China Without Google

As Google threatens to leave China after a security breech discovered last week, those most worried are University students and a number of highly educated Chinese citizens.  Google only maintains about a third of the market in China, but those who do use it are often young students and academics.

This New Senator is Pretty Interesting (or at least his family is)

I’m not one to really get into Senate races, especially those that don’t directly affect me.  I honestly didn’t know about the Massachusetts race between Coakley and Brown until a few days before it happened.  Can’t say I’m especially happy about the Republican winning, although the more I hear about Martha Coakley, the less I like her.

Jennifer Love Hewitt and Vagazzling

Okay, I first read this and was utterly disgusted.  Turns out, on Lopez Tonight, Jennifer Love Hewitt divulged that she likes to get her vagina sparkled with Swarovski crystals.  She claims it was the most wonderful thing she did to get over her last breakup.  She also did a special pink design just for her appearance on the show.

Haiti in Ruins

Haiti’s 7.0 earthquake and the harsh aftermath have become the hot button topic of the day.  President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have both issued statements on the US’s concerted effort to support any relief mission.  Further, the State Department held a press conference on the status of US citizens in Haiti and how the government is planning to aid and assess the situation

A Shift in Paradigm

Hello All!

It’s been a very long while since I posted.  In hopes of getting more focused and to practice my writing, I may be seeking a more refined subject field for the blog.  For now, I’ll continue to post on those things that interest me at the moment (which may expand past music, food, and television).  More frequently, I’ll be bringing up news stories that interest me!

New post to follow shortly!

5 Signs of Certainty?

The new ClearBlue Easy pregnancy test – trusted product, questionable ad campaign.

This ad is hilarious.  In no way is “hmm…” an expression of certainty.  It’s also one of the strangest responses to a pregnancy test result I’ve ever seen.

In the least, it definitely doesn’t urge me to turn to this pregnancy test when I’m unsure.  Also, why is that result in the forefront?

Truly being her own pet

When Nashville’s Be Your Own Pet broke up in 2008, Jemina Pearl and bandmate John Eatherly decided to take their act to Brooklyn.  “We took a bus up here with suitcases and our guitars and that’s it,” remembers Pearl.  “It was kind of this real romantic idea, like running away from Nashville or something.”  Although Be Your Own Pet had discussed moving to New York, it took the breakup to spur the transition for Pearl and Eatherly.

Where the wild things are…

As young children and reminiscent adults wait expectantly for the release of Where the Wild Things Are this October, music fans wait a bit less patiently for the soundtrack.  For many, the music for this movie – done by “Karen O and the Kids,” with a slew of buzz-worthy contributors – is more exciting than the movie itself.  Fans have only been given a small taste so far, just one song, but it’s been enough to gather some serious hype.

…After this short break

Sorry for the long delay!  It’s been tough to think about something to write about when I already have so much written up in Metro.  My busy schedule has me too busy to think about blogging, but I have some interesting spillover stories that should be written up this week!

Look for a Girl Talk story and a Simian Mobile Disco piece to come out very soon!

What’s up with spamming tweeters?

So, I just broke down and got a Twitter account (@JessLambertson).  Although I’m still pretty new to the technology, I’ve already discovered the power of Twitter spammers.  Well, maybe power isn’t the right word – maybe the right way to put is “attempted power.”

My question is, what is their point?  It’s one thing to be a company or organization with a Twitter account, but these people are just people who post random links and fake posts.  Maybe I’m smarter than your average tweeter (something tells me that’s not true), but I can see right through these guys.  No, @Sexxxxy, I don’t want to follow you.  You are a porn star.  No, @nick972, I will not check out your fool-proof diet.  Following millions of people doesn’t mean they will follow you.  In fact, I’m sure most users just block these people.

In what way, at all, does this strategy work?  Do random tweets about diets and random websites really work?  It’s all just lost on me!  Maybe it’s because I’ve never really understood the point of spam at all…