April 2008
15mn talk from Clay Shirky on the dilapidation of the cognitive surplus through sitcom television. via the grandiose Warren Ellis.
This is one of the good days
And I have it all here
In red blue green.
Today and since the early light, I can’t seem to get this lyric out of my head. It’s a good thing to have.
(Videotape, Radiohead, In Rainbows)
Everything in sex matters, including the experience of its not mattering....
– Howard Jacobson
I believe that the horror story is ultimately concerned with the imminence and...
– Joshua Hoffine
The Future Will Be Ordinary.
– Wendy March, head of Intel’s People and Practices research group.
It’s not the ideas, it’s what you do with them that matters.
Genre...
– Neil Gaiman on fair use - via Boing Boing
The Golden Ratio found in the "Amen Break." →
Gin, Television, and Social Surplus - Here Comes... →
Ghost in the Shell is a superior movie to Akira on every level, intellectual or...
– me, baiting geeks.
Why Food Prices Are Skyrocketting - The Boston... →
Reviews: 'Prada prostitutes' by Howard Jacobson |... →
Decently interesting article on the stereotyping occurring in the prostitution debate.
Cover story: 'Christopher Hitchens' by Alexander... →
The Bowery Boys | New York City History: The... →
through kottke