the scan

I got a little mention on Cindy Webb's column, The Scan, for catching a minor typo in last Monday's entry. The Scan is a daily digest of tech news culled from print and Internet sources and I've been a regular reader for a while now. Heck, I was a daily reader of Cindy Webb's washingtonpost.com column, The Filter, which was similar in spirit, until it ended earlier this year. The Scan is one of the better tech news reads out there as the rest of the tech news sites (CNet, ZDNet, and even slashdot) have filled their pages with advertisements, fluff, and gossip. Granted, I think I appreciate The Scan more than most because I work in the technology industry and I enjoy reading about the business component of it. Maybe one day if I figure out what's going on, I'll make it into The Scan, but as part of a tech story instead ::grins::

The little mixup was about Richard Bronson versus Richard Branson (the rebel billionaire from Virgin Group), which actually reminded me of the Simpsons episode where the Simpson family was trying to go to Branson, Missouri but found themselves in Bronson, Missouri instead, where everyone in the town looked and talked like Charles Bronson.
"Hey ma, how 'bout some cookies?"
"No dice..."
"This ain't ovah..."
Speaking of Branson, Missouri, I saw a picture of Yacov Smirnoff when I was at the DC Improv last weekend. You might remember Yacov Smirnoff from the 80s with jokes that started, "In Russia..." He also had that catchphrase, "What a country!" I think he showed up in the Simpsons somewhere too with the joke, "In Russia, car drives you!" These days, Yacov runs the Yacov Smirnoff Theatre in Branson, Missouri where he does his comedy shows.