Mr. Peppermint

If you grew up in the Dallas area, you probably remember the long running WFAA show, "Mr. Peppermint." Jerry Haynes, who portrayed Mr. Peppermint, has died at the age of 84.

Jerry Haynes, 'Mr. Peppermint,' dies at 84.wfaa.com

9/26/2011

DALLAS — Few broadcasters had a bigger impact on North Texas than Jerry Haynes, who has died at age 84

He died Monday morning from complications due to Parkinson's Disease.

For an astounding 35 years, his iconic "Mr. Peppermint" character enthralled children and their parents. He led the longest running locally-produced show in WFAA's history, with more than 6,000 episodes.

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More smartphone apps

These seen over at the Resource Shelf Blog.

The British Library has released their first smartphone app.

January 10, 2011
Resource Shelf Blog

App that will allow users to view selections of items from the Sir John Ritblat Treasures Gallery, such as "first edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the world’s oldest bible Codex Sinaiticus, Nelson’s Battle Plan, written before his victory at Trafalgar, Galileo’s letters and Leonardo Da Vinci’s notebooks."

Mobile Television: View PBS Programs With NEW/FREE Official PBS iPad/iPhone/iTouch App

January 9, 2011
Resource Shelf Blog

Comes with more than 300 hours of free video, including Frontline, PGS Newshour, and others.

Short speeches

This article on law.com ties in with several sessions I attended at AALL this year. The sessions were talking more about visual presentations (aka PowerPoint), stressing less is more, and staying on each slide for 20 or fewer seconds.

Brevity Is One Key to Internet-Era Speaking

Joey Asher
Fulton County Daily Report
July 21, 2010

The last 50 years in public speaking have been the JFK/Ronald Reagan era. The next 50 will be the YouTube/talk radio/iPhone era.

To be a great speaker in the future, you must learn to connect with audiences conditioned by the modern media. (cont)

Belo Corp. splitting publishing and television

The Belo Corporation announced that it will split publishing and television stations into separate companies.

3rd UPDATE: Belo Answers Calls To Split Newspaper, TV Assets
October 01, 2007: 01:15 PM EST
By Shira Ovide
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- In a surprise move, Belo Corp. (BLC) said it will separate its newspaper and television assets, responding to investor complaints that Belo's stock price would be higher if the company were split.