Category: Television
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A Lion in the House, Tears in my Eyes: On Cancer, Courage, Honesty and Generosity
Leukemia. Children. Families. Doctors. Nurses. I just watched the second half of A Lion in the House. I don’t think I have ever had tears in my eyes for as long a stretch as during the last two hours. I feel sadness, gratitude and awe at the inspiring stories that unfolded in this episode of…
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TV-B-Gone: Life-B-Here
Mitch Altman, founder of 3ware, has invented a universal remote control, TV-B-Gone, with a single function: it can toggle the power (on or off) of nearby televisions. Altman‘s goals are to help people extract themselves from the television world and attend to the physical world and the people around them, “improving conversation” and “freeing people…
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Music ID
AT&T Wireless recently announced a new music recognition service that will enable customers to use their mobile phones to identify music they are currently listening to. By entering “#ID” on the keypad and placing the phone near the source of the music, the service will send a text message with to the phone with the…