Twitter & Rhymes with Doomberg
Hi Gang...What do you get when you combine Google AdSense, a hot keyword (Twitter), and an incumbent mayoral candidate who has oodles of money?  Domination of social media political placement in a campaign, you say?  You're probably very right.In the next few days, take notice of websites with a heavy Twitter presence that uses Google AdSense (my site, it appears, is one of these).  You will frequently see an ad for a candidate, who's name I won't mention so that it doesn't give more fuel to the campaign...how

More Google-licious - Google Maps Navigation on Android
Hi gang... It is a seriously cool time for new tech announcements.  Wave, Raindrop, Droid...and now Google Maps Navigation on the Android 2 phones.  Free GPS, connected to the cloud with Google Maps,on your Android smart phone. As always, here's a video for you to see & learn more. I can't wait to see what tomorrow brings! Jim

Walking (Tweeting/Emailing?) Between the Raindrops
Hi Gang... The "let's change email" wars are on!  On the heels of the still in preview Google Wave, Mozilla (makers of FIrefox browser) is introducing Raindrop.  The idea is to reinvent email to be able to better separate personal from bulk communications, as well as integrating social media. Here's a video (a bit geeky, but it's not too dry) about what to expect from Raindrop when it is released (when is that going to be, anyway?). Jim

Soupy & Captain Lou
Hi... Tough week for humor on the planet.  Soupy Sales and Captain Lou Albano left us.  Both may have been acquired tastes (especially Capt. Lou).  Many of you probably know him from his appearance in the Cindi Lauper video.  Here's a wiki page about the Captain (who for a while managed one of the world's best rock n' roll bands, NRBQ).  Peter just mentioned Capt. Lou in his blog post as well (A View from the Unabridged...check it out below). As for Soupy, well, if you're not old enough to remember his show, here's a brief cl

A VIEW FROM THE UNABRIDGED
A VIEW FROM THE UNABRIDGED things you may have missed this week by Peter SpellosFRIDAY OCTOBER 23rd - SPORTS N' STUFF   Dateline: Orchard Park, NY Didn't you folks in Buffalo realize that T.O.'s initials stood for Totally Over-The-Hill?   Dateline: Athens, Greece The Olympic Torch was lit yesterday in celebration of the 2010 Winter Olympic games in Vancouver, Canada, but I do not understand why