September 2007
34 posts
Wait! Rosebud was a SLED?!?
Currently suffering though an existential crisis because apparently I interpreted Norwegian Wood Radically different than it was intended. WHAT? He sets fire to the place?
It’s like watching Citizen Kane and not realizing Rosebud was a sled…
“Morgan Freeman scowled at me”
– ABC
“I am comfortable in assuming that my multitasking media consumption habits are...”
eMusic launching DRM free Audiobook store →
It is a shame that it is still tied to a monthly subscription plan though. eMusic gets it right in so many ways, right up until you get to their boneheaded subscription only system. I understand why they do it from a business perspective, but as a consumer I hate it.
Someone should explain Godwins Law to Ms Wolf →
Naomi Wolf — who I must assume went to college — makes a classic Converse error. The Nazis (nee fascists) were totalitarians, but totalitarians are not fascists. I think that anyone who uses the term “fascism” (or it’s derivations) should be required to define it on demand, and if they cannot come up with a reasonable definition; then they should be required to sit...
Russ is looking for funding →
Mobile Mastermind Russel Beattie is looking for funding for his startup. Anyone who can point him in the right direction should check out what he is doing. There is goodness there…
“Its like a really boring and corporate little Paris”
– GK
About 3-4 years late
Blackwater banned form Iraq
New Rules
The next person to call Brittney Spears fat for for being shaped like a normal thin person will be beaten to death with a copy of The South Beach Diet.
God help me, but I want this →
“We need a better level of crap in our crap machine”
– AF
“No banging your head on the display case, please. It contains a very rare Mary...”
– Comic Book Guy, The Simpsons (via John August)
Apple blocks non sactioned video ipod adaptors
http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/09/07/new.ipods.disable.tv.out/
Not really a surprise
The iPhone is a mix of sexy, brilliant, and occasional cluelessness. So fairly par for the course for Apple
Dear Apple
Dear Apple,
Why the hell doesn’t Safari Mobile have autofill & remember passwords?
“An unfortunate series of earthquakes — By Lemony Substrate”
Would it be a wise thing for all to turn off at... →
“We can’t store electricity in any great quantity, so we have to forecast second by second, minute by minute. You base that on what did it do yesterday, what did it do last week, can you identify a day with exactly the same weather.”
Countdown Special Comment: You have no remaining... →
Merlin Mann sums up my feelings for Marker Felt →
Dear google
Dear Google,
Can I have my mobile homepage back? Or at the very least tell me why it want away?
Thanks!
Hey writers (or people interested in writing)!
Tim Minear (of Angel, Firefly, Wonderfalls, The Inside, Drive, etc) fame, has started releasing PDFs of the (either shooting, or preliminary) scripts of some of his series. These are worth their weight in gold in what the teach about good screenwrighting:
Firefly Out of Gas and Bushwacked
The Inside
Drive
Now go read them. And for god’s sake folks, watch his shows! He makes the kind...
Pulp Fiction Cover Gallery →
Awesome, simply awesome
Dr Who Season 5 delayed until 2010. NOOOOO!!!!! →
Or season 30 (depending how you want to count). There will be 3 Dr Who specials in 2009, but IT JUST ISN’T THE SAME. IT ISN’T! IT ISN’T! IT ISN’T!
I will be in my room holding my breath…
Welcome back Spirit and Opportunity! →
The mars rovers are operational again. It is hard not to anthropomorphalize the machines, but I will avoid calling them “plucky little machines” … for now
