In Greek mythology, the first female — Pandora — was given a box (actually a jar) she was told not to open. Of course, she failed to heed the warning and opened the box…allowing all the evils inside to escape and plague the inhabitants of the earth. As of late, the internet web site Pandora [...]

It had to happen eventually. Those of us in Radio could see it begin back in the late ’70′s. In the early ’90′s, the trend was obvious. Now, as we enter the last year of the 21st Century’s first decade, the monsters are visibly in pain, trying to hold off the inevitable. So it is [...]

It was a difficult decision. I hate starting off a new year with a complaint. But I hate ignorance in media even more. Headlines in a number of internet media–including FoxNews.com–proclaimed that revelers were celebrating the beginning of a “new decade” on January 1, 2010. Not so fast. The “new decade” will begin with 2011. [...]

It’s amazing. In the last two weeks, I’ve heard from hundreds of new friends who have appeared out of cyberspace to inundate me with good news: Sgt. Perry Gibson, fighting valiantly in Iraq, wants to share millions of Saddam’s newly-found loot with me. His rationale for keeping the money is “we found it first”. It’s [...]

It started as a trickle. Then it turned into a stream. And then a flood. I’m talking about spam. As anyone who has created a blog knows, spam artists are quick to seize any opportunity to promote something, anything by hijacking comments. In creating the Radio3K.com blog, I had hoped to avoid this pestilence. Alas, [...]