane Sandy hit water, he had talked to all of the governors of all of the states that would be … Read More
Smoke In Flooded NY Apartment During Hurricane Sandy (Video)
Here’s an example of how mainstream media increasingly fails to give a comprehensive view of what’s happening during a disaster, and why social media has overtaken it. The USTREAM channel … Read More
CNN’s Ali Velchi Stands Up To Hurricane Sandy Winds, Video Bomb
As Hurricane Sandy made its way through New York City and Atlantic City, NJ, and the Eastern Seaboard, Twitter took note of the work of CNN’s long time correspondent, Ali … Read More
Thomas Peterffy, Pro-GOP Ad Buyer, Called Shady Wall Street Chieftain
Thomas Peterffy’s a name you’ve probably never heard of until a run of pro-GOP ads that have been played again and again on YouTube and on CNN. The ad starts … Read More
Hurricane Sandy Live Update
Hurricane Sandy: Live Report (via AFP) 2322GMT: JUST IN – Sandy is due to make landfall within the next hour along the New Jersey coast, the US National Hurricane Center … Read More
Ravens Not Letting Hurricane Sandy Affect Them
Hurricane Sandy is a bit*h, but the Baltimore Ravens are fighting back and doing their best to beat her at her own game. Their bye week is over and they … Read More
Sergio Romo Final Out; SF Giants Win World Series; Marina Flies Apart
WARNING – THIS VIDEO IS LOUD! San Francisco Giants Pitcher Sergio Romo’s incredible killer instinct performance in shutting down Detroit Tigers batters ended with a “K” on his final pitch … Read More
Hurricane Sandy Brings Mitt Romney’s Insensitive Anti-FEMA Ideas To Light
Hurricane Sandy is more than just the perfect storm, it’s the perfect tool to out a campaigns message for better or worse. For President Barack Obama, it’s for the better, … Read More
‘With All Due Respect, That’s a Bunch of Malarkey’: Decoding the Debate Smile
This Presidential election has resurrected a very interesting dichotomy — The “debate smile.” Urban Dictionary says it is a forced smile that a person in the spotlight (in this case … Read More
SF Giants Sweep Detroit Tigers, Win World Series
The San Francisco Giants have done what some thought was impossible: sweep the Detroit Tigers in four games, winning the final one in dramatic 10 inning fashion, 4-3. This makes … Read More
Could World Series Game 4 Be SF Giants Sweep?
World Series Game 4 is set to start in minutes, and the question of the day is “Can the San Francisco Giants sweep the Detroit Tigers and win the World … Read More
Ann Hoevel: CNN Geek Out Vlog Interview
I met Ann Hoevel a year ago when I attended DragonCon for the first, and last time given what I perceive as its love and tolerance for a bit too … Read More
Hillary Clinton Said House Republican Cuts Harm National Security
Zennie62 outlined how House GOP leaders worked to diminish the President’s ability to use military action in Libya, where Benghazi is located. Now, comes a Washington Post report from 2011 … Read More
Liam Payne Knocks Justin Bieber For Being Solo Act
One Direction’s Liam Payne for some reason could not resist taking a critical shot at Justin Bieber while saying he feels sorry for him. Payne told told Now Magazine as … Read More
House GOP Voted Against Allowing Obama To Deploy Troops In Libya, Benghazi
Lost in the Fox News-led, right-wing desire to pin the Benghazi tragedy on President Obama is the fact that in 2011, House Republicans led several efforts to prevent or curb … Read More
Can History Repeat For The Ravens?
The Baltimore Ravens are taking full advantage of their bye week to rest, recover and regroup. The football gods were kind to them by scheduling the bye at the half … Read More
YouTube Working To Help Existing YouTube Creators
Just a quick follow up to the last post featuring Shiva Rajaraman, Director, Product Management at Google YouTube. Shiva reports that YouTube is working on expanding the current active system … Read More
Shiva Rajaraman Of YouTube Reports On The State Of YouTube
Shiva Rajaraman, Director, Product Management at Google YouTube starts Play 2012. Shiva’s talking to the Play 2012 Conference audience and asked “How many people have used YouTube in the last … Read More
Play 2012 Digital Media Conference Today
The >play 2012 Digital Media Conference is today at the UC Berkeley Haas Business School, and it promises to be an excellent presentation. The event is entirely student-run, and concerns … Read More
Reddit Founder Steve Huffman At Web 2.0 Party, 2007 (Video)
It was 2007 and I was invited to a party for Reddit, thanks to Cathy Brooks, currently of Other Than That Studios, and then working with Loc Lemur on the … Read More
Mitt Romney Must Show College Transcripts
Where are Gov. Mitt Romney’s college transcripts? For all of the questions about President Obama and his college transcripts, which are not sealed by the way, no one has asked … Read More
FireFly: Browncoats Unite; The Science Channel; Nov. 11th
FireFly: Browncoats Unite, on The Science Channel reunites Joss Whedon, Nathan Fillion and the entire renegade crew of the Serenity for the first time ever to provide the complete oral … Read More
Lady Gaga, Kanye West, Jennifer Hudson Help Open Versace Vibe Store
Lady Gaga, Kanye West, Jennifer Hudson, Bar Refaeli, and Linda Evangelista – this is the way to open a store. The edifice? The Versace Vibe store at on Mercer Street … Read More
Heather Clem Of Hulk Hogan Sex Tape, Has More With Other Men
Remember Heather Clem, she the ex-wife of “Bubba the Love Sponge” and now of the now-famous Hulk Hogan sex tape, and the focus of this blogger’s video? Well, the news … Read More
George Mitchell Out As San Bruno Fire Mediator
After a lot of complaints, conga drums, and consternation, former Senator George Mitchell is out as the mediator who was hand-picked by the California Public Utilities Commission, or the CPUC. … Read More