January 2012
13 posts
December 2011
25 posts
For the 99% left behind
Atlas Shrugged: Part I’s opening reminded me, ironically, of one of those low-budget evangelical Christian movies in which undiscriminating C-list actors find themselves left behind after all their Jesus-loving pals are Raptured. Atlas Shrugged and Christian tribulation movies are both primarily works of proselytizing thinly masquerading as popular entertainment. Everything feels hopelessly...
"Netflix 'got overconfident' this year, CEO Reed...
As reported by the LA Times…
Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings, confirming what his critics have said for months, conceded his company “got overconfident” this year and moved too fast to get its customers to stop ordering DVDs in favor of online streaming.
He also said his company sometimes pays too much for its content.
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Hastings spent much of his interview...
Future Drama →
Taking another look at yesterday’s future
Dedicated to collecting corporate videos and documents promoting how their products will change the world. It is glorious futurism filtered through the cynicism hindsight and irresponsible capitalism provides.
Glorious stuff.
Woolly Mammoth surely to be cloned someday soon →
Space travel and the cloning of a woolly mammoth are two things the future has promised me my entire life. Looks like the latter is closer than the former.
Within five years, a woolly mammoth will likely be cloned, according to scientists who have just recovered well-preserved bone marrow in a mammoth thigh bone. Japan’s Kyodo News first reported the find. … Russian scientist Semyon...
"Toilet gaming technology targets urinal boredom" →
British company Captive Media thinks it has developed a product that fills a gap in the market - a urinal mounted, urine-controlled games console for men.
The sturdy device sits above the normal oval ceramic urinal bowl, opening up a whole new world of entertainment.It calls it the first “hands-free” video gaming console of its kind.
The user is presented with three generous...
November 2011
17 posts
Analyst: Pay TV Industry to Lose 200,000...
In other words: Pay TV executives’ argument that there is little evidence of cord-cutting is “an oversimplification,” the analyst said. “Today’s problem: economically-driven cord-avoiders.”
After all, the economy has at least in part been responsible for fewer new homes subscribing to pay TV.
However, “the problem is that the longer the economy remains weak,...
"Tests Show Most Store Honey Isn't Honey" →
More than three-fourths of the honey sold in U.S. grocery stores isn’t exactly what the bees produce, according to testing done exclusively for Food Safety News.
The results show that the pollen frequently has been filtered out of products labeled “honey.” The removal of these microscopic particles from deep within a flower would make the nectar flunk the quality standards...
“The Internet must be understood in terms of the complex social networks it...”
– Deuze, Mark (2006) “Participation, Remediation, Bricolage: Considering Principal Components of a Digital Culture,” The Information Society, 22:68
