Archive for the ‘Culture’ Category

Top Music for 2011 – According to Chris

Last year, for the first time, I posted the Top tracks I had listened to in 2010.  This year I am going to give you a bit more.  This year I am listing the top individual tracks from 2011 and the top artists from 2011. Lets get things started with Individual tracks.  I figured the [...]

Worth Quoting

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marconi Union - Weightless

The best marketed ambient music track ever…

It is being hyped as “scientifically proven to be the most relaxing song ever.”  There are even hints that it may be “dangerous” to listen to while driving etc.  The song is “Weightless” by Marconi Union. According to the study, in creating “Weightless,” the band uses a process called ‘entrainment’ to relax the listener – [...]

Worth Quoting

When you reach for the stars, you might not quite get one, but you won’t come up with a handful of mud, either – Leo Burnett

Worth Quoting

“The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed.” – Lloyd Jones

ChrisCast 09-19-2011

Join the C-Dogg for a quick hello on “International Talk Like a Pirate Day!”

H.E.B. and Wal-Mart gas card price wars

Some Wars do have Winners!

You have to love a good old-fashioned gas price war.  That is what has been going on (at least in Central Texas) between Wal-Mart and H.E.B.  First, they have both been consistently trading off as the lowest priced gas (according to my favorite smartphone app – GasBuddy.)  Now, they have brought out the big guns [...]

Don’t leave home without this phone app

Everyone talks about all the amazing phone apps and I am right there with them.  Sure, I love the fact that I can do client work “on the go.”  Sure, I love the fact that I can find movie times & nearby restaurants at a moments notice.  Sure, I love being able to stream music, [...]

Spammers are at least more entertaining now

Remember the day when you would get a spam comment on your blog kinda like, “Great post,” or “well said,” and a link to some fast-cash-now scheme? Because the spam catching plugins are getting so much better, these doofs are forced to make their automated postings sound more real. The problem? When you have a [...]

Cinch Casting

Just wanted to do a quick post to mention that I am now Cinch Casting. Cinch is a great little app by the folks that brought us BlogTalk Radio. You can find my cinches online at http://www.CinchCast.com/chris-doelle . It is to podcasting what twitter is to blogging – we’re talking microcasting. Very cool. I am [...]