Category Archives: Entertainment

Modern Warfare 3 is a juggernaut movies can only dream about

Posted on November 18, 2011 by markkolier

To me the number is staggering: US $775 million sales for Modern Warfare 3 (MW3) in just 5 days. Techcrunch.com reported this on Thursday http://tcrn.ch/uGzouB. I don’t play the game but I have heard complaints from players of Modern Warfare … Continue reading →

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An extinguished Kindle is of no use

Posted on November 14, 2011 by markkolier

When I travel with my original Amazon Kindle I am content to know that I have more ‘content’ than I could ever read if I did nothing but read for two weeks straight. It’s still a bit aggravating that during … Continue reading →

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The NBA work stoppage – Pro Basketball may not live to regret it

Posted on October 12, 2011 by markkolier

When I wrote about the NFL work stoppage http://wp.me/pJX7l-qv (i.e. lockout) that ended in time for the current season I was optimistic that NFL owners and players saw the forest for the trees and would come to an agreement in … Continue reading →

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Netflix shows how to kill the Golden Goose – and win?

Posted on September 26, 2011 by markkolier

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has made a number of really good moves over the past ten years. From knocking out Blockbuster (and nearly every other brick and mortar video store) to becoming THE default source for movie rentals, Netflix parlayed … Continue reading →

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Spotify.com – I love this music site!

Posted on September 21, 2011 by markkolier

Pandora.com is pretty cool but in my view Spotify.com blows it away. You have to be ‘invited’ but I don’t think that is a big problem – after all I received an invitation and did nothing special to receive one. … Continue reading →

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Amazon’s Tablet – I think I may try it

Posted on September 14, 2011 by markkolier

I don’t consider myself a technology nut although there are those that might disagree. For instance I do not own an iPhone (although I am moving closer to breaking down each and every day), nor an iPad. Actually I don’t … Continue reading →

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Today’s tennis technology wouldn’t allow John McEnroe to argue

Posted on September 7, 2011 by markkolier

As a tennis fan for more than forty years I’ve seen technology change the game in many ways. From major changes in equipment (I think I still have an old Dunlop Maxpli somewhere in my house) to electronic scoreboards, and … Continue reading →

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Steve Jobs has also changed video games forever

Posted on September 5, 2011 by markkolier

I try to follow the developments in the videogame industry since my son is finishing up his course work to become a video game developer and designer. Much of the talk of the past week (aside from hurricanes) was about … Continue reading →

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Macau’s casinos are nice but they’re not like Las Vegas

Posted on July 24, 2011 by markkolier

I’ve been going to Las Vegas for more than forty years (my sister and I went so many times before I was eighteen we knew the Sands hotel very well). I am not much of a gambler but I do … Continue reading →

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If the U.S women had to lose the World Cup I’m glad it was to Japan

Posted on July 17, 2011 by markkolier

Don’t think for a second that I was not distressed when the Japanese tied the game at 1-1. And even more so when the resilient Japanese women tied the U.S. again at 2-2 near the end of the extra time … Continue reading →

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