Tag Archive: TV

Nov
03

‘Siri’, a high tech genie in a cell phone, not in a bottle

“Master, master your wish is my command” – Barbara Eden, star of “I Dream of Jeannie” television sitcom, 1964 These days, it seems that lots of people are wondering what to make of Siri, the new speech-recognition feature on the iPhone4S. Have you heard of it yet? Siri is a digital personal assistant that at …

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Sep
15

Watching television and eating dinner can be complicated

“If it weren’t for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television we’d still be eating frozen radio dinners.” – Johnny Carson The late Johnny Carson would be shocked to learn that the traditional frozen TV dinners he once joked about are not popular anymore. Instead, the American public seems to prefer the trendy “bistro gourmet entrees” …

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Aug
12

In search of the ‘Golden Buckle’

Chasing our dreams is not unlike the old TV show of the 60’s, Stoney Burke. For those of you too young to remember, its hero Stoney Burke (played by Jack Lord) was after one thing—the Golden Buckle, the crown of world champion saddle bronc riders. On October first in 1962, the television show Stoney Burke …

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