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The New York Post ran a story on Sunday that reads as if Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model and Actress (Just Go With It) star Brooklyn Decker was being “heckled” by journalists at the U.S. Open. Here’s what the NY Post‘s Marc Berman reported: “Model / actress Brooklyn Decker had a tougher time of it early … Read more
Brandon Meriweather has been cut loose by the New England Patriots as reported by The Boston Globe. The decision was made by coach Bill Belichick since the NFL has a mandated 53 player roster. There is no doubt that Meriweather has been a hard worker and a great player, so it is a bit unclear … Read more
The older I get the more I exhausted I am of pointing to this problem, but the one sign that the people who do this sort of thing are overwhelmingly dense, is the fact that they keep doing it: tech company managers who create these “suggested user lists” that wind up being overwhelmingly white. The … Read more
First, it’s great to see Cal Football open with a win to start the 2011 Season, 36 to 21 over Fresno State. But, this blogger wasn’t able to see the game because he’s still in Atlanta, Georgia. Not such a bad thing – the ATL is jumping: DragonCon, and the Boise St. vs. Georgia game … Read more
There’s a small controversy brewing in Star Wars and pop-culture fandom about the newly remixed Star Wars: Episode VI – Return Of The Jedi on Blu Ray. There some some, OK many, who don’t like that Star Wars Creator George Lucas added a “no” Darth Vader’s lines toward the end of the movie. I first … Read more
I kept trying to figure out why it took so long for me to post the news that Oakland’s Harold Lawrence, who is formally known as a classical music legend, but for me, is “Harold, who’s married to Mary Morris Lawrence,” and “Harold and Mary,” and “friend”, and “critic of Zennie,” and “video blogger before … Read more
The Superman Suit that Henry Cavill will wear in the much-anticipated Superman: Man Of Steel movie has already gained reaction, but none that could be considered controversial – that is until the newest photos were released earlier this week. They reveal a Superman in a suit that’s skin-tight, and for some reason seems to glorify … Read more
Received a shocking email from a friend of mine who lives in Hicksville, New York on Long Island. This is what he sent: just so you know. without power going on 4 days. in PANERA BREAD rest. in the mall nr my house for the 2nd day in a row charging up cellphone/LAptop/3G hot spot. … Read more
The latest Superman Suit / Henry Cavill photos are out, but this blogger would rather look at Hope Solo, looking hot in her Dancing With The Stars dress. We’ll get to DWTS in a second, but the Superman Suit buzz is about hot tight it is, and that bulge that’s part of it. Was that … Read more
Soleil Moon Frye is better known for her role on Sabrina the Teenage Witch as Roxy and her role as a rambunctious young girl Punky Brewster, which aired in the early 1990s. In an interview with CNN Soleil talks about being a mother of two little girls and also being Targer’s Mommy Ambassador. She is … Read more
This is yet another email this Oakland, California blogger has received on the Oakland Parking issue. In this case, an $83 ticket was given for an unmarked crosswalk and un-designated “no parking” area – a photo would help here, but it was not provided as of this writing. Here’s the email, which I was asked … Read more
Ad Age has a great blog post explaining how videos from Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Shakira were taken down by a channel called iLCreation. While the Ad Age website explains what happened, and asks how YouTube could allow such an action to take place, it doesn’t at all touch on the question: does YouTube … Read more
Ok, let me get my bias out of the way before turning to College Football matters: I’m a Cal Alum who earned a Master of City and Regional Planning Degree and sat on The Cal Alumni Board and then the The Cal Alumni Awards Committee with Levi’s Chairman Bob Haas. I’m very pro-UC Berkeley, and … Read more
All this blogger can say is “It’s about time” someone recognized just how bass-ackward corrupt the Government of Ecuador is and the efforts it has taken to mask the truth of how it treats its own people. Using American Business to advance the agenda of Ecuador’s rich has been a constant objective and the main … Read more
For the first time, Zennie62.com will have covered three major comic book and pop culture events: Wonder Con, Comic Con, and now (thanks to the urging of CNN’s Henry Hanks) Dragon Con Atlanta. Dragon Con unofficially starts today, but officially (in terms of events) starts on Friday and runs through Labor Day. And what is … Read more
If you dream big and hard you get what you want, and for Dancing With The Stars 2011 (DWTS) Dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy, that was Hope Solo. And now, after the Monday DWTS cast announcement, we have team Maksolo. Back in July, “Maks” as he’s called said “Let’s do it! I want somebody hot, I want … Read more
While the news about Susan Boyle and Venus Williams was unfolding, I was asking Kevin Smith a question for CNN.com, and thinking about Hurricane Irene not being “too hyped.” I’m sorry that I even introduced the idea at al, as it seemed to catch fire. I find that we’re less sensitive to the suffering of … Read more
At Dreamforce San Francisco, SalesForce.com’s effort to teach Salesforce users and developers about the benefits of cloud computing that’s underway at Moscone Center, Salesforce Senior Vice President of Worldwide Partners and Solutions Denzil Samuels used a lot of corporate bureaucratic buzzwords to basically say “We’ve got job openings are we’re hiring.” And, from the looks … Read more
