March 2010
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“Jenny’s dowdy teacher is played by Rushmore’s Olivia Williams. This...”
– Eleanor Morrow assesses An Education [This Recording], which ended just about as flatly as possible. So many of the buzz films of last season would have been much improved by leaving the last couple scenes on the old editing room floor or in the DVD special features (see also, A Single Man).
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“The reason I haven’t tried Chatroulette yet is because I’m scared. You think you...”
– Distorte. This is something that I did not consider, but am now surprised that it hasn’t yet happened.
“ChatRoulette reminds me of when people said blogging was like making a private...”
– Sarita Yardi explains ChatRoulette [apophenia]. The cocktail party analogy is interesting, but maybe a bar or sidewalk is closer. Except with way way way more exhibitionists.
WatchNew star-studded Vampire Weekend video reblogged with the intent of watching eventually. (via everywhere)
Oscar, you chose the wrong George Clooney [Salon] →
Fantastic Mr. Fox » Up In the Air
“Also worth considering: We charge $99 per year for a MobileMe subscription....”
– The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs : One more thing — Google is switching all employees to Macs (via rickwebb)
MobileMe was fantastic for everything but iDisk, for which it was atrocious. I am willing to admit that my cancellation of the service wasn’t an entirely rational move and am sure...
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Pitchfork steals URL to start a Tumblr, Tumblr... →
Not sure how I feel about the Alt Report being the most comprehensive news source about today’s big P’fork/Tumbeldore/Tumblr/URLgrabbing {conspiracy/outrage/nichefiasco/nonissue}.
Dude hacks Foursquare (beneficently) →
nickdouglas:
Beneficent hacking sounds awesome, right? CLICK “REPLY” TO REPLY
This is a cute story about abusing Foursquare, but ultimately I guess that I don’t care if there are cheaters (as long as those cheaters aren’t my friends). Sometime between foursquare blowing up and me adding friends who go out much much more than I do, I stopped caring about the leaderboard and...
“I think the problem we have now is the emo look,” he said, “and people trying to...”
– Nate Holland, on one one of the many forces at play in the de-loosening of competitive freestyle fashion on the slopes. [NYT]
WatchI’m not sure why my expectations for this new Yeasayer album were so low, but Odd Blood has very much exceeded them and it’s been in heavy rotation for the last week. This one, especially, falls into the oddly satisfying category of dramatically building reminiscence songs that don’t necessarily go anywhere. [lala]
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“Just to be clear: Buzz only automatically connected content that was already...”
– [Official Gmail Blog].
“The genome of a man who lived on the western coast of Greenland some 4,000 years...”
– Whole Genome of Ancient Human Is Decoded for the First Time - NYTimes.com
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“Even more so than Lady Gaga, John Mayer’s life is performance art.”
– In which Molly Lambert explains what’s up with John Mayer and proposes some solutions. [This Recording]
“As Ward spreads his message of brain-dead cheer across the city, will no one...”
– Regina Hackett, standing against whimsy. [Another Bouncing Ball]