Daily Post by Nick

Tuesday.Talent || Lip Syncing: Are Artists to Blame or Are We?

I googled “lip-sync” and found this result, courtesy of someone’s tweet (that’s a Twitter message, if you didn’t know): “If performers want to push the envelope, why don’t they use their talent for once by not lip syncing and by connecting with the audience?” I couldn’t have said it better myself. Now I’ll elaborate…
During any [...]

Monday.Music || 3 Commercial Jingles That Are Stuck in My Head

You know when you’re watching TV and that commercial comes on that features a jingle that subsequently gets stuck in your head? If not, you’re lucky. There are three companies that currently hold the Top 3 spots in the jingle-specific part of my brain. Two are for American companies and one for a Canadian one, [...]

Sunday.Software || Shazam Works Its Song-Identifying Mojo!

Shazam makes an app (available on iPhone, Nokia, Android and BlackBerry) that identifies songs by listening to 15-seconds-or-so snippets, and it’s SHA-MAZING! I tested it on the Google Droid in 4 different instances and it worked every time! How does it work? According to Slate:
The company has a library of more than 8 million songs, [...]

Saturday.Scam || Google Wants You Obese and Yellow-Toothed

As reported on The Big Money Google plans to prevent you from seeing ads that promise white teeth and a flat belly! Why does Google want us all walking around with guts and stained grills? What does the search engine giant have against its users’ bodies? I explore…
Oh, wait. It turns out that most of [...]

Friday.Film || A Point-Form Review of 2012

Earlier this week I watched Roland Emmerich’s new watch-everything-get-destroyed-athon and I must say that I enjoyed it, for what it was. Here’s a very brief (quasi stream-of-consciousness) account of some of my thoughts while watching, in roughly chronological order.
- Neutrino’s?
- Is that possible?
- Wow, I’m half done my popcorn and the movie’s barely started.
- Give [...]

Thursday.Terminology || “Unfriend” is Oxford Dictionary’s Word of 2009

Earlier this week, the New Oxford American Dictionary chose the Facebook-related word “unfriend” as its word of the year. Not everyone agrees on ‘unfriend’ being the term used, over ‘de-friend’. Now that I think about it, I don’t know which I would have used. The definition is obvious enough:
“To remove someone as a ‘friend’ on [...]

Wednesday.WTF || False Outrage Over Obama’s Bow to Japanese Emperor

In case you missed this groundbreaking and world-changing news story, President Barack Obama bowed to Japanese Emperor Akihito. Exactly. What’s the big deal, right? Well, let’s have a look at what some people are saying.
Conservative pundit, William Kristol:
“I don’t know why President Obama thought that was appropriate. Maybe he thought it would play well in [...]