Tag Archives: Immedia

The Low Specific Heat of Internet Celebrity

Sand has a rather low specific heat.  That’s why a burning desert becomes so frigid when the sun goes down: sand’s temperature changes easily with the application or removal of energy.  Water on the other hand, has a high specific … Continue reading

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Exploding Hamsters! Volcanoes in Manhattan! Juggling Babies!

Dag it’s tough to get noticed any more.  Back when there were only three channels, you watched whatever was on whenever you watched.  Want to see “Wizard of Oz”?  Sorry kid, you gotta wait a year…  But in today’s world … Continue reading

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Twitter, Pastor Terry Jones & An International Firestorm In Less than 140 Characters

Nothing brings home the raw immediacy of social media as powerfully as the ascendancy of an inconsequential Gainesville, Florida pastor with a congregation of fifty people who hijacked the international dialogue through a series of tweets. Think about that. You … Continue reading

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Blaming The Media Is So Passe: Blame the Immedia

Yesterday was one gut-wrenching day on Wall Street.  The market was whipsawed by a series of incredible sell-offs, all triggered by a futures traders’ sell order typo that read “16 billion” instead of “16 million.”  The Dow responded by dropping … Continue reading

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