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Twitter may come and go, but newspapers are here to stay

Remember when Twitter was huge? Yes, that was a couple of months ago. The cover of Time magazine said Twitter “will change the way we live.” Then I read this week that Twitter was dead. Long live the Next Big Thing, whatever that may be. Maybe you don' ...

From BARRY SMITH SPECIAL TO THE NEVADA APPEAL, NevadaAppeal.com,  4 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Twitter Inc

Waterfall fire - 5 years later: When your city goes up in smoke

Carson City is a dog-walking kind of town, so a lot of people were doing the same thing I was on that Wednesday morning five years ago when they noticed the stream of smoke rising from behind C Hill. “Looks like a wildfire,” I said to a neighbor as we ...

From BARRY SMITH FOR THE NEVADA APPEAL, NevadaAppeal.com,  12 Jul 2009

Barry Smith: 2009 Legislature made strides toward open government

One of the measures of a Nevada legislative session is whether lawmakers made government more open or more secretive. In the 2009 session, although they missed some opportunities, legislators generally advanced the cause of open government. For one, ...

From BARRY SMITH FOR THE NEVADA APPEAL, NevadaAppeal.com,  10 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Barry Smith,  Jim Gibbons, Jnr

Let the sun shine on Nevada governments

Too bad Nevada isn’t known as the Sunshine State. I know Florida already claimed that nickname, and Nevadans are proud to live in the Silver State. But I’m not thinking just about our sunny skies and abundant potential for solar energy. I’m talking ...

From BARRY SMITH NEVADA PRESS ASSOCIATION, Lahontan Valley News & Fallen Eagle Standard,  18 Mar 2009
Related Topics: American Society of Newspaper Editors,  Jim Gibbons, Jnr

Commentary: Let the sun shine on Nevada governments

Too bad Nevada isn’t known as the Sunshine State. I know Florida already claimed that nickname, and Nevadans are proud to live in the Silver State. But I’m not thinking just about our sunny skies and abundant potential for solar energy. I’m talking ...

From BARRY SMITH, NevadaAppeal.com,  17 Mar 2009
Related Topics: American Society of Newspaper Editors,  Jim Gibbons

[Meeting Report] Ontologies of Cellular Networks

Abstract: As part of a series of workshops on different aspects of biomedical ontology sponsored by the National Center for Biomedical Ontology (NCBO), a workshop titled "Ontologies of Cellular Networks" took place in Newark, New Jersey, on 27 to 28 ...

From ROBERT ARP AND BARRY SMITH, Science,  17 Dec 2008

Irrelativity: Trashing Canadian hotel rooms

EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado — All the signs are there. I know what I’m here to do, what’s expected of me, what my mission is: I am supposed to trash this hotel room. Here’s the scene: I’m in Edmonton, Canada, where I’ve been invited to perform my “Jesus in ...

From BARRY SMITH EAGLE COUNTY CO, COLORADO, Vail Daily,  26 Nov 2008
Related Topics: VH1,  Johnny Depp,  Keith Moon

Irrelativity: It's not you Verizon, it's me

Hello, and thank you for calling Verizon. This call may be recorded for quality assurance purposes ... --- click --- VERIZON: Hi, welcome to Verizon. How may I help you today? BARRY: Oh hi. Um ... hows it going? V: Very well, thank you. Now how may I ...

From BARRY SMITH, Vail Daily,  1 Oct 2008
Related Topics: AT&T Inc.

Irrelativity: 'You never know' in Canada

Editors note: Barry is on tour, performing his comedy shows across the U.S. and Canada all summer long. Todays dispatch comes from Vancouver, Canada. Finally, finally, finally after a three month break from performing my new show, Barry Smiths Baby ...

From BARRY SMITH, Vail Daily,  10 Sep 2008

Irrelativity: Barry Smith comes to terms with being wrong

Editors note: Barry is on tour, performing his comedy shows across the US and Canada all summer long. Todays dispatch comes from Montreal, Canada. Theres nothing quite like being really, really wrong. Ive been wrong on such a level so many times that ...

From BARRY SMITH, Vail Daily,  25 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Barry Smith,  Michael Moore

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