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Sir Michael Caine, who’s real name is Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, turns 80 years old today, and marks over a half-century of memorable acting roles. Mr. Caine is the only actor other than Jack Nicholson to win an Oscar Nomination in every decade from 1960 to the 2000s. According to Wikipedia, Caine starting in the 1960s … Read more
On January 23rd 2013 this blogger was contacted by Vinay Patankar, the Founder and CEO of a new microvlog app called Vitoto regarding trying out the app, and providing feed back on his product. I sent an email reply, and then took one look at the app, figuring I would blog about it at some … Read more
AutoReturn, the towing company that has been featured in this space before, is announcing a new cloud-based municipal operations technology called ARIED Online. Here’s the full press release: AutoReturn, the nation’s leading municipal towing management and logistics company, today announced the successful implementation of the company’s cloud-based technology, ARIES Online, as a stand-alone technology offering … Read more
Pope Francis I is the name of the 266th leader of The Roman Catholic Church, and while I’m disappointed the Conclave of Cardinals didn’t pick Peter Turkson, which would have made him the first black pope in several centuries, as my Mom (who I am visiting here in Georgia) observed, Jorge Mario Bergoglio is God’s … Read more
Erica Maskaleris is believed to have killed herself according to The Oakland Police reports to the media. The 31-year old woman who started the Oakland-based computer and tech consulting firm Geekosystems was last seen one week ago Thursday morning walking at the 3400 block of Telegraph Avenue in Oakland. KRON TV, Channel 4 in the … Read more
Stephanie Thorpe , my friend who is now the co-manager of the legendary Elf Quest Franchise, has been trail-blazing around the country talking about her plans for the property. Last week she was in Seattle for The Emerald City Comic Con, and now she’s preparing for WonderCon 2013. Here’s Ms. Thorpe when we were at … Read more
Erica Maskaleris, the 31-year-old woman who founded the tech consulting company Geekosystems, has been missing for one solid week now, as of this writing. The news that the jogger was last seen walking over at 34th and Telegraph has traveled far and wide in Oakland – as has the news that the Oakland Police Department … Read more
Melissa Kings, the Miss Teen Delaware winner who had to resign due to allegations that she was in a sex tape has some company, but not in the way you think. When I made my vlog commentary on the Melissa King Sex Tape issue, the point I was, and still am, making is that some … Read more
On Twitter, San Francisco blogger Violet Blue issued this tweet: Just told Ada courted Marie Claire for feature saying hacker culture is hostile to women. (I saw a MC press @ BSides) Anyone confirm/deny? — violet blue ® (@violetblue) March 12, 2013 So, I felt a response, a take from my unique perspective of being … Read more
Oakland News. A bit of a while since the last posting of Oakland News, but that’s because this blogger has spent a lot of time posting Oakland content over at Oakland Focus, just to keep the search engine fires burning over there, and to get back to the initial objective of having the blogs focused … Read more
Want proof that Twitter’s become the World’s information source? Read on. So this blogger, me, took his common several time a day look at Google Trends for Monday, March 11th and found that sitting right at number one position was “Mother’s Day.” A click on the link for that Google “hot search” revealed content, blogs, … Read more
The pioneer YouTube Partner Channel has over 2,400 videos, covered seven NFL Drafts, Oscars Red Carpet, produced news commentary video-blogs, like this one: Zennie62, a YouTube video channel established April of 2006, has passed 47 million total video views. “It’s a milestone on the way to 50 million,” Zennie Abraham, it’s Executive Producer, says,”and I’ll … Read more
Live stream by Ustream Al Gore’s at SWSX! Former Vice President, and later Presidential Candidate, and then Current TV founder Al Gore is at SXSW for a great keynote with Walt Mosberg of All Things D. Here’s the Twitter stream around “Al Gore.” Tweets about “Al Gore” Stay tuned. Zennie AbrahamZennie Abraham | Zennie Abraham … Read more
Live stream by Ustream Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX and Tesla Motors, and before that, PayPal, is the focus of a SXSW keynote today, where he just said that he’s willing to help Boeing get the 787 program off the ground after revelations that its battery system is faulty. Here are the questions asked … Read more
Google News is the World’s number one news aggregation service, and it’s gets much of its respect because it sits literally atop Google’s search platform, who’s market share is still unchallenged at 67 percent (and while a Russian search platform Yanex has moved past Bing for the number two spot, but I digress.) Google News … Read more
International Women’s Day. This day was established to to inspire women and celebrate achievements. But what this blogger often hears is that we have to “empower” women, and not that women should empower themselves. The best example of what I mean comes in the form of the female bodybuilder. Female bodybuilders epitomize the strong woman. … Read more
SWSX kicks off today, and runs between this Friday, March 8th, and March 17th, which just happens to be St. Patty’s Day. Thus, by that last day, there’s a good chance you’re going to be already hammered, but a well-informed drunk none the less. So let’s see a highlight of what’s happening at SXSW. There’s … Read more
