There’s a saying that “Too many cooks spoil the soup”. Yet, in movies, for example, some classics like Wizard of Oz and Gone With The Wind had many directors on hand. Collaborations have produced many successes. Advancing the technologies and uses of networks are opening new doors and paths of communication that make us realize [...]

What if someone screams and no one can hear it, does it make a sound? For three decades horror movies were silent. Like the mystique of Halloween, through the silence, people’s eyes were magnetized to horrific images that spoke thousand of words and emotions without making one sound.
The piercing screams and monstrous roars that fill [...]

Today, the Google Doodle paid homage to a rather flexible green clay fella. If you were growing up and watching television around 60 years ago, you would know that this character is Gumby. Long before Pixar, Gumby was the first Claymation star. October 12 is the creator’s 90th birthday.
Art Clokey, born October 12, 1921, was [...]

Until the 1980’s, a baby stroller was a slow-speed parent powered baby vehicle (PPBV) intended for small strolls with a baby, especially on trips to the supermarket, among other errands. Strollers had small wheels and were intended for slow speeds. During the 1980’s, parents developed more active lifestyles. Stroller wheels were enlarged and baby strollers [...]

Science students have grappled with the periodic table of elements as abbreviations. English teachers once taught the using of abbreviations were impolite. When author, Damon Runyon, wrote about street thugs of the 1930’s, abbreviations and contractions were removed from dialog. Now language is shifting to a position where abbreviations are more the rule than the [...]

The charismatic founder of Apple, an icon to generations of Apple fans has passed away, according to a release from Apple on Wednesday. Steve Jobs was a co-creator of one of the first personal computers. Jobs co-founded Apple with Steve Wozniak in 1976. He left eight years later, returning in 1996 to reinvigorate Apple and [...]

The rumors were going this way and that. Toward the conclusion of the anticipated Apple announcement on 10/4, the winner is the iPhone 4s. It’s an iPhone 4 with a better camera (8 megapixel stills and 1080p video) and certain other features. Fans were hoping for 4G to allow speedier downloads. They’ll have to wait [...]

When you bought your mobile device, listed battery power specifications seemed much longer than actual use. Computers to phones, mobile users are perplexed about battery life. Manufacturers claim battery power lasts longer but your use doesn’t necessarily concur.
One problem is that manufacturers use a hidden asterisk when they note a battery might last (up [...]

J&R is honored that Barbara Cook is coming to the Park Row Store on Tuesday, September 27 to perform and sign copies of her new CD. The amazing singer and actress is also one of the honorees of the 2011 Kennedy Center Honors, to be presented at the Kennedy Center of Performing Arts in Washington [...]

The Polaroid GL10 is a color photo printer that uses Polaroid and Z-Ink technologies to create beautiful 3×4-inch photos.

Part of Polaroid’s prestigious Gray Label series, this photo printer is considered superior by many photographers than any other consumer photo printer. Print photos without inks, cartridges or ribbons? Believe it. ZINK technology embeds color right into [...]