Obsolete Commentary
A Windmill, Worcester, Massachusetts
In Worcester, Massachusetts, the skyline has changed. OV editor Michael Grandone reacts to a wind turbine that is a new beacon to a city.
Republican and Democratic Conventions Are Boring Television
Obsolete Vernacular editor Michael Grandone wonders, what is the point of these party’s conventions? Nothing gets accomplished there. So it must be about the television- which yields dismal results.
Dooogle
After thousands of hours of testing, researching, and vetting all the worlds’ search engines, we narrowed it down to the three best at the oV: Google, Cuil, and Dooogle. And now the moment of truth. We at the Obsolete Vernacular officially name Dooogle.com as the site’s official search engine, forever more. Search with Dooogle right [...]
Where in the World Is Barack Obama? Does John McCain Want a New Monroe Doctrine? Is This What You Call Foreign Policy?
So you toured the world last weekend or spent your time working on those missile defense systems out back. Does that really constitute a foreign policy? Michael Grandone wonders the Obsolete Commentary way if Barack Obama and John McCain are really ready for the international stage.
It’s Summer. Turn Off the TV.
Senior writer Mike Davin has not seen many of the new summer reality shows. But he has a good idea what they’re all about. In an original commentary, Davin takes us from The Singing Office to the Baby Borrowers and back again.
Find A Grave
We at the Vernacular are not in the habit of endorsing other websites willy-nilly (minus the whole 53 o’s google site). But when we discovered FindaGrave.com, we couldn’t help but spread the word. Simply type in a name, presumably a famous one, and wam-o, Find-a-Grave tells you where the person in question is buried. [...]
See ya, print papers
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse…following the last few months of contract buyouts and early retirements at the leading newspapers around the country, the Los Angeles Time has just announced 150 layoffs coming their way. Not a good time for our friends in the print world…hell not a good time for anybody [...]
