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Your weird music video of the day: The wonder of the Floppotron 3.0

What can you do with old, obsolete computer equipment? Recycle it, of course. But this guy’s definition of “recycle” is

Gamers are all about hardware. CPU speed. GPU power. Liquid cooling. Super-fast RAM. Tons of storage. And if you have

Here’s a weird ghost story just in time for Halloween. I’ll give you the facts and you can decide whether

At one point, Apple was all about the Mac. Now? Not so much. You will find more statistics at Statista

A while back, I wrote a story on how much technology has changed the radio industry. Here’s another nostalgia trip,

On Star Trek: The Next Generation, Data was a pretty formidable violinist. But while he was technically accurate, his playing

Computers and robots will never replace flesh-and-blood artists, right? Well, not so fast. Leaps in artificial intelligence have now made

Here’s a great story on how music came to computers from The Conversation: We don’t think twice about playing music

If you’ve been to see U2 on their current tour, you probably left impressed with the stage set-up and the

Peter forwards this one from Silicon Valley: When I was 14 or so, in 1989, I worked at the Advanced

Um, no thanks. But, hey, fill yer boots.

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver