Dates and places
There was a terrible smell in parts of Central Park today. It wasn’t a broken sewer line or a chemical-warfare attack. It was the female ginkgo trees, what we refer […] More
Mark Schubin, Contributor, Schubin Cafe
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, Contributor, Schubin Cafe
Today is Terrorist Day
In New York, the conversational phrase “You’re welcome” is almost invariably spelled “Sure” and pronounced as a variant of either a synonym of farrier or the verb for baking eggs. […] More
The wilds of New York
A wild deer was hit by a car a few days ago. Normally there wouldn’t be much that’s newsworthy about that statement. But it took place in Manhattan. Actually, it […] More
Colors of New York
Years ago, there used to be searchlights forming a powerful rotating beacon on the Empire State Building. The beam could be seen sweeping through the sky miles away — even […] More
"Evil Ones"
Ground Zero” is an even more compelling sight at night than during the day. The rising smoke plumes are well defined by front, back, and side lighting. The twisted steel […] More
All Hallows Eve
The residents of a block near me have adopted Halloween as their holiday. They get the police to close the street so kids can run back and forth, they decorate […] More
Being secure
You’d probably recognize one of the other residents of our apartment building. He’s been in some movies and has appeared on TV. He’s a very good actor but is not […] More
Spring forward, fall back
I awoke today to the news that there had been a small earthquake — 2.6 on the Richter scale, enough to smash some dishes — at 1:42 this morning in […] More
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
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