Artrage is described in this way: ArtRage allows oil paints to smear and water colors to blend without the mess. The creative experience with ArtRage is recognized as the most realistic simulation of natural media effects that is easy to learn. ArtRage also works great with multi-touch screens for Windows and all Wacom pen tablets … Read more
Melissa King, the now-former Miss Teen Delaware who resigned after a sex tape emerged featuring a woman who bears her resemblance, is (perhaps unknowingly) enjoying what may be one of the highest sustained search term lookup rates in history. According to this blogger’s test using Google Trends, “Melissa King” as a search term out-performs Rand … Read more
The Rand Paul Filibuster has catapulted the Kentucky Senator into American History forever. It’s also served to rip the Republican Party apart. Senator Rand Paul’s 13 hours of filibuster on drones and with respect to the CIA nomination of John Brennan drew praise from staunch liberals and progressives like Amy Goodman of Democracy Now, and … Read more
Liskula Cohen is the model who was the victim of the “Skank Blogger” that Rosemary Port was called after her name was made public by Google under court order in 2009. In 2010, Ms. Cohen wrote an explanation of how being cyberstalked hurt her. It’s worth reading. Hello and thank you for inviting me to … Read more
The recently enacted trigger in the 2011 Budget Control Act referred to as “sequestration” will have a total impact on the Alameda County, CA, of $7.1 Million. That’s according to a Power Point-based report published on February 26th by Kai Mander, Principal Analyst, of the County Administrator’s Office. Mr. Mander’s report said that the following … Read more
Sam Mendes has told the news website of the magazine Empire that he’s backing out of directing the next James Bond movie, or what’s referred to as ‘Bond 24’ for the 24th installment in the iconic spy series. Mendes told Empire: “It has been a very difficult decision not to accept Michael and Barbara’s very … Read more
The Iron Man 3 Trailer was released Tuesday, and it must be reported that it rocks. While it does give away much of the story, it also shows glimpses of a movie that will be compelling to watch. Iron Man 3 Trailer shows a Tony Stark who’s moving from thinking about himself, to the woman … Read more
On Monday, Thomas C. Frazier was appointed “Compliance Director” by U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson. In this position, Mr. Frazier will have complete authority over the Oakland Police Department, including the ability to set in motion the dismissal of the current police chief, Howard Jordan. Given Thomas C. Frazier’s alleged track record as police chief … Read more
The Dow set a record today. (Graph from The Telegraph UK.) The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a new record high today, Monday, going over 14,264. The last record high was 14,198.10, set in October 2007, when investors were squarely focused on the Federal Reserve, which had cut rates for the first time in four … Read more
The Oakland Art Murmur / First Friday Festival took place last Friday, and about one month after the tragic shooting that left Kiante Campbell dead on Telegraph Avenue between 20th and 21st Streets at the geographic heart of Art Murmur. But before we see that video, here the video that shows the reactions of many … Read more
The arrest of a young black man (very sad to say) was caught on the camera of vlogger Kraig Debro on Saturday at 6:15 PM. Here it is: What the young man did was not explained by police. But this email from Emeryville Police Public Information Officer was sent to Debro and passed along to … Read more
Zennie62 on Twitter was one of the top four influencers in the hashtag category #Oscars on Oscar Sunday, February 24th. That’s according to Irina Skaya, a social media analyst who used the social media measurement service Topsy to figure it out. Then she issued this Twitter tweet: Say, @irinaskaya what system ranked us for the … Read more
The Academy Awards 2013 Full Video is here online, thank to ABC and The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, (AMPAS). It has it all, from Seth Macfarlane’s brilliant opening featuring William Shatner, to the funny bi-play between the cast members of The Avengers, to song’s like Adele’s Skyfall, and Macfarlane’s ‘We saw your … Read more
The 85th Academy Awards and The Night Of 100 Stars Oscars Party is today, what’s called Oscar Sunday, the Super Bowl Sunday of entertainment! And what would Oscar Sunday be without a surprise, this day’s ripe for this one: Argo gets Best Picture over Lincoln. While this blogger explained why in the video below…. The … Read more
Hollywood, CA – As this blog’s originating from the Loews Hollywood Hotel, the story of how this blogger got to this place, less than a day from the start of the 85th Academy Awards, is summed up in this embed produced by my Zennie62 On Vidoco page (I’m on the Vidoco Advisory Board): As you … Read more
As this blogger’s just hours away from jetting off to Los Angeles for the 85th Academy Awards,(follow Zennie62 on Twitter and check out Vidoco, too!) more news comes in from the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Jack Nicholson and Dustin Hoffman will present on this year’s Oscar telecast. Jack Nicholson And Dustin Hoffman … Read more
The Academy Awards are three days away, and it’s time for predictions. Here’s this blogger’s hypothesis: Lincoln will win ‘Best Picture’ at the Academy Awards. Note that, I said “hypotehesis,” because that means ‘educated guess, based on study.’ (Catch Oscar Coverage At Zennie62 from the Night Of 100 Stars Party) The reason for Lincoln as … Read more
Jess Williams started her path to becoming a female bodybuilder six years ago, when she was 18. Frankly, she didn’t have a long path to take, as she had an athletic body, but making up the difference from that point to today would take a lot of hard work and dedication. Well, she did it. … Read more