When the French stormed the Bastille (view image), there was an overwhelming sense of freedom which enveloped the citizens; a feeling that a horribly restrictive, complex and expensive environment had been eliminated. A blow had been struck by...

I remember thinking when hybrid, electronic, technology-oriented, almost Metal bands like Linkin Park came out, "Wow, now THAT'S interesting music." The incorporation of sampling of other music in their compositions reminded me of The Moody Blues' 'borrowing' of Bach and Muse's embedded appreciation of Rachmaninoff.

In 2008, Rony Zarom had a problem. The Israeli tech entrepreneur living in New York wanted to watch YouTube videos with his son while his son was away at college; in other words, watch videos together online, but while separated geographically. Zarom...

I've always wondered whether successful entrepreneurs are the result of "nature versus nurture." In other words: are they only born or can they be made? Researchers and pundits have often said it's a combination of both -- a safe bet.

But...

Finally.

Finally Jets' head coach Rex Ryan found the guts ... the stones to take Mark Sanchez out of a Jets' game that was getting away from them.

He couldn't find the gumption to do it during the stunning losses earlier this year to the Steelers, San Francisco, Miami, Seattle...

Many rock bands who've been around for four decades have a 'biggest fan;' you know, the sad, tragic, middle-aged individual whose life revolves around one performer or another who is coming round for one last hurrah tour. These uni-dimensional people virtually eat,...

Sunday, September 9th was National Grandparents Day and September is National Grandparents Month.

I thought everybody should know because like many I tend to get involved in the struggles of everyday life and forget those that are most important to me; those...

Unless you're five years old and your Grandma is 40, the answer to the question above is probably no.

For too long now, our Seniors have been disconnected en masse from the Internet ... disconnected from the outside world in many ways....

It seems to me that there are really three types of Venture Capitalists (VCs):

1. The homegrown kind like John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins. Doerr (Forbes' 2012 net worth=$2.4 billion) was on the leading edge of the evolution...

I remember my girlfriend when I was 17, Patty. I was always trying to figure her out, searching for ways to keep her happy. Sometimes, I thought it would be nice if she just came to me and told me what she...

The United States is filled with companies right now all crucially striving to provide the panacea to the online advertising market represented by Google, the big ad agencies (WPP, Interpublic, Omnicom), media companies (Starcom MediaVest, DoubleClick, 24/7) and the advertisers themselves who...

With the recent news that Microsoft acquired Yammer for $1.2 billion, I guess I'll be delaying my column on David Sacks and Yammer for a while until it all blows over.

I'm going to make a prediction, right here; right now: This...

I don't know about you but I'm an air conditioning junkie--I've got to have it; especially in the humidity-drenched, New York City dog days of summer. Living without A/C would be insane; I'd take 20 showers a day and live in a...

Every April for the last 35 years, guitar maniacs, whether they can play or not, make their way to Dallas, Texas for the annual Dallas International Guitar Festival.

There's just about every kind of guitar you could possibly want....

THE PERFORMERS
I remember when I was 15 and wearing out my Lynyrd Skynyrd record, "Free Bird" with my friends--for more than two years solid, I revered and loved that song--but suddenly everything changed.

I heard this new, better, more...

JustAnswer.com is an interesting site on which you can get important and timely answers to your questions. Questions about your mother's, daughter's or family pet's health; a crucial legal question; or one of life's more serious tribulations.

It is not a...

THE PERFORMERS
Chickenfoot is the band resulting from the loose configuration of a number of successful musicians from other bands. Like Blind Faith, Chickenfoot is sometimes referred to as a "supergroup." There's no doubt that Sammy Hagar...

THE PERFORMER
George Lynch is a guitar player arsonist. His background as the Dokken lead guitarist is what most people know him for however, it is his current guitar playing and band Lynchmob which should be of direct rocker...