In college back in the 70’s, I worked with punch cards on some timeshare system that the school had, but I have no idea what it was. My first real computer was an IBM System 34, in the pre-PC days. We coded in RPG II and even had Star Trek as a game on it. It used 8-i...
TV shows of their youth to the big screen (with wildly inconsistent results), as we discuss 1998’sLost in Space. Despite being the movie to finally knockTitanicout of the number one spot at the box office, there’s not much that works in this dull and bloated sci-fi adventure (and ...
Kids pick up the ability to detect sarcasm at a young age. Pexman and her colleagues in Calgary showed children short puppet shows in which one of the puppets made either a literal or a sarcastic statement. The children were asked to put a toy duck in a box if they thought the puppet ...
In his 2022 memoirFriends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing, Perry was open about his long struggle to overcome drug and alcohol addiction, and the pressure he felt to be funny. "As I admitted at the [Friends] reunion in 2020, I felt like I was gonna die if the live audience didn'...
In addition to his career-defining role onFriends, Perry starred in TV shows such asStudio 60 on the Sunset Strip,Go Onand a remake ofThe Odd Couple, and in hit films including 2000'sThe Whole Nine Yards. Read More:15 Guests Who Were Banned from 'Saturday Night Live' ...
Some teachers of ESOL recommend that students view TV shows that use sarcasm so they can better infer it. Sarcasm in Literature Marlon Brando as Mark Antony speaks to the Roman crowds during the funeral scene in "Julius Caesar" (1953). Hulton Archive/Getty Images Although there's no way...
The Paradise (BBC1) returned last night, and though in its first series last year it failed to achieve much more than half the audience of Downton Abbey, it was brimming with confidence.The budget is rumoured to be around [pounds sterling]1 million an episode -- and it shows. Even the...
A common discussion with people I mentor is how to properly structure a resume or Curriculum Vitae. It comes up often enough that I felt compelled to write about it last year: “Sweat the details on your resume, especially if you are a developer or technology leader.” In the last few ...
I have no desire to publish a cookbook, get on TV, or “monetize” my blog. I’m neither qualified nor interested in reviewing all the hottest, overpriced Austin restaurants (with which it’s now impossible to keep up). I don’t have, nor want, nor want to be, a “brand.” It ...
Although I can pull up a map on my phone that shows grids for ease of navigation, much of Yosemite was off the grid, so checking in with the park ranger is a smart thing to do. While their maps are not inclusive of every turn, they are vital to getting around because sometimes signa...