Monthly Archives: May 2015
Happy Memorial Day!
Like most holidays, we wish they were celebrated in some form everyday. And there is something to that. Today is one of those occasions: Memorial Day.
The reason we have no work or school on this Monday is to honor the brave men and women who fought and died for our country. It’s a reminder that freedom isn’t free.
Here is an image that moved me on this Memorial Day.
(Writing From My Heart Blog)
We Owe Countless Thanks to Those Who Served and Protected the United States of America.
When Tomorrow’s Future is Today
The day has finally arrived for movie patrons to escape into what looks like the best of what Disney’s imagination has to offer in the live-action, George Clooney starring cinematic adventure, Tomorrowland. Ever since the first teaser trailer, this new world has captured our attention. The story appears to be based in and surrounded by all the glorious things we dream of when we think about what the future holds, like flying cars and jet packs, crazy awesome technology and hoverboards (sorry, wrong movie).
Here’s a quick glance into what tomorrow holds.
George Clooney, yesterday’s leading man, is tomorrow’s star.
Trust me, it makes sense.
Television’s Newest Attraction
Put up this wall!
While President Reagan was absolutely right to boldly declare the Berlin Wall be torn down on June 12, 1987, LG was right to present the world with an inventive wall to build of their own a couple days ago in Seoul, South Korea nearly 28 yeas later in 2015.
LG Display, which is a subsidiary of the tech giant LG, recently revealed a product that will surely become standard in future homes: a wallpaper television. And it’s precisely what it sounds like. Measuring less than a millimeter in screen thickness, this prototype wallpaper TV virtually blends right onto the wall where you hang it. Using a magnetic pad of equal size (55-inches), the shockingly light 4-pound television adds unprecedented versatility to television watching and entertainment ventures.
The OLED quality colorfully defines this spectacular innovation.
(PC Magazine)
Whether speaking about this type of invention with friends and family or writing on Jimmy’s Daily Planet in the past few years about how entire walls in homes will someday (in the not so completely distant future) be screens that will be conducive to watching television, playing video games, displaying art portraits, being cloud-friendly, a home control center, etc., this is a genuinely exciting moment. Forget about the astronomical price this TV would demand right now because most innovations are too costly to the consumer, until they’re not.
Now the actual business element of LG Display will begin with a dialogue with the design team. The next challenge is offering this as an affordable product to the public in the next several years. LG is experienced with producing and selling high-quality televisions and other tech goods, so determining the pricing, manufacturing, testing and scaling should not constitute a Herculean task.
The possibilities this technology presents as a television are thrilling, but the imaginative uses in smaller and vastly larger form, as a teaching tool, a business tool and so forth are just as exhilarating. At this point, the functionality for this technology is limitless and it will very likely change television forever when it’s perfected in LG’s labs and finally available to consumers for purchase.
Going from scratch and sniff stickers to peel and stick high-definition televisions…
Yeah, life’s good.
The Search is Over
(Entertainment Weekly)
There he is!
That makes total sense for fans of the powerful 1993 movie, Searching for Bobby Fischer, which was based on the true story of a young prodigy’s pursuit towards reaching the chess status of the legendary player. The poster above is Tobey Maguire, who will be portraying the chess champion in the film, Pawn Sacrifice. The movie is due out in September of this year.
Even without a trailer, this poster alone will likely spark quite a bit of buzz because of the naturally intriguing enigma of chess and, perhaps, the equally enigmatic mind of a master chess player. As is custom with anyone considered a genius (no matter the profession), people are captivated to understand how and why these individuals think the way they do.
Bobby Fischer is no exception.
Pawn Sacrifice will have a couple hours to reach an entertaining checkmate with the audience.
Hopefully, the movie makes the right gambit.
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