Five years ago, Micheal Ray Richardson was the head coach of the Albany Patroons. He had taken the Patroons to their first Continental Basketball Association finals in nearly twenty years; the last time Albany went to the CBA finals, Richardson was actually a player for the Patroons and helped Bill Musselman win his fourth consecutive…
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And this is why you don’t film concerts with your camera phone…
Think about this for a second and a half. You’ve got your very expensive digital camcorder smuggled into the concert. You’re going to videotape your favorite performer on stage, and then after the show you’re going to upload it on YouTube or burn some DVD’s and sell them. Yeah, copyright infringement means nothing to you.…
Read More“I don’t care what kind of movies she makes, you’re not bringing her to the prom, young man!!”
Mike Stone had an idea. The St. Paul, Minnesota teen wanted to go to his high school prom, but he couldn’t find a date with any of his classmates. And he certainly didn’t want to go to the prom “stag.” So according to the Huffington Post, he fired up his Twitter account and sent out…
Read MoreYou do what you must, no matter what the cost
I had a fantastic time last night at the All Over Albany birthday party at the downtown City Beer Hall bar/restaurant. If you’ve never visited the AOA website, do it now. It’s a great resource for Capital District events and goings-on and 518 culture, and Greg Dahlmann and Mary Darcy do a tremendous amount of…
Read MoreThe Martian Meteorite
A million years ago, one of two things happened on the planet Mars. It was possibly a volcanic eruption, one that sent tons of rocks and dust and debris into the Martian skies. Or it could have been an impact from a celestial body; possibly an errant asteroid or comet, that caused chunks of Martian…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Rest in Peace, Ernie Williams. Yes, yes, yes.
The Capital Region lost a true musical legend yesterday. Bluesman Ernie Williams passed away from a massive heart attack. He was 87 years old. You can read about his life and career at this Times Union link; at this link from Nippertown; and Danielle Sanzone’s profile of Williams in the Troy Record. And once you’re…
Read MoreCaption Time: The Window Shopper at Scully and Scully
During my St. Patrick’s Day stint in New York City, I had some time to kill before my photo assignment, so I walked around the West Side with my camera in hand and at the ready. Park Avenue was brisk and sunny, and I took a few photographs here and there. At one point, I…
Read MoreSuccess: Sgt. Rex will be reunited with Marine Corporal Leavey!
Last weekend, I wrote a blog post about Sgt. Rex, a German Shepherd who served America in two tours of duty in Iraq. Now at the mandatory retirement age of ten, and no longer able to perform his duties for his country, there was some question as to whether he would be reunited with his…
Read More“We’re gonna stay here until we get it right! Take 2,900… and… ACTION!!”
You’ve heard the jokes, haven’t you? About the motion picture director that took take after take after TAKE of a specific scene. Charlie Chaplin, for example, was known to take over 300 shots of a single scene in City Lights just to make sure his co-star Virginia Cherrill was holding a rose at the proper…
Read MoreWork with technology… don’t make it the other way around.
With this Wednesday’s technology summit at Saint Rose, “Tethered 24/7: Staying Human with Today’s Technology,” I thought about how much technology has impacted my life – both in good forms and in bad. And I’m not just talking about iPads and Twitter, mind you – I’m talking about other technologies that have affected my life,…
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