Programming alert: I have been swamped with work plus the weather here in the desert has not been condusive to shooting video. However, over the course of the next few months, I have some great videos in store, including: Arizona Diamondbacks autograph session at (the stadium soon to be formerly known as BOB); dock diving dogs; Arizona Fall League...and more!

Stay tuned.

I have been scanning the live feeds of the Houston-area TV stations to watch coverage of the pending arrival of (not so lovely) Rita. So far, I only have been able to get the streams from "ABC-13" and KPRC to work. I really wanted to watch KHOU because it's where Dan Rather began his career (not to mention the late Jessica Savitch), but the media player isn't operating properly. It's eerie to see live covrage of folks fleeing the Gulf Coast, but it's also a media marvel. It made me think of the comment from the passenger on board the Jet Blue flight that made an emergency landing yesterday at LAX. When asked if folks were watching live TV coverage (on the plane's in-flight live TV system) of the airplane's peril, she said, "Yes, it was very post-modern."

Indeed. It's all very post-modern.

Ask Jeeves is doing away with the butler. It's ironic. As I told a reporter the other day, Ask Jeeves originally was built around the theme of answering questions. (This was years ago). At that time, the technology wasn't good enough to deliver good answers to individual questions. Today, with the implementation of top-drawer algorithms, Ask Jeeves is about the best search site out there in answering questions. Try it out.

New mascot ideas?