Where to begin…unfortunately, at the end. Or is it?
It really hasn’t been as long as I thought it was since I last put thoughts to blog. Seems longer though. Maybe because I was on a bit of a roll for a while there. Originally, I was going to blog about something mundane like Danica Patrick joining Stewart Haas Racing next season, but I’ll save that for another time. This post, is personal.
Can Family Radio be accused of fraud as a result of us still being alive?
Leave it to Scott Fybush to get me thinking this early in the morning…
47 CFR 73.1217 – No licensee or permittee of any broadcast station shall broadcast false information concerning a crime or a catastrophe if:
(a) The licensee knows this information is false;
(b) It is forseeable that broadcast of the information will cause substantial public harm, and
(c) Broadcast of the information does in fact directly cause substantial public harm.
For my non-radio readers, you’re probably just happy with waking up this morning. The quoted law above means nothing to you. For the radio folks, like myself and the aforementioned Fybush, this means a lot. It’s the FCC rule that states that radio station owners can’t yell “Fire” in a crowded theater. Did Harold Camping do that in preaching that the end of the world was taking place?
To QR or to not QR that is the question
Remember the CueCat? As soon as I saw those unique barcodes showing up in my Radio Shack catalog, I ran down to my local RS to get the reader, just to be able to play with it. My guess is the promotion was bad, it might explain why the clerk looked at me as if I were from outer space when I asked him for my free CueCat, as shown in the Radio Shack catalog. After digging around for a few minutes, he found an unopened box of them, and since I had a coupon for a free CueCat, rang me up and then mustered up the courage to ask me what it was used for. (Something tells me internal promotion at Radio Shack was limited at that time, but I digress…) What makes QR codes any different? Plenty, but there are still some limitations.
Someone please explain to me why a Royal Wedding is becoming a Royal Annoyance
Prince William and Kate Middleton are getting married. Congratulations to them. He seems like a nice boy, she seems like a nice girl – all that’s well and good. What I don’t get is the big deal that’s surrounding their wedding day?
Things are looking good on the local TV front, so can somebody stop repeating the same damn news?
I love PEW Research. There is not a thing they don’t research and that includes the state of the media. Local TV: Good News After the Fall is an in-depth piece about the current face of local television. Among some of the highlights:
- Loss of viewers to local television viewership has slowed down
- More stations have added newscasts at 4:30 AM
- Ad revenues are up an estimated 17%
- Local news operations are hiring again (but there’s a catch)
No Gas Day and supporting local businesses
I’m not one to pass on a good invitation, but when I got this one from my cousin, I wondered (out loud mind you), what the point of it was. Apparently, No Gas day also means No Work Day and No Getting Around day, because that basically is what No Gas Day amounts to.
No, I didn’t get hacked, I got hijacked (and other things I have to explain today)
Woke up this morning with an unusual number of email in my Inbox. Most of them had the dreaded “Postmaster warning” label on them. Uh oh – my address book was compromised.
Want to never be misquoted again? Use technology to your advantage
Nothing bothers me more than hearing someone say “The media misquoted me” or “The media took what I said out of context.” If you talk to the media – I have a simple solution for you to never, ever be misquoted again: invest in a digital recorder.
Another week, another new cigar. And I ran into an old friend/former boss. @ Two Guys Smoke Shop http://t.co/8yuhP40E
Best fried chicken ever! (@ The Chicken Connection) http://t.co/VpJFmMxl
Mothers day...part deux (@ Carters Ice Cream) http://t.co/LirX3PGk
Mothers Day! (@ The Porthole Pub) http://t.co/KYfNwWwl