@Midnight First Impressions
The Next Great Talk-Show for the Internet Generation It’s been a while since I looked forward to new programming on Comedy Central. Seriously, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Louie led me to believe that FX was actually funnier than CC’s programming outside of the Daily Show and the Colbert Report. But, gladly, that streak has been broken. @Midnight is the brain child of Chris Hardwick, a podcaster, blogger, newsletterer,...
Refresh Austin Educates Austin Entrepreneurs On Affordable Care Act
10/9/2013 AUSTIN - Despite a Federal shutdown in Washington, Austin’s tech scene hosted an event at the Capital Factory last night to help small businesses, entrepreneurs, and individuals in the work force get educated on the new healthcare marketplace. Amanda Fredriksen of AARP, Texas spoke for an hour to a crowd of about 80 on what the new healthcare law means to Texans specifically. For employers she mentioned a...
I Lost 9 Pounds In One Day After Drinking Tap Water
Tsinghua University Hospital v. the International SOS Hospital I shouldn’t have had the water. They brought me to a room that was small. It had maybe a dozen seats, and setups for IVs. It wasn’t a bad room, but it was unfamiliar. I didn’t know what my expectations were, but what I noticed was that it looked somewhat dirty; the paint on the walls was faded, and the equipment looked old and worn. Wear and tear...
I Was Afraid to Cough At Beijing International Airport
Can I Share a story and a photograph about my first time traveling abroad? Leading up to my trip to Beijing in 2009 I’d seen tons of headlines that talked about how Beijing was quarantining travelers who had a temperature right at the airport. I couldn’t help but wonder, would I be quarantined? Did that mean being confined to an international hospital? A hotel? A local hospital? Would they speak English? It was easy to...
Next-Gen Console Wars: Which One 4 U?
I have to fess up. Back in 2007, I bought a Wii. Why? Both the XBox 360 and the PS3 were way too expensive. The Wii was affordable, and different. But then it took a bad turn. In about a year and a half I bought something like eight games including Mario Galaxy, Paper Mario, MarioKart, Zelda, some war game whose name eludes me, Resident Evil 4, and I can’t remember the rest. Seriously. It was that bad. With every passing game I...