- Net Worth: Online doctoring of celebrity rants is all the rage
- February 6, 2009
- Filmmaker Werner Herzog recalls witnessing a 1950s incident involving Klaus Kinski in which the famously nutty German actor locked himself in a bathroom for 48 hours.
- Net Worth: College campus visits made available in cyberspace
- January 30, 2009
- With the economy still in its nosedive, the prospect of ponying up money for college tuition is daunting. But what if you’re a high school senior still unsure of which school to choose? Those several trips you’d planned in the spring to visit potential campuses also cost plenty of money. Should you simply cross a few off the list and take a random stab at where you’ll spend the next four to five-and-a-half years?
- Net Worth: Global symphony collaboration mobilized by YouTube
- January 16, 2009
- There’s an old joke — Henny Youngman-old — concerning a concert violinist on his first visit to New York City.
- Site offers ‘mentally stimulating diversion,’ time-wasting
- January 9, 2009
- Every columnist secretly wants to generate Pulitzer-worthy material.
- Net Worth: Internet games unearth author’s addictive behavior
- December 12, 2008
- I have met my match. Since I was a teen, I have always prided myself on my nonaddictions.
- Net Worth: Best Web Sites help rejuvenate lazy online routine
- November 28, 2008
- I need to get out more. And I’ll admit that “out” is a relative term. I’m speaking in terms of the Internet.
- Net Worth: Reviled ‘Star Wars’ special forced upon Web generation
- November 21, 2008
- This week marks the 30-year anniversary of one of the most horrific events in American history.No, not the Jonestown cult tragedy — which was admittedly quite horrific. For the purpose of this column, I’m referring to the TV debut of “The Star Wars Holiday Special.”
- Net Worth: New ‘illiteracy’ exposed during presidential election
- November 7, 2008
- “Future Shock” author Alvin Toffler is widely credited with being among the earliest to predict a “digital revolution.” He is responsible for a quote that has of late taken on even greater meaning: “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.”
- Election provokes peculiar and unsettlng Web videos
- October 31, 2008
- Since this is the last Net Worth before the presidential election - assuming it’s not postponed by rain - now is the ideal time to look at some of the more wacky clips related to the campaign. No, I don’t mean soundbite-style footage of the candidates that have been exploited by the opposite party.
- ‘Poltergeist’ ad campaign provides some real horror
- October 24, 2008
- The ad campaigns are plenty memorable. We’ve seen Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) take a break from his “Back to the Future” adventure to hawk the benefits of DirecTV. We’ve seen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) in full “Aliens” gear battle the queen beast while addressing the camera about the satellite television network.
- TV news teams forced to relive on-camera humiliations
- October 10, 2008
- The most recent episode of the revitalized “Saturday Night Live” featured a sketch involving TV’s fictional News 3, Sioux City. The premise was based on the Midwest station running a promo calling their anchors “America’s Most YouTubed News Team.”
- Rash of social networking sites overwhelms author
- October 3, 2008
- In terms of socializing, the Internet is like the party that never ends. Each month a new crop of social networking sites sashays into the cultural consciousness. Some are general, some peculiarly specific. It’s easy to first embrace the concept by joining an obvious candidate such as Facebook. But after prods from a few acquaintances, that lone site can easily expand into a dozen more.
- Hairstyles provoke confusion, scorn on the Web
- September 26, 2008
- It is anybody’s guess how people will respond to a particular column - or IF anybody will respond. But my previous Net Worth has generated a fair amount of feedback. Most of it has little to do with the content. Rather, it’s the accompanying photo that did the trick.
- Web allows photos to take on new identities
- September 12, 2008
- In past decades people lived in fear of being shown pictures that caught them in compromising positions. But in the post-Internet age, folks seem to embrace it.
- Niccum: Success of summer movies can’t be measured by sites
- September 5, 2008
- Back in 1995 when I was writing a film column for an alt-weekly publication, I started getting pestered by people about the movie ads we were running. These folks would call (not e-mail) to ask if I knew what those strange markings meant that began with “www” and were stripped along the bottom of the ad.
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- Letter: Serious issue May 21, 2013 · 15 comments
- Blog: Kansas science and math teachers easily recruited away May 20, 2013 · 18 comments
- Two men arrested in connection with Sunday morning shooting May 20, 2013 · 40 comments
- Planning Commission recommends approval of Menards store for south Lawrence May 20, 2013 · 29 comments
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- Letter: State of vagueness May 21, 2013 · 1 comment
- Blog: Lawrence home sales continue rise in 2013, builders begin to pick up pace on new construction May 21, 2013 · 1 comment
- Legislature makes no progress; Brownback leaves state to tout tax cuts May 20, 2013 · 13 comments
- Memphis forward Tarik Black transfers to KU May 20, 2013
- 40 years ago: Outgoing KU chancellor receives tributes from alumni May 21, 2013
- Planning Commission recommends approval of Menards store for south Lawrence May 20, 2013
- They said it ... about Tarik Black May 20, 2013
- Legislature makes no progress; Brownback leaves state to tout tax cuts May 20, 2013
- Editorial: Hometown pride May 21, 2013
- KU makes sudden change in Statehouse presence May 20, 2013
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