Month: August 2017

“As nuclear tensions continue to escalate between the United States and North Korea, John Oliver enlists "Weird Al” Yankovic to perform some accordion-based d… “ – My Comments : John Oliver invites "Weird Al” Yankovic to undertake some “accordion-based diplomacy.” (~24:07 in case the link time stamp doesn’t work)

“OMG you’ve got to hear this. A song parody, "Confounds the Science” sung to the tune of Sounds of Silence.“ Need any clues as to who this parody is about? Bet you don’t. ” – My Comments : Wow, nicely done.

[thanks to MB for sharing]

“Photo and video credits from the top: Nashville progression photo by Richard Sparkman. HDR photo with Mo ” – My Comments :

“Character actor and radio host Jay Thomas, who appeared on ‘Cheers’ and ‘Murphy Brown,’ died at age 69. ” – My Comments : 🙁

“Android Oreo has at last been fully baked, and given a name, and is now rolling out to those of you with a Pixel, Pixel XL, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, or Pixel C; Google says a bunch of other handsets will get Oreo by the end of the year too. So what can you look forward to? Here are the new tricks you’ll… ” – My Comments : For those Android folks fortunate enough to get upgraded to Oreo, here’s what’s new. Seems to me that they used to do a better job explaining new features of past OS upgrades…

“Among the iconic figures who have never been alive in their lifetimes are Joe DiMaggio, John F. Kennedy Jr., Walter Payton, and Dusty Springfield. ” – My Comments : It’s that time of year again: most new college freshmen were born in 1999. Read the list and prepare to feel old(er).