Theater review: You’ll shoot your eye out with laughter at ‘A Christmas Story’ #ACStory
Oh, what would Bing Crosby think—or sing? Yes it’s a white Christmas in 1940’s Indiana, but they’re no chestnuts roasting by the fire. Instead we…
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Magellan releases Navigation app for iPhone, Google #1 threat
GPS makers, notably Magellan and Garmin (GRMN, market cap $6.2B), are in full scramble mode. Surprising no one, earlier this month Magellan released an iPhone app version…
Opening tonight: ‘A Christmas Story’ at the San Jose Rep
After all that turkey (and the stuffing… oh, the stuffing, and the gravy… and the stuffing), Black Friday shopping and good times with family and…
Black Friday Motorola Droid deals
You may have heard about a new smartphone called the Motorola Droid? You may have also gotten tired already of my incessant cheerleading… blogging about…
Paula Deen Thanksgiving pumpkin pie recipe, with a California twist
Yesterday I shared some popular Thanksgiving recipes, ideas, stories and photos including a clay pot Turkey, a stuffing recipe, and a few things to do…
Swype, a replacement for the QWERTY keyboard?
A promising new technology from a Seattle-based company called Swype appears to be a compelling alternative to hunt-and-peck typing on the trusty old QWERTY keyboard.…
Train wreck alert: Gavin Newsom on how not to give an interview (video)
Got to hand it to CBS for this interview, maybe. Not holding back the punches, they let some obvious bad blood spillover here to challenge…
Theater review: ‘The Wizard of Oz’ at Berkeley Playhouse, first class family entertainment
Through-and-through, fantastic! Yet again I’m impressed with the quality of family entertainment Berkeley Playhouse offers its lucky theater goers. A packed house of kids and…
Take that Droid and Verizon: Apple fights back with new ad campaign
Set to launch tonight, Apple wants to set the record straight with a new ad campaign for its flagship iPhone. It seems that Motorola and…
SF Opera’s Otello – The Chronicle got it wrong
By Eugene Lee On Saturday November 21 I had the good fortune to take in SF Opera’s production of Otello, starring the South African tenor…