media
Site to See
Girl, Interconnected
(Grrl.org)
November 1st, 2012
Despite the fact that I write a column about websites, I have to confess that I understand technology only marginally less than I understand women, whom I understand not at all. Read more »
Vegas Tech
Rebels on the (Really) Small Screen
October 25th, 2012
A sports fan’s most important gadget these days isn’t a 55-inch, 3-D television or a sleek computer—it’s a smartphone. And for UNLV diehards, following the Rebels on an iPhone or Android is going to be easier (and more addictive) this season. Read more »
Found Material
All the Way With Hsieh
October 25th, 2012
With Holly Madison’s public appearances (hopefully) soon to decline because of her pregnancy, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh is increasingly becoming the face of Las Vegas. Read more »
Site to See
Sounds Like Theme Spirit
(ThemeParkAudioArchives.com)
October 25th, 2012
Look, you’re just going to have to accept that for as long as I’m doing this column, you’re going to get a Disneyland website every so often. I love the place the same way you love nightclubs, minus the Rohypnol. Read more »
Vegas Tech
Taming the Broadband Frontier
October 18th, 2012
Broadband Internet is no longer a luxury. Today, it is making the same transition that electricity and the telephone made a century or so ago, evolving from a premium service to a common convenience. Read more »
Found Material
Lefty Before the Blast
October 18th, 2012
It remains the most renowned bomb to explode in the Silver State since the Nevada Test Site stopped atmospheric nuclear testing in 1962. Read more »
Site to See
Folder, Manipulated
(Flickr.com/groups/peecheefolderart/pool)
October 18th, 2012
Before many of you were born, there were two decades called the 1970s and the 1980s. These were dark times for teenagers, when phones were anchored to the wall, term papers couldn’t be cribbed from the Web and what passed for sexting had to be conducted through regular mail. Read more »
Media roundup: ESPN, NBC preview Mountain West
NBC Sports has UNLV No. 14 in preseason hoops rankings
October 16th, 2012
The Rebels are in the national spotlight again today, with a couple of high-profile web sites taking a closer look at UNLV and the Mountain West Conference. Read more »
Newspapers
All Quiet on the Front Page
After a journalistic food fight in 2010, local political coverage goes prim and proper
October 11th, 2012
After acting like journalistic 2-year-olds just two years ago, our daily newspapers, the Las Vegas Review-Journal and Las Vegas Sun, are more mature this election cycle as we choose between President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Read more »
Site to See
All Up In Your Facebook
(Facecrooks.com)
October 4th, 2012
I appreciate you taking time away from your Facebook feed to read these words. Trust me, if I could, I’d be there myself right now—continually refreshing the page, looking for those reposted George Takei articles that give meaning to my daily life. Read more »
