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Video: Bryan Scary & The Shredding Tears like things big. While they are, first and foremost, a pop band, the Brooklyn-based quintet leaves no stone unturned, mixing elements of psychedelia, classic rock, indie, and prog into their sonic stew.

Rant: Typically, Tim Russert is followed by The McLaughlin Report, aka the Octogenerian show. Actually, scratch that. 60 Minutes is the Octogenarian Show. The McLaughlin Report is the Everyone Yelling At The Same Time show. After watching Meet the Press this morning, it went straight to the Still Hot But Not For Long Which Makes Me Sad (SHBNFLWMMS) Mario Bartiromo. Wait, where’s the McLaughlin Report!?

There are some products that, if they actually work as advertised, offer so much promise. You smile just thinking about the possibilities, the endless happiness they could provide.

Knowing that if I put my free swag down anywhere someone else would snatch it up like a crack fiend confronted with a stray dime bag, I got depressed just thinking about babysitting a big cumbersome box all night.

Hockey, fence jumping and river swimming, watermelon eating and math are core events at the stereotype olympics

Learning English for Job Seekers…

Video: I interviewed David Pogue in our NYC studio a few weeks ago. Of more interest was what happened once the interview was over. Knowing that he plays the piano, I surprised him with an 88 key Alesis QS8 keyboard. He had about 7 minutes before he had to leave to catch a matinee broadway show, but in under 7 minutes, we switched the set to a green screen background, put the keyboard in place, did a quick audio check, and in one take he nailed a Weird Al rendition of the Beatles When I’m 64.

Article: As we move towards a world of managed services, software-as-a-service, utility computing, doggie walkers and other outsourced services that make our lives a little easier and cheaper, I thought I would take a minute, just a moment, to reflect on the horrible downside of putting complete control of your business “uptime” in someone else’s hands.

Commentary: In news that doesn’t really have anything to do with anything we cover but is just kind of interesting, flour becomes the new oil.

Video: Ah Facebook. Every day I get a new friend request from someone from my past, kindergarten friends, high school classmates, college acquantances, people twice my age from my business dealings, or even people I’ve never met. And every day I respectfully click the email link, accept them as my friend, skip the “how do you know this person” step, and then close Facebook.