Winnipeg Free Press - September 22nd
Eastbound & Down: Season 3 Trailer
Nearly washed-up former pro baseball pitcher Kenny Powers (Danny McBride) is back for a third season of Eastbound & Down, after rebooting his struggling career in the Mexican league. Kenny is heading back to the U.S. with a contract for a minor-league affiliate in Myrtle Beach, in the hopes he still has what it takes. Powers also found out that he was a father at the end of the Season 2.
Eastbound & Down was originally only intended to last one season, but the network has continued to order episodes after Kenny and his self-destructive ways and over-the-top ego quickly gained a cult following. The show returns to HBO in January 2012.
Internet of Yesterday & Today: 1996 vs. 2011
THE web has evolved rapidly over the last 15 years. Mashable.com takes a look at some of the key changes over the past decade and a half. From slow, chunky browsers to slick web apps, the evolution is dramatic when compared side by side. Destinations on the web have changed too, with early web giant AOL.com capturing most of the traffic in the mid ’90s, with Larry Page and Sergey Brin’s Google dominating the web these days.
KITTENS, crashes, crazy viral videos and anything else you can think of gets served up in this ultimate Internet time-waster that pulls clips from YouTube and dishes them back out in a non-stop video onslaught.
Avoid this site if you’re already addicted to YouTube — it will only feed your video-consumption habit and make it nearly impossible to pull yourself away and get anything done.
WITH over 500 million members, Facebook has quickly become the most popular social network. While Google+ is filled with tech-geeks and every athlete and actor is on Twitter, Facebook is home to everyone from your high school, relatives you never see, your kid sister and probably your parents too.
Privacy is always mentioned when people talk about Facebook, but most of the time, the attention is focused on the company for opening up more of your profile, rather than the fact that Facebook has probably jumped the social-media shark once it spills over into the mainstream and everyone you’ve ever known or met starts to add you.
Do you really want to accept that invitation from your parents? Probably not, but if you do, you might think about sending some of their awkward posts and weird status updates to My Parents Joined Facebook. Remember the site’s motto: “Can’t Facebook with ‘em, can’t unFriend ‘em.”
SICK of hearing about grunge yet? If you’re not, take a few minutes and answer this 20-question quiz and test your knowledge of fuzzed-out guitar bands, flannel and all things Seattle.
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition September 22, 2011
