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As a parent, I worry about how much television my kids watch, but the judgment calls are getting more difficult because the old rules don’t work anymore. New developments challenge everything I learned when I was younger. First, let’s review … Continue reading
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On the wall in my office hangs a photograph of Thomas Jefferson’s Rotunda dome at the University of Virginia. In the nighttime image, as soft yellow light glows from between the building’s white columns, a single bolt of brilliant white … Continue reading
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The way we entertain and enlighten ourselves is crossing a threshold as big as the invention of the Gutenberg press and moving pictures. Two things happened this past week to prove it. First, Netflix changed its pricing structure to push … Continue reading
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I received one of those viral e-mails from a friend this past week. Under the subject “Juke Box” was the text, “These are good songs compared to today’s noise …” followed by a long list of musical links, each representing … Continue reading
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Here come the holidays, and another wave of technology for the consumer. I just read that the hot item for the upcoming buying season is a plasma or LCD flat screen TV. How can something costing thousands of dollars be … Continue reading