Our good friends over at Music City Roots have a heck of a season lined up. First show of the new season airs tonight and features Gareth Dunlop, Audrey Auld, Jabe Beyer, The Vespers and The Driftwood Singers. Can’t make it out to the Loveless Cafe to watch live? Fret not, as there are a […]
We’ve loved getting to know the new iPad. Yes, it’s slightly heavier. Yes, the display is, in a word, jawdroppinglybeautiful. And yes, we fully understand that the extra weight did NOT come from the additional 2.5 million pixels (more or less)Apple managed to cram into the display. Chris F. from Knoxville won himself a new […]
Imagine if you liked doughnuts. I mean really really liked, almost to an unhealthy extent, doughnuts. Glazed. Custard-iced. Those cakey ones that dont taste like anything and barely qualify as doughnuts. All of the doughnuts. Then imagine your boss said, “Here are the keys to that doughnut factory down in Doughnutlandia. Go eat doughnuts.” You’d […]
You know the scene at the end of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” all the Whos in Whoville join hands and sing that Wahoo Dorris song? It’s sort of like that here at the GriffPlex, only without the handholding. Or the singing. Or the inimitable Thurl Ravenscroft doing clever songs that double as character exposition. […]
I grew up listening to Johnny Cash songs. My dad had been a teenager during the legendary ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ days of Sun Records. Before I ever heard Johnny Cash sing, I knew “Folsom Prison Blues” and “I Walk the Line” from the versions my dad would strum out on his battered Epiphone acoustic guitar. […]
We love the iPhone 4S. And we love learning about new ways that people have used the iPhone to create art or connect with other people. This find from a couple of weeks ago is a great example of all of those things. Now I Understand, a “sound construction” by The Flaming Lips, Erykah Badu, […]
A number of the folks in Creative Services share a Keurig coffee maker. Every morning from 8:30 til 9, the Hive fills with the smells jamocha raspberry almond fudge ripple coffee. “Convenient,” they say. “A fresh cup every time” they say. “$51 a pound” I say, having just read this post over at thekitchn.com. For […]
We’re just two days away from the debut of the rather kludgily named Star Wars: Episode I | The Phantom Menace in 3D. Opinions around the Sawtooth Building are … strong about this naked cash grab reboot of a classic for a new generation. What do you think? Take the poll. Let us know. Want […]
I’ve written before about the history of the tablet, it’s a fascinating topic. NPR’s Technology Podcast today features several incredible stories about the future and the history of touch-computing. It covers everything from early tablets in film and television, to how we use tablets like iPad in schools and hospitals today. You can hear the […]
There’s an interesting story from CNET that states that over a quarter of U.S. adults use location-based services. The story sites a study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Some findings include: 28 percent of cell owners use their phones for directions or recommendations based on their current location. 9 percent of Internet […]