Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Note to Netflix: Keep the binge-watching option

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One of the key innovations that Netflix introduced was “binge watching,” the ability to stream multiple episodes of a new TV show in one sit...
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Streaming video services killed traditional TV seasons

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I used to look forward to the TV Guide Fall Preview issue. It would get me excited for new TV series that would be premiering in the fall. N...
Saturday, September 6, 2025

Salacious ads are proliferating online. Here are the backstories on some of those teaser photos.

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Lately I’ve noticed an increase in suggestive sexual advertising on this website (Tech-media-tainment) and others such as tech news site 9to...
Monday, September 1, 2025

Song of Summer 2025: ‘Ordinary’ by Alex Warren

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Music experts say there was no clear “song of summer” for 2025. There was no one tune that dominated the airwaves and captured the mood of ...
Sunday, August 31, 2025

Ode to Chicago-style hot dogs

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Thanks to the expansion of the Portillo’s restaurant chain outside of Chicago, people across the country can now enjoy Chicago-style hot do...

Chicago mobster grave tour

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The Chicago mobsters of the last century continue to fascinate the public. You can take guided bus tours of their neighborhoods and haunts t...
Sunday, August 17, 2025

Free web platforms are preserving digital artifacts … for now

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Over the years, I have spotlighted 450 websites that I found to be useful, educational or entertaining. Many of the early websites have disa...