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The first real thunderstorm of the year rolled through so I took...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:43:02 -0400

The first real thunderstorm of the year rolled through so I took some video and captured some nice lightning bolts and edited together this montage.

There are 18 different lightning clips. For some of the more impressive displays, I immediately followed it with a replay at one quarter the speed (and the word “Replay” appears when it’s a replay because otherwise it’s difficult to notice when the change takes place). At the end, I slowed down my favorites to one tenth. For the sound, I put together three of the best thunder booms and rumbles. (Obviously the sound doesn’t match the video.)

Some highlights from The Who’s “Quadrophenia and...

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 12:18:28 -0500

Some highlights from The Who’s “Quadrophenia and More” show Thursday night at Nassau Coliseum.

Blizzard of 2013, a.k.a. “Winter Storm Nemo.” Time...

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:55:49 -0500

Blizzard of 2013, a.k.a. “Winter Storm Nemo.”

Time lapse begins at around 1:15 in.

Anyone Out There Need A Copy Editor?

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:52:10 -0500

WCBS-TV promo that aired a few minutes ago:

Blizzard Forecasts

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:57:05 -0500

Here’s what the forecasts have as of the 5:00 p.m. newscasts:

WCBS:

WNBC:

WNYW:

WABC:

WPIX:

FiOS 1:

News 12 Long Island:

The Weather Channel:

Latest Blizzard Forecast

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 06:47:00 -0500

Most of the forecasts are higher this morning…

Winter Storm Nemo Forecasts

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:36:00 -0500

Here’s a look at some of the snow total forecasts on Saturday morning as of 6:00 Thursday evening (of course wind gusts will also be a major part of this story, possibly creating blizzard conditions).

WCBS:

WNBC:

WNYW:

WABC:

News 12 Long Island:

The Weather Channel:

CBS News:

Fox News Channel:

CNN:

One Channel, Two Wildly Different Snow Forecasts

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:55:00 -0500

If you were watching WCBS-TV/Channel 2 in New York within about a 20-minute period tonight, you were treated to two very different forecasts for the snow storm expected to hit the area Friday.

Lonnie Quinn’s forecast on CBS 2 News at 6:00:

David Bernard’s forecast on the CBS Evening News at 6:30:

Depending on which forecast the south shore of Long Island listens to, they’ll either get four to eight inches of snow or one to two feet.

Same channel.

UPDATE: CNN’s Chad Myers pointed out that the computer models are very different. If you look at these forecasts, New York City will get either 5.7 inches or 23.3 inches of snow.

The decimal point conveys precision!

From dirty dog to wet dog to clean and fluffy dog in about 22...

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 11:46:21 -0500

From dirty dog to wet dog to clean and fluffy dog in about 22 minutes.

Music: “Basic Hygiene” from www.musicrevolution.com

nypost: CAP’N CRUNCH. Ferry smashes into dock. New York Post...

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:46:46 -0500

nypost:

CAP’N CRUNCH. Ferry smashes into dock. New York Post cover for Thursday, January 10, 2013

Is the Post trying to be offensive??

CNN's Freshman Mistakes

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 12:31:00 -0500

In the span of just a few minutes, CNN proved that they don’t know the difference between “freshman” and “freshmen”.

“Freshman” is singular. When there are 13 or 84 of them, it should be “freshmen”.

CNN again uses the wrong word here. Would you say “High-profile sophomores senators”? No. Should be “freshman” here.

Christmas Eve snow! (Taken with GifBoom)

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 21:11:35 -0500

Christmas Eve snow! (Taken with GifBoom)

Newtown shootings: A hometown is shattered, but pulling itself together (Westport News)

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:33:00 -0500

Newtown shootings: A hometown is shattered, but pulling itself together (Westport News):

Doug, one of my best friends who usually reports on Connecticut sports, reflects on his hometown of Newtown for his newspaper:

My hometown has always held a special place in my heart.

I’ve always taken great pride in my hometown, knowing that the comfort and warm memories it’s given me for 26 years are luxuries.

But on Friday, my Newtown — the only place I’ve ever lived, save for four years of college — was rattled to its core by a senseless act of violence. As I sat in my house Friday — only about two miles from Sandy Hook Elementary School — I felt helpless; hoping, praying that the horrific details that were unfolding were all just a nightmare. I — like my friends and neighbors who call this quintessential New England town home — was in disbelief.

The seemingly idyllic community — so peacefully symbolized by a 100-foot-high flagpole that rests right in the heart of Main Street — suddenly had become known for unthinkable carnage.

USPS Fails at P.C. Attempt to Ignore Saying "Christmas"

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:04:06 -0500

I just saw a commercial for USPS. Something about mailing a package from home. They say you can “have it picked up for free before December 20th for delivery in time for the holidays.”

Which holidays are they talking about? It’s way too late for Hanukkah.

In trying to be inclusive and ultra-P.C., they left people out.

They could have just said “Christmas”… unless they mean New Year’s.

Be careful about tricky spam/phishing e-mails!This is an e-mail...

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 22:06:54 -0500

Be careful about tricky spam/phishing e-mails!

This is an e-mail my mom got tonight pretending to be about a FedEx delivery. Or is it from “U.P.S.” (which is using an @albuquerque.com e-mail address)?

The link they want you to click takes you to a site that’s neither FedEx nor UPS.

Not every spam e-mail makes as many mistakes as this one (December 2nd was not Monday… a handful of grammar errors… the FedEx logo is actually just text) but make sure you’re smart about what you click. Lots of people are expecting packages this time of year so it’s easy to think messages like this are meant for you.

Don’t fall for it. Check out the from address. Mouse-over the link and see where it wants to take you before clicking on it.

While this might seem obvious to us, make sure your parents know, too. I’ve trained my mom to be suspicious of things like this and she checks with me before opening them.

My Nana discusses growing up in Austria during Nazi rule, losing...

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:55:03 -0500

My Nana discusses growing up in Austria during Nazi rule, losing her mother at a young age, losing the rest of her family to concentration camps, escaping the Holocaust to live with an English family, and eventually coming to New York.

Feel free to leave comments on the YouTube page and I’ll share those with her.

I don’t really understand how this can be an option. My...

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:10:27 -0500

I don’t really understand how this can be an option. My iPod’s battery apparently died a few weeks ago so I had to bring it back. It starts up and think it’s about to turn 1970. (I wish it could have gone two and a half months sooner if it wanted to go to 1969.) While this is an older generation iPod Touch, I feel like it should have known it’s more advanced than the iPods (or whatever app/Internet device they used back then) of 1969.

My family’s virtual Christmas/Hanukkah/holiday card to...

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 18:00:00 -0500

My family’s virtual Christmas/Hanukkah/holiday card to you.

(Click for HD.)

134 friends wished me a happy birthday on Facebook yesterday....

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 10:24:40 -0500

134 friends wished me a happy birthday on Facebook yesterday. And because I’m old school, I don’t like to respond via comment but I like to go “wall-to-wall.” That means 134 thank-yous is on the agenda for today.

I think it was my 22nd post on a friend’s wall that caused Facebook to think I was a robot. And I apparently confirmed it for them because this captcha got me.

When Hurricane Sandy was on her way two weeks ago, I decided to...

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:09:00 -0500

When Hurricane Sandy was on her way two weeks ago, I decided to shoot some video of the storm and revive my childhood hobby of playing reporter (but it’s obvious here why I’ll never be one). I know other people saw so much more and suffered (and are still suffering) much worse but this is the storm from my eyes on Long Island. The long blackout, the downed trees, the gas lines, the snow storm a week later… It’s all here.