“Those who believe that Jonathan Demme went all soft with Philadelphia and never recovered may not be reassured by his latest movie, an ensemble tale of family pathology gussied up with verite camera work, world music, and improvising actors both trained and not,” writes Ella Taylor in the Voice. “You can find the worst and [...]

If you like keeping up with all they hype of Fantasy Football then you're going to love the CheatSheet Creator. All the Fantasy Football stats that you like keeping track of can all be added to this easy to use online cheat sheet. Add all your favorite players to your CheatSheet Creator. Rank the players [...]

With the couch jumping episode on the Oprah Winfrey Show, his marriage to Katie Holmes and birth of his daughter now old news, Tom Cruise, the moviemaker, is back in the news. Tom Cruise, see above as he appeared in 1984 when he was an underarm deodorant model, despite still being a box office draw, has [...]

Nigel Matthews is an internationally-known concours judge and collector cars appraiser who had the good fortune to be judging the Postwar Touring Class at Pebble Beach last week. He sent me photos of the top three, which I'm happy to post for your enjoyment over the next few days. The overall winner was this 1948 [...]

This will be the second-last image in this pollinator series, as there are plenty of great non-pollinator images in the Flickr pool and the garden’’s BPotD submissions forum to share. Thanks to Eric in SF @Flickr for sharing today’’s photograph with us (original via Flickr BPotD Group Pool). Much appreciated, Eric, as always! Passiflora caerulea, or [...]

“The more things change, the more they stay the same for disenfranchised African-Americans in the historic city of St Augustine, Florida,” writes Scott Foundas in the Voice. “At least that’’s the argument persuasively, if haphazardly, put forth by director Jeremy Dean’’s documentary Dare Not Walk Alone, which casts one eye back to the city’’s not-insignificant [...]

Remember that post I made here long ago vowing to pay more attention to little details at Roundrock? Well, sometimes I remember it too. Like the time I took the photo above. When #1 Son was busy cutting up the cedar that had fallen into the lake, I was poking around nearby with camera in hand [...]

After one and a half days I presented Webicina.com, an online service focusing on Medicine 2.0, I’m still receiving plenty of questions so I thought a FAQ page would make things clear. What is Webicina? Webicina is a privately held company aiming to build a bridge between physicians and e-patients. Webicina is also open to collaboration and [...]

Are we heading towards a time when we”ll be able to fulfill all of our material needs without ever making human contact? These vending machines in Japan that dispense fresh vegetables make me think maybe yes. The vending machine craze hasn”t quite taken off in the U.S., though people who are nostalgic about [...]

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Duncan Walker In a HedgeWeek release, 'Report: SA Hedge Funds Growing', reporter Simon Gray says, "Industry members predict that the current soaring growth rate will be maintained for some time, pointing to plentiful capacity available in existing funds and a level of allocation to alternative assets which remains well below those in [...]