Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
"You Don't Understand Our Audience" (MIT Tech Review)
What I learned about network television at Dateline NBC, by John Hockenberry
What I learned about network television at Dateline NBC, by John Hockenberry
Monday, December 31, 2007
Subhuman filth at the RIAA apparently experience quantum law, whereby customer actions are both justified and legal and totally illegal at the same time. Nice!
"If you choose to take your own CDs and make copies for yourself on your computer or portable music player, that's great. It's your music and we want you to enjoy it at home, at work, in the car and on the jogging trail."
-- Quote recently removed from the RIAA Website
Now they're saying....
Sony BMG's chief of litigation, Jennifer Pariser, testified that "when an individual makes a copy of a song for himself, I suppose we can say he stole a song." Copying a song you bought is "a nice way of saying 'steals just one copy,'" she said.
"If you choose to take your own CDs and make copies for yourself on your computer or portable music player, that's great. It's your music and we want you to enjoy it at home, at work, in the car and on the jogging trail."
-- Quote recently removed from the RIAA Website
Now they're saying....
Sony BMG's chief of litigation, Jennifer Pariser, testified that "when an individual makes a copy of a song for himself, I suppose we can say he stole a song." Copying a song you bought is "a nice way of saying 'steals just one copy,'" she said.
The Airport Security Follies (NYTimes) by pilot Patrick Smith
In the end, I’m not sure which is more troubling, the inanity of the existing regulations, or the average American’s acceptance of them and willingness to be humiliated. These wasteful and tedious protocols have solidified into what appears to be indefinite policy, with little or no opposition. There ought to be a tide of protest rising up against this mania. Where is it? At its loudest, the voice of the traveling public is one of grumbled resignation. The op-ed pages are silent, the pundits have nothing meaningful to say.
In the end, I’m not sure which is more troubling, the inanity of the existing regulations, or the average American’s acceptance of them and willingness to be humiliated. These wasteful and tedious protocols have solidified into what appears to be indefinite policy, with little or no opposition. There ought to be a tide of protest rising up against this mania. Where is it? At its loudest, the voice of the traveling public is one of grumbled resignation. The op-ed pages are silent, the pundits have nothing meaningful to say.
Friday, December 28, 2007
Road Trip is a short film composed of 12,397 pictures taken automatically from the back seat of a car while driving accross America from Portland, Oregon to New Hampshire.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
The Most Hated Holiday Song in the World (designobserver)
The most hated holiday song in the world is 21 minutes, 59 seconds long. It features the accordion and bagpipe, an operatic soprano rapping and singing atonal music, and the exhortation of a grating children's chorus: "Christmas time! Christmas time! / Jesus, Mary and the manger / Christmas time, family time / Do all your shopping at Wal-Mart!" Its creators calculate that it will be disliked by all but a few hundred of the world's population.
Hear it here (mp3)
The most hated holiday song in the world is 21 minutes, 59 seconds long. It features the accordion and bagpipe, an operatic soprano rapping and singing atonal music, and the exhortation of a grating children's chorus: "Christmas time! Christmas time! / Jesus, Mary and the manger / Christmas time, family time / Do all your shopping at Wal-Mart!" Its creators calculate that it will be disliked by all but a few hundred of the world's population.
Hear it here (mp3)
Chris Hedges, author of "American Fascism" interviewed on CBC's The Hour
Extremist Dominionist ideology and influence in American politics. Well worth watching.
(via metafilter)
Extremist Dominionist ideology and influence in American politics. Well worth watching.
(via metafilter)
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
SATs are about to get more competitive: LA Times article on Brain Doping
"If there were drugs that actually made you smarter, good Lord, I have no doubt that their use would become epidemic," Yesalis said. "Just think what it would do to anybody's career in about any area. There are not too many occupations where it's really good to be dumb."
"If there were drugs that actually made you smarter, good Lord, I have no doubt that their use would become epidemic," Yesalis said. "Just think what it would do to anybody's career in about any area. There are not too many occupations where it's really good to be dumb."
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Worst Films of 2007 (Avclub)
Worst Gadgets of 2007 (Pop Mech)
Worst Games of 2007 (gemega)
Worst Album Covers of 2007 (pitchfork)
Worst Albums of 2007 (someblog)
Worst Dictators of 2007 (Parade)
Worst Fashion Trends of 2007 (People)
Worst Gadgets of 2007 (Pop Mech)
Worst Games of 2007 (gemega)
Worst Album Covers of 2007 (pitchfork)
Worst Albums of 2007 (someblog)
Worst Dictators of 2007 (Parade)
Worst Fashion Trends of 2007 (People)