Avatar: Putting the Rich In Rich Presentation
Went to see Avatar last night, on the flat silver screen instead of the 3-D version. In a word, it was spectacular. In other words, it was an homage, but not in the Dances With Wolves simile that seems to be popular. Warning: Mild spoilers ahead. Visually, Avatar was quite simply the best movie I’ve [...]
Science, Faith, Social Networks and One Young Man
The holiday season is now in full tilt, with last minute shopping and shipping, final touches to decorations, parties, and either dread or hopeful expectations of time with our families. My own interpretation of this feeling is that captured in the shehecheyanu, the Hebrew prayer said the first time you do something each year, simply [...]
Weird Hockey Blog of the Month
I’m pretty easy going when it comes to following people on Twitter or listing new hockey-related blogs, no matter how funky or far afield they may be. This one, however, passes strange on the way to goals by Rod Pelley: The Anaheim Ducks cheerleaders have a blog. I guess I’m in good company, I mean, [...]
Families Are In Season
Had an interesting Facebook repartee with a purely online friend — never met her in person, but I know her through her family. Her late uncle was a big influence in my life. She was lamenting her family fighting it out in public, and I offered the following, as it seems families and family fights [...]
Everybody Skates NJ
Jon Schwartz, head coach of the NJ Dare Devils hockey program for special needs athletes, is going big time in the Garden State. During “Hockey Across America” weekend, January 29-31, Coach Schwartz and some of his players, junior coaches, and fans, will tour all 54 rinks in New Jersey, raising awareness and building momentum for [...]
Update on “Professional WordPress”
Brad Wiliams, David Damstra and I are still hard at work on Professional WordPress, our internals-focused complete guide and tour of the WordPress platform. We hit the 80% completion point for writing and today got to about 30% editing and review (5 chapters out of 15, but some of the bigger ones are still on [...]
Holy (Land) Breakfast
I am a creature of habit, and a good breakfast is one of those habits. Particularly when travelling, starting the day off with a solid helping of protein, fruit, something sweet and at times a kick of spiciness is your best bet for good attention, energy and focus. Sometimes it’s one bookend of a long [...]
Hot Potato and The Friends You Don’t Know Yet
Disclaimer: I consider Justin Shaffer a friend, and have gone to Yankees games with him, but we bought our own food. Justin Shaffer, former geek in residence at MLB Advanced Media, the digital arm of the nation’s pastime, is on the cusp of tossing a new entrant into the social media game with “Hot Potato”. [...]
USA Hockey Magazine’s Half-Coverage
An Open Letter to the Editorial Staff of USA Hockey Magazine: I’m a bit surprised that the “Ivy on Ice” article in the November issue of USA Hockey magazine only talks about the men’s game. Co-education has existed in the Ivies for almost four decades, and the women’s game has a younger but equally important [...]
Powe, Right In The Smacker
Once again Princeton University graduate Darroll Powe put one past Marty, and that’s what it took to unravel a pair of winning streaks. Powe scored on opening night as well, seemingly deflating the Devils out of the gate. Tonight’s goal wasn’t the turning point (it was Van Riemsdyk’s goal that Marty didn’t see in the [...]