January 2010
All-White Basketball League →
For Your Reading Pleasure →
ewilcox:
Three poems of mine are up at La Petite Zine! Go read them!
And if you don’t like mine, I’m a big fan of Jennifer L. Knox, who’s also in this issue with (among other awesome poems) a piece called “Beverly Hills Cop III” … dammit, why didn’t I think of that?
YEAH!!!!!!!!
The Apple Tablet Interface Must Be Like This -... →
Sounds great! Can’t wait to get one so I can come to completely rely on it only to have it suddenly suffer a fatal error and destroy itself. I’m just angry because of Sudden iPhone Death Syndrome.
spytap:
This is the best article I’ve read all day - and certainly the best I’ve read on the Apple Tablet. The sooner we destroy the current desktop environment of computing the better -...
Overheard at USC:
ewilcox:
Girl 1: So what are you going to do today? I have so much work …
Girl 2: Oh my God, I, like, dropped my phone in a puddle yesterday? So I just got, like, a new Blackberry? I have to set that up and everything.
Sometimes I forget I actually went there.
David Lynch Week: Dune (1984)
brightwalldarkroom:
DUNE IS TERRIBLE
by Christopher Cantwell
When I found out we were going to do David Lynch Week, I asked to write about Dune. I’d never seen the movie, didn’t know what it was about, and asked in the same way a guy might yell to his friends, “Hey, watch this!” moments before jumping off a cliff to his death. There was a nervous titillation to my self-imposed...
David Lynch Week: Twin Peaks (TV pilot,1990)
bradc:
ewilcox:
Read my semi-rambles about the Twin Peaks pilot episode!
brightwalldarkroom:
THE TWIN PEAKS PILOT EPISODE: Or, You Didn’t Know Laura Palmer
by Elizabeth Wilcox
April 8, 1820: A peasant named Yorgos Kentrotas discovers a strange piece of marble buried in the ancient city ruins of Milos. The marble is excavated (in two pieces), cleaned and nearly sold to...
NPR circa 2005
You’re listening to NPR,
It’s nine minutes before the hour.
(musical transition)
I’m Noah Adams with a brief look at news.
President Bush passed into law today
A bill aimed at solving the nation’s
Energy problems. Meanwhile, the nation’s
Crude oil prices skyrocketed Monday. NPR
Is made possible in part by the annual U.S. News
College Ranking. It’s eight minutes to the hour.
(musical...
“China, like other countries, manages its Internet according to the law.”
– Jiang Yu, spokeswoman for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (in response to questions about Google)
Because outlawing information protects the people.
(via headphonesnotrequired)
What they fail to mention is that they also make the laws. So it’s a little disingenuous to claim moral superiority...
“It wouldn’t be fair to Jimmy.”
– One of the best writers and performers in our history
Photographs of William Burroughs' Stuff →
joshruben:
Working on a William Hickey
You...
ewilcox:
Getting the new round of students...
Watchthedailywhat:
In Case You Missed It / Movie Trailer of the Day: First official trailer for the Ridley and Tony Scott-produced, Joe Carnahan directed adaptation of Frank Lupo and Stephen J. Cannell’s classic 80s TV show, The A-Team.
The film, which stars Liam Neeson (Col. John “Hannibal” Smith), Bradley Cooper (Lt. Templeton “Faceman” Peck), Sharlto Copley (Capt. H.M. “Howling Mad” Murdock),...
How to Save the World →
by the inventor of the Mouse.