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The best of minorities in cartoons: The Olympics

August 2, 2012December 10, 2021 Anthony

In a change of pace and in honor of the Olympics, I thought I’d highlight any Olympics (or similar competition) connections some of my previous

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More 2012 Olympics tech issues: NBC Olympics website streaming on Linux

July 28, 2012December 10, 2021 Anthony

This post is from 2012, and there’s been a lot of changes to Flash since then. I’ve written an updated post on viewing the Olympics

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Streaming the 2012 Summer Olympics: NBC’s not winning the gold for Android users

July 24, 2012December 10, 2021 Anthony

This weekend, I worked on setting up my smartphone and laptop to watch NBC’s streaming coverage of the Summer Olympics. Unlike previous years’ TV coverage

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The 2012 state of “cutting the cord”: is it feasible to cancel cable?

May 26, 2012December 10, 2021 Anthony

I last wrote about “cutting the cord,” a.k.a. canceling cable for alternate services (Netflix, DVDs, etc.) back in 2010. Thought I’d look at what would

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Minorities in comics and animation: Michael Jordan

June 16, 2011December 10, 2021 Anthony

This week’s (slightly belated) entry takes a look at someone who *isn’t* a cartoon, but appeared as one (and alongside some) anyway: Michael Jordan, the

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Hockey Night in Cartoons

January 1, 2011December 10, 2021 Anthony

Hockey, America’s fourth biggest “Big Four” sport after baseball, football and basketball (and Canada’s number one sport period; it’s even on their $5 bill!) gets

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Cable TV alternatives

November 7, 2010December 10, 2021 Anthony

Lately I’ve been looking over what I’ve been spending on my cable bill. After being notified that I’ll be seeing my cable bill raised next

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A look at Peter Puck

October 24, 2010December 10, 2021 Anthony

Peter Puck is an animated talking hockey puck who appeared in several-minute-long interstitial segments that appeared during 1970s hockey broadcasts on NBC and Canada’s CBC.

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Anthony’s top WebOS apps: Sports Calendar

September 15, 2010December 10, 2021 Anthony

Continuing in the series of favorite WebOS programs, today’s featured app is Sports Calendar. As its name implies, Sports Calendar offers schedules of upcoming games

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