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Author Archives: loiswhitmanhess
Electronic Art
Digital art is becoming more and more popular. You might want to start collecting as soon as possible because 10 years from now you will be sorry that you didn’t.
Galleries around the world are showcasing digital art as serious pieces of work. Here is one artist who is leading the way.
Nicholas James Gentry is a British artist from London. His art comprises of consumerism, technology, identity and cyberculture in society, with a distinctive focus on obsolete media. Continue reading
I Hate to Exercise
Everyday when I wake up I tell myself that I am going to exercise immediately. A treadmill, weights, and all kinds of electronic exercise equipment are on the side of my bed. First I have to check my email on my iPhone next to me. Then I decide to read a few newspapers online. About a half hour later, I have to go to the bathroom. I do my business and then realize that I am late for work. I jump into the shower, get dressed, and rush out the door. Another day without exercising.
You can call me lazy but a new study shows that some of us don’t have the right chemistry for exercising. I wanted to tell you about this because as we get older, exercise becomes more important. My doctor recently told me that a half hour on the treadmill several times a week is one of the most important things I have to do to stay healthy. Continue reading
Travel Writer Gets the Boot
This story is about a travel blogger who was thrown off a recent United Airlines flight on its way to Istanbul because he snapped a few pictures inside the cabin. The airplane was still on the ground. His tale is so frightening that it got retweeted hundreds of times on Twitter yesterday. Continue reading
Interesting Tweets of the Day
I am finally soaking in Twitter for all its worth. I talked about this a few weeks ago but I am really seeing the benefits now. All I have to do is open my Twitter account and start reading.
I follow about 380 people who tell me all that I need to know on a second-by-second basis about politics, current events, business, technology, health, food, theater, fashion, economics, music, pop culture, the arts, city news, publishing, and entertainment. Continue reading
Back to School
A few years ago, I challenged my daughter Whitney to buy a Father’s Day gift for Eliot from the both of us that would give him a renewed interest in photography. He had been interested in photography most of his adult life but really didn’t keep up with all the digital aspects of it. Whitney suggested getting him a gift certificate to the International Center of Photography where he could take courses, but I said with our extensive travel schedule he would probably miss a number of classes. Continue reading
I’m a Digital Snoop
I have always been a Peeping Tom. I can spend hours looking out my window into the lives of others. I did it as a kid too. My bedroom window growing up had a bird’s eye view of the neighborhood. I knew the comings and goings of everyone.
I daydreamed for hours. Other than the shower, I did my best thinking looking out the window. That is all part of being a New Yorker. You get the best ideas from watching other people. Continue reading
The Mike Todd/Elizabeth Taylor Wedding
At 65, many of us are winding down. We have either retired or are planning to retire.
Not my friend Al Kahn. He is starting all over again, not only personally but professionally as well. I want to tell his story because I feel it is very inspiring to many of us who want to continue our careers without giving age another thought.
Back in the Day
“Back in the day . . . “I love that expression, but it also startles me a lot. Just this morning I passed a hotel guest looking up the definition of a word in a humongous printed dictionary. I am spending the weekend at a 240-year-old Inn in Stockbridge, MA. The Red Lion Inn has all of the modern conveniences yet is decorated like it’s “back in the day.”
I watched the stranger looking up that word in the hotel lobby for 15 minutes and almost had a meltdown. He obviously couldn’t find it. “Where is your smartphone?” I wanted to scream. “You could have typed that word into Google, even spelled it wrong, and could have had successful results in less than 10 seconds.”
Solution for Fat Finger Touch Screen Typing
More and more people are including a disclaimer in their emails that excuses them from typos. They claim they have fat fingers and it is impossible for them to type without many mistakes.
I am happy to announce to all my fat-fingered friends that a new type of keyboard is under development that will give you the feel of a typewriter without the tap, tap, tap that used to drive us all crazy. It is being designed for smartphones and tablets.
DigiDame 