You won’t believe what this quartet of jugglers has accomplished in this remarkable video. In their video titled “Carpool Lane,” they miraculously throw and catch 15 pins or rings at the same time. Their spectacular coordination and concentration seems to defy the laws of physics. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Opinion
Opinion from a former ad man: Top 5 Super Bowl commercials
Super Bowl advertising hit a new high this year. I’ve picked my five favorites, and I’ll bring you my opinions from the standpoint of a 40-year media veteran. Continue reading
How to eliminate advertising from your life
The 2014 political advertising season is about to begin, but you needn’t be its victim again this year. I’m here to help. In this article, I’ll show you how to eliminate almost all that bullshit advertising from your life. Continue reading
Facebook is a ripoff. Here’s why
While YouTube returns most of its profits to those who create its content, Facebook keeps all its profits for itself and its shareholders. I think this is greedy and wrong. Watch this insightful video by Derek Muller of Veritasium for details.
If you don’t feel like watching the video above, let me sum it up for you while editorializing at the same time: Facebook is reducing the number of people who see your updates. Why? Because it wants you to pay to promote them. Continue reading
3D HDTV is dead and 4K TV is hype [OPINION]
Forlorn about the total failure of 3D HDTV, television manufacturers are now pushing what they hope will be the next big thing: 4K TV. Does this ultra-high definition format matter in the real world? Continue reading
New year’s resolutions: An ode to independence [OPINION]
It’s time for some New Year’s resolutions. Join me as I plan for the coming year, offering insight about how I will be enhancing this site and my life over the next 12 months. I do this in hopes that you might do the same with your life and join me on my search for truth.
I’ll reveal how I’m going to modify my coverage on this site, describe the changing role of technology and gadgetry in my life, show you how I’m going to change my approach to social media, and let you in on what I foresee for the future of CharlieWhite.net. Continue reading
Put down that smartphone and live your life [OPINION]
We are frittering our lives away, heads buried in tiny screens as the entire world passes us by. Thanks, smartphones.
The smartphone is my favorite gadget, and it makes our lives better and easier in myriad ways. However, I think its omnipresent camera can separate its owner from directly and completely experiencing the real world. Armed with smartphones and ready to take pictures at a moment’s notice, many people are not really present at the most interesting events they’ll ever witness. Continue reading
Redesigned Fox News studio looks like a joke [OPINION]
Is this new Fox News studio a joke? No, this is the new way the cable news propagandist plans to disseminate its lies and disinformation. It looks like something that belongs in Mad Magazine.
In a video tour of the new “Revolutionary Fox News Deck” at its HQ in New York, Fox anchor Shepard Smith never quite explains why these gigantic 55-inch touchscreen monitors were installed. Are the Fox “journalists” so myopic they can’t see normal-sized computer screens? Continue reading