Platinum is an Oakland dance group like no other. It’s the all-women dance group product of Oakland’s New Style Motherlode, and includes a friend of my from my Skyline High School days, Amy Larsen. If that name rings a bell, it’s because she was in this space earlier just one year ago, talking about the … Read more
UPDATE: My name is Jonathan Arnold and I am the Volunteer Coordinator for Oakland Pride. We are looking for volunteers in all areas of the festival, and our greatest need now is for volunteers for our entry gates, our volunteer check-in area, and recycling technicians. Anyone who wants to volunteer for Oakland Pride should contact … Read more
Now that the Dancing With The Stars 2011 cast has been set, and people from all corners are making their predictions on who will win, also coming in are view of the cast selection itself. To quote one of the comments on the Dancing With The Stars 2011 Facebook page : “horrible.” Before this blogger … Read more
Now that the field for Dancing With The Stars 2011 has been announced, the next big question is “Who will win?” out of the list of contestants: It’s a question CBS News asked, and after listing chances for Kristin Cavallari Ron Artest, Nancy Grace, Hope Solo, Ricki Lake, Chynna Phillips Elisabetta Canalis, David Arquette, Rob … Read more
Here’s to USA Women’s Soccer star, now mega-star Hope Solo, with this Dancing With The Stars 2011 Shout Out! Two years ago, or so really, few knew who Hope Solo was on the World stage (perspective here). And now, after a Women’s World Cup Final that was epic and set, for that time, a Twitter … Read more
Proving that MTV gets Twitter, the Beyonce Baby Bump moment from Sunday’s VMAs (Video Music Awards) set a new Twitter tweets per second record, beating the Women’s World Cup Final game in the process. @twitterglobalpr Twitter Comms Last night at 10:35pm ET, Beyonce’s big MTV #VMA moment gave Twitter a record bump: 8,868 Tweets per … Read more
Live broadcasting by Ustream Well, once again, this blogger’s not at Burning Man, ad not on the playa in Black Rock Nevada. And still, even with the number of people who I know that have gone, I’ve still not attended. That may largely be a reflection of the lack of depth of those particular friendships … Read more
If you’re wondering what Golden State Warriors Point Guard Stephen Curry’s doing to stay in basketball shape during the NBA Lockout, take a look at the video below: Curry’s at the Tout.com offices in San Francisco, taking advantage of the lack of basketball skills of young, poor, defenseless tech interns like my friend Katie Fountain. … Read more
If you’re a parent who’s wondered how to virtually corral the chance that your kids will use their cell phone for something called “sexting,” you’ve probably pounded your head in frustration. Well, there’s an answer: Kajeet, a cell phone service “for kids” located in Maryland, but funded by Silicon Valley investor Rick Bolander, who serves … Read more
Ok what do Kristin Cavallari Kristin Cavallari Ron Artest, Nancy Grace, Hope Solo, Ricki Lake, Chynna Phillips Elisabetta Canalis, David Arquette, Rob Kardashian, Ryan O’Neal, Jr. Martinez, and Chaz Bono have in common? Well, if the rumors hold and the leak is true, they’re all going to be the newest Dancing With The Stars 2011 … Read more
At first that Chick-Fil-A would be at the top of Google Trends as of this writing would come as a surprise, but when you stop and consider the wave of foreclosures out here in the Atlanta Suburbs, where this blogger’s blogging from right now, it’s not a shock at all. Chick-Fil-A, a chain foreign to … Read more
The search giant Google, that this blogger remembers as popular new device with Berkeley and Stanford students back in 1999, had one major legal victory and another major legal loss: one regarding thumbnails and the other on an allegedly illegal set of Canadian ads involving Google’s Chief Executive Officer Larry Page. In the first case, … Read more
Google AdSense, the ad-serving system used on scores of blogs and websites, is generally favored over competitor services because of its higher “RPM” rate, or “Revenue Per Thousands Of Impressions.” This blogger has been a happy user of Google Adsense for years, as it’s coupled with the YouTube Partner Program – no complaints here. But … Read more
As Hurricane Irene makes its way through the East Coast, it has caused floods, and as of this writing now, 11 deaths. The exact magnitude of the damage caused by Hurricane Irene will not be known for several days, if not weeks. Moreover, it’s hard to understand just how many people have been negatively impacted, … Read more
I already made a post about Irene on the New York blog, but as the storm has progressed updates are necessary. Here is a video of what Bangor, Maine is dealing with as my cat and I record Hurricane Irene’s current progress. We still have electricity, but Facebook statuses of friends in my hometown of … Read more
One way I’ve tracked the impact of Hurricane Irene on the people in its path is via social media, and for this blogger, that primarily means Twitter.com, Tout.com, and YouTube.com. As of this writing, there’s no Twitter top trend associated with Hurricane Irene, but according to Trendistic, the Twitter trend-recording platform, “power” is a surging … Read more
Hurricane Irene, this blogger was wrong about you. You’re not over-hyped, as it happens. Just ask Atlantic City, New Jersey, where the storm has caused flooding and power-outages in and around the city. And the state, as this YouTube video shows: And now, it’s on it’s way to New York City, and Manhattan. As this … Read more
