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For reasons beyond my comprehension, my mental stereo started...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:07:00 -0500

For reasons beyond my comprehension, my mental stereo started playing the theme to Lawrence of Arabia a few days ago.

Now, at least once a day, the strings stir and swell, they gather themselves like a tidal wave of sound, they flood the rooms of heaven, and they and everything else that can make a sound pour back down into my soul.

I love this movie.

According to this interview with Sony’s Grover Crisp at The Digital Bits, a Blu-ray release this year is probable. Makes sense, it’s the 50th anniversary of its release.

"If in doing the serious work of journalism–digging, reporting, verification, mastering a beat–you..."

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:40:09 -0500

“If in doing the serious work of journalism–digging, reporting, verification, mastering a beat–you develop a view, expressing that view does not diminish your authority. It may even add to it. The View from Nowhere doesn’t know from this.”

- The View from Nowhere: Questions and Answers

Is it true, or does it sound true? I think it’s a tendency towards the latter that stifles trust in most news organizations.

Why did Path add sleeping as one of its five moment types?

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:07:58 -0500

Why did Path add sleeping as one of its five moment types?:

Answer from Dave Morin, CEO of Path:

First, we are now in the Post-PC, Mobile era. In the PC era we would often ask: are you online or offline? In the Mobile era this is no longer the case. You are simply sleeping or awake.

This highlights out how radical this mobile, post-PC revolution really is.

"Getting junk mail and advertisements from companies I don’t do business with is annoying enough. But..."

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:33:17 -0500

“Getting junk mail and advertisements from companies I don’t do business with is annoying enough. But getting it from the companies which I have been a long-time and deeply invested customer is quite annoying.”

- Companies who Spam Their Best Customers — Shawn Blanc

I’ve noticed this, too. I donated generously to both public radio stations I listen to in Georgia (WABE and WGPB), yet all I have received from them are letters asking for donations. There’s nothing wrong with promoting new products and services to your existing customers as long as its relevant and respectful. Don’t send me impersonal garbage because that’s exactly where it goes the moment I see it.

"We have a crisis of leadership in America because our overwhelming power and wealth, earned under..."

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:48:10 -0500

“We have a crisis of leadership in America because our overwhelming power and wealth, earned under earlier generations of leaders, made us complacent, and for too long we have been training leaders who only know how to keep the routine going. Who can answer questions, but don’t know how to ask them. Who can fulfill goals, but don’t know how to set them. Who think about how to get things done, but not whether they’re worth doing in the first place. What we have now are the greatest technocrats the world has ever seen, people who have been trained to be incredibly good at one specific thing, but who have no interest in anything beyond their area of expertise. What we don’t have are leaders. What we don’t have, in other words, are thinkers. People who can think for themselves. People who can formulate a new direction: for the country, for a corporation or a college, for the Army—a new way of doing things, a new way of looking at things. People, in other words, with vision.”

- The American Scholar: Solitude and Leadership - William Deresiewicz

The whole thing is pure gold.

“What if…” Movies reimagined for another time...

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:34:08 -0500

“What if…” Movies reimagined for another time & place

"Members of Monty Python’s Flying Circus are reteaming for “Absolutely Anything,” a..."

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:03:38 -0500

“Members of Monty Python’s Flying Circus are reteaming for “Absolutely Anything,” a sci-fi farce combining CGI and live action, with Terry Jones to direct and Mike Medavoy to produce.”

- Pic reunites Monty Python members - Variety

theimpossiblecool: Fellini.

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:35:56 -0500

theimpossiblecool:

Fellini.

“It’s so beautiful it hurts my feelings.”

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:09:50 -0500

“It’s so beautiful it hurts my feelings.”

From 8 am to 8 pm Eastern time tomorrow, ericellenberg.com...

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:39:10 -0500

From 8 am to 8 pm Eastern time tomorrow, ericellenberg.com will be showing this to protest the SOPA and PIPA acts in the House and Senate, respectively. If you want a good idea of what the hubbub is about, watch the video.

If you care anything about free speech and the web as you know it, join the protest, and write and call your representatives.

wordboner: Fucking Around (get on a tee) more: store | blog |...

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:41:27 -0500

wordboner:

Fucking Around (get on a tee)

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This is What Happens When You Give Thousands of Stickers to...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:09:50 -0500

This is What Happens When You Give Thousands of Stickers to Thousands of Kids. (via Kottke)

nevver: Copyranter

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:28:20 -0500

nevver:

Copyranter

How Many Stephen Colberts Are There? - NYTimes.com

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:39:10 -0500

How Many Stephen Colberts Are There? - NYTimes.com:

Great article about one of our generation’s great entertainers.

Moonrise Kingdom - Movie Trailers - iTunes

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:45:34 -0500

Moonrise Kingdom - Movie Trailers - iTunes:

Wes Anderson’s latest. In theaters May 25, 2012. Looks great.

Keats was short. (Taken with Instagram at Keats House)

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:27:56 -0500

Keats was short. (Taken with Instagram at Keats House)

Taken with Instagram at Keats House

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:59:32 -0500

Taken with Instagram at Keats House

This place is amazing. All the more so when freezing rain is...

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:25:39 -0500

This place is amazing. All the more so when freezing rain is stinging your face in 30-50 mph winds. (Taken with Instagram at Stonehenge)

Taken with Instagram at Big Ben

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:19:09 -0500

Taken with Instagram at Big Ben

Taken with Instagram at Westminster Abbey

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:13:57 -0500

Taken with Instagram at Westminster Abbey