Yet another example of why conventional media is struggling these days: Search twitter when something is happening = learn whats happening. Search Newspaper sites, TV sites, etc = stay in the dark. (more…)
Twitter hits traditional Media AGAIN!
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009Mortality Rate of H1N1, a.k.a. Swine Flu
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009Just reading information about H1N1, a.k.a. the Swine Flu… here are some thoughts:
The Flu Pandemic of 1918 had a mortality rate of about 10% – 20% of those infected and about 1% of the global population.
How gross is that pole you are dancing on -er- holding onto…
Thursday, August 27th, 2009
You heard me! How gross do you think that pole is that you are dancing on licking -er- holding onto for dear life as a handhold in the subway? (more…)
On Quantum Philosophy and The Long Tail
Monday, July 27th, 2009Not too long ago I logged onto Amazon.com and bought a used copy of “The Long Tail” by Chris Anderson, oh the irony! I am just about done with it and ready to move on to my *free* Kindle version of his new book, “Free” but wanted to put some interesting thoughts I had out into “the wild” in the hopes of some feedback and perhaps some discussion. (more…)
Up the river and my Q.O.T.D.
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009As I have been growing up, I have spent a considerable amount of time on sailboats. Some big, some small. I have sailed pretty much from Maine to Venezuela and back with many stops in between.
On one family trip, during my teen years, we were somewhere in Connecticut, maybe near the CT River. I decided one afternoon I would take our dinghy, which had the ability to become a sailing dinghy, for a sail. It turned out this sail would be one of those “life lesson” things. (more…)
“Shock” -pause- “and Awe”
Thursday, April 16th, 2009This morning my outrage and embarrassment about the United States handling of the war in Afghanistan has returned. Let me explain.
My friend Kyle recommended for me to read the book: Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
The Jericho TV series – Nuts!
Monday, March 30th, 2009I just finished watching the canceled TV series Jericho through my XBOX 360 using the Netflix streaming service. I take form this rather addictive, intense experience a few thoughts.
1) Watching a TV series streaming form the web on my TV is a GREAT experience! (more…)
The Tweetbook
Monday, March 23rd, 2009Some guy made a book from two years of his tweets… huh… seems like there is something here… what though?
henry.sztul.com/blog is up!
Sunday, March 22nd, 2009After several hours of playing with my Apache configuration and getting a WordPress theme looking like the rest of my site, I finally have a working version! Lets call it version… Alpha!
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