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In a column for Bloomberg Opinion, technology writer Alex Webb asserts that the reason why the web is getting expensive to navigate, with digital gatekeeping such as content streaming subscriptions and Twitter’s new Super Follow feature, is the cost to media giants, including the New York Times, to advertise their services in places we take […]
In this video, Hartiverse presents “Distraction Marketing,” a means of getting the attention of consumers and leading them to your website and ultimately to your mailing list. Attraction marketing is the buzzword most commonly heard due to the concept of the Law of Attraction, but equally noteworthy is the way big brands bring smiles to […]
In this video, Bob Wells and Suanne Carlson of the nonprofit organization Homes On Wheels Alliance (HOWA) talk with Steve Moore of Camp N Car about his Port Townsend, Washington-based firm that is donating a build-out for a minivan to be given away in April 2021 in Pahrump, Nevada. Moore is an experienced nomad himself, […]
Van life movie “Nomadland” that features real nomads in the cast took the Golden Globe for best picture in the drama category. The film’s director Chloe Zhao became the first woman of Asian descent to win in the best director category, and the first woman to win the award since Barbara Streisand won for “Yentl” […]
In a test malfunction of the Amber alert system, Texas informed residents of a suspect answering to Chucky from the “Child’s Play” film franchise. The alert was sent to people’s cell phones three times before the error was discovered and squelched. Meanwhile, residents were on the lookout for a red-headed doll carrying a knife and […]
New film “Nomadland” by Chloé Zhao starring Frances McDormand as “Fern,” an out-of-work and out-of-luck middle-aged woman shows real-life nomad Bob Wells, founder of CheapRVLiving, as a mentor to her as she travels solo in a van, migrating from one seasonal job to another across the western states. The Guardian picked up on the story […]
In a new study, researchers looked at health records from 260 outpatient clinics and four hospitals across New York City between March 3 and May 31, 2020, looking for correlations between existing conditions of the mind, including schizophrenia, mood disorders and anxiety. They were able to rule out mood disorders and anxiety, however, they found […]
ORLANDO, Fla., April 6 (UPI) — U.S. farmers have destroyed millions of pounds of perishable food like tomatoes, lettuce and green beans because growers lost a vast number of customers after the coronavirus pandemic struck. “It’s a catastrophe, it really is,” Tony DiMare, a long-time tomato grower based in Palm Beach County, Florida, told UPI. […]
That musky scent so many people adore about the rain when it first begins to fall is apparently not the raindrops at all. Instead, there is a complex array of soil organisms and their by-products that give rain its distinctive smell. Tim Logan wrote in a piece for The Conversation that a naturally occurring soil […]
If you’re tired of watching the same films over and over and looking for something new to watch, there is a solution. A film festival in Amsterdam has opened up its vault of over 300 films to watch for free. Davide Abbatescianni wrote for Cineuropa that “in total, IDFA’s selection offers 302 titles, released between […]