May 2010
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“Regardless of how the digerati feel about Facebook, millions of average people...”
– danah boyd | apophenia » Quitting Facebook is pointless; challenging them to do better is not (via conniereece)
Prince Charming Starts Early
My new apartment overlooks the playground of a preschool. Most days the kids sound like they’re about to murder each other, which was alarming at first, but you quickly learn to tune it all out. Except today.
While in my kitchen, I heard a 5 yr. old girl scream and hurl an “I hate you” for some offense. Two seconds later, this young boy ran to her yelling, “I will save...
clientsfromhell:
Client: ”Why does the eblast print in black-and-white?”
Me: ”Are you using a black-and-white printer?”
Client: ”Yes.”
First laugh of the day.
“THE POINT IS, LADY GAGA SOMEHOW MAKES JOURNEY LYRICS INTO POETRY, and Sting made...”
– John Hodgman (via yourmonkeycalled)
WatchAlways breathtaking, in a see-what-we-can-do-when-we-put-our-minds-to-it kinda way.
“In the past pop culture was culture. Today pop culture is disposable.”
– Antonio Ortiz (via a FB comment)
Missing Out
It’s amazing to me to hear people say that they don’t know who Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire is. Or that they haven’t seen a Charlie Chaplin or Laurel and Hardy film. That the genius of Hitchcock is lost to them. Or that the cool sophistication of Katherine Hepburn and Grace Kelly is not something that can be translated in today’s “E!” culture.
We’ve lost...
William Friedkin on the Car Chase Scene In THE...
newsweek:
tanya77:
americanfilm:
William Friedkin talks about shooting the gripping car chase scene from THE FRENCH CONNECTION.
You have to watch this. “We had no permission. To do anything.” Here’s the link.
Seconded. Stop Everything and Watch this. So cool.
When I was a kid, two of my older cousins would take me and my sister to see the Yankees play at the stadium a couple times...
Is There a “Moral Molecule”? (NYTimes Freakenomics... →
Just an aside - I love that this guy is a Neuroeconomist. Insanely alluring job title.
“I am glad that the only person who’s ratings fell more than mine last year is...”
– Obama tops Leno at WHCD - PATRICK GAVIN | POLITICO CLICK (via benonymous) (via rafer)
Obama is on Team Coco.
