It was just a year ago that I read of the nice ceremony when James Doohan received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He wasn’t well then. From WCVB’s online site: The publicist for James Doohan says the actor who played Scotty on “Star Trek” has died at his home in Redmond, Wash. […]

Early in 1999, one of my clients introduced me to a wonderful world I didn’t know existed, and I’m glad she did. She handed me a thick book and told me she thought I’d enjoy it. While it was written for children, news reports had adults walking the streets with a copy tucked under their […]

To say that I am a fan of Anders Moden would be understating things quite a bit. A few years ago, in a private email list for magicians, Anders gave to us a wonderful little routine whereby an opened soda can is crushed and then restores itself to its former uncrushed, full, and unopened glory. […]

There is a surprising crossover between magicians and musicians so I feel confident that this isn’t as off topic as it might seem on the surface. Bob Moog is a name many of you will recognize. The extent to which his work on music and, specifically, his synths, has impacted the world of popular music […]

(It only seems fair.) Teller speaks. For many of us, this is not much of a revelation. But whether you have or have not heard the eloquence that is The Voice of Teller, I have a surprise for you. Via TV Squad via TV Barn via NPR via the Internet via Al Gore thanks to […]

Gizmodo points to an article touting a “new radio-controlled watch” by Epson. From the Epson news release: Epson, in collaboration with Junghans Uhren GmbH of Germany, has succeeded in developing the world’s first(1) analog radio-controlled watch movement that is capable of receiving signals from three different locations across the globe. The solar-charged radio-controlled analog watches […]

While doing my best to figure out how to wrap up any number of mostly-done posts for Escamoteurettes, I get a notice that Penn Jillette has commented on the State of the World. It’s not that I planned to pen two Penn posts back to back, but that’s the way the world works sometimes. I […]