by Dean Landsman | May 15, 2025 | Baseball, Politics, Pop Culture, Sports
There is a newsletter, “Cup of Coffee,” Monday through Friday mornings. It comes from Craig Calcaterra. You may know of Craig from his days writing at NBC sports and other places. Cup of Coffee is about baseball. The games, the players, the state of things...
by Dean Landsman | Jul 26, 2021 | Telecom & Internet
It was over 20 years ago that deanland, the blog, first began. It ran on different blogware, actually a few different ones before settling in this Drupal version where it’s been for the past (roughly) ten years. Prior to that it had been on Manila (by Userland)...
by Dean Landsman | Dec 13, 2020 | Telecom & Internet
Over on Facebook there’s a meme going around, the gist of which is “What is something you have done that you’re fairly confident you’re the ONLY person on my friends list to have ever done? Given the wide range of people I know, I think this will be...
by Dean Landsman | Jun 11, 2020 | Telecom & Internet
There’s been a kerfluffle about use of hashtags on Twitter. Some feel that if the exact, specific hashtag is not used, it is somehow harmful, a bad thing. To wit, if #BlackLivesMatter is used, not #BLM or #BLMmarchSunday or perhaps an even more specific hashtag...
by Dean Landsman | Nov 15, 2015 | Politics
Terror attack, multiple locations, death tolls plus countless injured. In a major city life becomes disrupted, travel comes to a halt. Locals desperately seek contact yet fear the news of their loved ones. Many visitors to the area (tourists,...
