05.17.09 Posted in Blog, Media, Technology by Jordan
A 3.0 magnitude earthquake sent tremors throughout the Roanoke Valley early Saturday morning, and the first people to report it were those posting tweets on the micro-blogging site Twitter. It’s no secret that Twitter can be a great tool for journalists. In fact, I remember reading a blog entry about two years ago by technology [...]
05.01.09 Posted in Blog, Just for Fun, Video by Jordan
I wish I had found an online clip of the actual Alltel commercial I’m speaking of. It’s the recent one where the chubby guy with curly hair portraying Verizon (his name is actually Michael Busch) goes on about why people aren’t buying cell service from him. He uses air quotes as he comes up with [...]
05.01.09 Posted in Blog, Just for Fun, Video by Jordan
Unfortunately I only just got around to watching last weekend’s Simpsons on Tivo, but I caught this. The episode featured the audio and video of that clip as the closing credits music. The performance is by a group called Canvas.