The Friday before October 31
The front page of yesterday’s New York Times quoted an “administration official” as follows: “The lesson we’re learning is that you can bomb the wrong place in Afghanistan and not […] More
Mark Schubin
Mark Schubin ranks among the best of the best television engineers today. He brings more than 40 years experience to every production along with a wealth of television history and lore. A consultant now to many large communications companies both here and abroad he took time out from his busy schedule to talk to us about the production of an opera produced in 720p with the Panasonic production truck, the same one used for many of the ABC produced Monday Night Football games. Mark talks about some of the characteristics of HDTV which differ from the older standard.
Recent Posts by Mark Schubin
Flu season
The weather report ended up, unusually, in the business section of today’s New York Times. It says Kabul will be much cooler on Saturday. Here in New York, we broke […] More
A little information
The tiny hardware store on Park Row, a couple of blocks from the World Trade Center site, had a good number of customers yesterday afternoon. The whole block seems to […] More
Bad terror and good terror
Chuck is not doing very well these days. He is one of the homeless people who hang around our block. We try to get to know them by name. Chuck […] More
Autumn in New York
This morning we ate apples that had fallen off a tree in Central Park. Yum! When you visit New York, you can take edible-flora tours that will introduce you to […] More
On hate
“New Home, New Life,” an often humorous soap opera broadcast from Pakistan, reportedly reaches 80% of its target audience of radio listeners in Afghanistan. “Live with Regis and Kelly” doesn’t […] More
Sightseeing and entertainment in New York
My eyes are still burning. My throat is still raw. I visited the site today. The smoky air was noticeable even before I emerged from the subway. I was not […] More
The last word
New York is a village. I sometimes see a customer discover at a cash register that he or she doesn’t have enough money for a purchase, promise to pay later, […] More
Access to information
In this new era of photo-ID requests, one of the forms in my wallet is a reader identification card from the Library of Congress. It has a color photo, a […] More
Like us, they all had names
A few years ago, I was setting up a live international press conference at a theater where I often work. As usual, I was wearing a T-shirt, pepper-pattern pants, and […] More