Author Archives: ericnentrup

What follows is a bit thick. Not because it’s that profound, but because I’m going to leave it unabridged for the hope that it connects, spurs, ignites. I Googled “I’m tired of church” and found Katie’s blog I just read her entry for September 28,…

Jake’s reply to yesterday’s rant spurred me. I griped but offered no alternative to my media criticism. And he was right, technology (and motivation) is the answer to the crummy stuff we see from the Network News. And I didn’t even make the connec…

Man. I’m watching CNBC’s “The Big Idea” with Donny Deutsch for the first time tonight, and turn up the volume as I see he’s interviewing Robert Redford via satellite from Park City, Utah as the Sundance Film Festival ramps up this week. Donny revi…

Johnny Carson died yesterday. And though I’m from the Letterman/O’Brien generation of Late Night, seeing those clips still remind me of some fond moments from the archives. In college we had a variety show we produced a couple of times a semester …

In this age of media piracy and other labels TRYING to compete with the runaway success of the iTunes Music Store for both mac AND window’s users, it’s easy to get excited about music again. But if you’re a bit thirsty for content, spending $0.99 …

I’ve been hearing a bunch about “Designer Babies” lately in the news. Well, it was before the holidays, but I’m just getting around to finishing this draft I started sometime ago. What I’m referring to is a growing trend in amazing scientific prac…

Well, I certainly do. There’s something pleasant about hearing the news from a different perspective or just realizing how nice it is to hear a pleasant human voice without the techno beat looping behind them. One of the gems of NPR, in my opinion…

Well, the things I didn’t expect when launching this site were malicious spammers flooding my comments with ads for Poker. It may even happen again tonight for all I know. Anyhow, in process of setting up defenses against such stuff, I screwed up …

Today, the Indianapolis Star had a letter FROM the editor, Dennis Ryerson explaining/apologizing for putting Peyton Manning’s record-breaking performance from Sunday in the Monday morning edition of the paper, overshadowing the MUCH BIGGER story o…

It’s nearly gone now, but look at this picture from just last week. I was lazy and didn’t feel like posting it last week, so here ya go. Indiana Snow.