Burtons Cut The Cord In Time For NFL Games

by Kevin Burton    Imagine you went to the grocery store and instead of selecting the vegetables you wanted, you had to sign up for a “vegetable package.”     So, you can’t get fresh green beans unless you also take artichoke, leeks and rutabaga.  “Hey that’s the package, that’s how we sell it, take it …

Page 7 Lumbers Into The Windows 11 Era

by Kevin Burton    It’s been almost five years since Microsoft released Windows 11.  Now, this humble blogger is on board.    As I type this, I’ve been using it for maybe an hour.  Did I come kicking and screaming to 11?  Not exactly, but you can see I didn’t rush into it headlong and …

Quibbles And Bits: World Cup Edition

by Kevin Burton    How to wrap one’s heart and empathetic mind around the heartbreak for England as it coughed up a late lead to lose 2-1 to Argentina in the World Cup semi-finals Wednesday?    Think of a Cleveland basketball fan watching Michael Jordan sink a jumper over Craig Ehlo in the 1989 playoffs …

Another Helping Of Fun From Food Network

by Kevin Burton    Yesterday we rode the wayback machine and looked at one of my earliest Page 7 blog posts, one that made fun of the weird meals they make on Food Network.    We also established that since that time I have developed an appetite for Food Network and have stopped dialing up …

Reflecting On News As CNN Turns 41

by Kevin Burton     CNN first hit the airwaves 41 years ago yesterday. But you wouldn’t be wrong to say it really started in 1991.    Any way you slice it, news has never been the same since Ted Turner’s brainchild went live.  That’s when changes in the way news is gathered and consumed began. …