The Longest Annular Solar Eclipse of the Millennium                       Annular Solar Eclipse – 15 January 2010 (YouTube) On January 15, 2009, millions gathered to watch the annular eclipse of the Sun. It was the longest annular solar eclipse of the millennium, and the longest until December 23, 3043. According to The Hindu, the eclipse could […]

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Comparing Solar and Lunar Eclipses What is the difference between a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse? Do both eclipses have anything in common? What is an eclipse? An eclipse happens when one celestial object moves into the shadow of another. Solar Eclipse Facts 1. Only occurs at new moon. 2. Lasts for a few […]

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We’ve Got the Fix For That Do you get the following error message to continuously pop-up on Dreamweaver? Or something similar? “The following translators were not loaded due to errors: Spry.htm: has configuration information that is invalid. XSLT.htm: has configuration information that is invalid” If so, stay calm, get a glass of water, and read […]

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Chief Executive Donald Tsang Infuriated Over Acid Attacks The acid attack happened this time in Yau Mau Tei, on Saturday night, January 9, 2010. Acid rained down on one of  Hong Kong’s most popular attractions, the Temple Street night market in Yau Ma Tei. Two bottles of corrosive liquid were hurled down from a building […]

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Another Unheard MJ Tune Hits The Internet                        Michael Jackson – Another Day NYDailyNews.com –  According to Rolling Stone, “Another Day” is a remake of Kravitz’s song “Storm” that appeared on the rocker’s 2004 album “Baptism.” After Jackson’s death, Kravitz penned a letter to the AOL music Web site Spinner, writing, “I got to work […]

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Are You Willing To Pay More For TV? It all seems to have started with a government mandate to obligate television viewers to make the transition to a digital TV format. Ending analog TV automatically forced viewers in rural areas to purchase cable or satellite systems. In order to receive a decent signal, a rural consumer […]

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 The Ongoing Revolution Of Mass Media Communication technologies are rapidly changing society. Fragmentation. Globalization.  Segmentation. Fundamental change. This is a new age of communication. What once could be described as a mass audience, which was targeted by a mass media, might now be labeled as The Daily Me Society. As the Big Three Television Networks used to be the dominant […]

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Major Charles Sweeney Uses The Magic Wand Aug. 9, 1945 – The Nagasaki Drop On the morning of Aug. 9, 1945, aircraft commander Major Charles W. Sweeney was about to make history. His mission was to drop the second atomic weapon on Japan and end World War II. On that dreadful day around noon, the bomb called “Fat Man” […]

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The Coupon Renaissance Continues Overall, 2010 really looks like more of the same that was experienced in 2009. Even though media moguls are visualizing an economic revival, American consumers are still going to be thrifty, going for better value, and generally being very cautious with their checkbooks. Unemployment is an ugly term that does not want to […]

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Turn Your New Ford Car Into A WiFi Hotspot Ford Motor Company has just announced that it will turn its vehicles into rolling WiFi hotspots. Ford introduces its second generation of SYNC (PDF). Ford Offers Secure Wireless Connectivity (Ford Dec 21, 2009): “Inserting an owner’s compatible USB mobile broadband modem – sometimes called an “air card” – into […]

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