The Newsroom: Life at J-school

All bus stops should have a posted schedule. I’m tired of guessing when the next is coming.

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:19:22 -0400

All bus stops should have a posted schedule. I’m tired of guessing when the next is coming.

All my tabloid research paying off — making a timeline now. You can’t make this stuff...

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:19:18 -0400

All my tabloid research paying off — making a timeline now. You can’t make this stuff up.

Going to need a pick-me-up of some kind because I have the post-lunch snoozes. BAD.

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:19:13 -0400

Going to need a pick-me-up of some kind because I have the post-lunch snoozes. BAD.

The art of hoisting comments

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:39:00 -0400

The art of hoisting comments: (Oh the irony of it all, as my own blog has no comments.)

The iPhone is More Powerful Than the DS, But Sucks As a Controller

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:00:00 -0400

The iPhone is More Powerful Than the DS, But Sucks As a Controller: At least, according to a couple of guys at EA.

"If you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in..."

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:44:04 -0400

“If you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written.”

- Muphry’s Law (via jstn)

Browsing the National Enquirer’s Web site. It’s for work. Really.

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:31:50 -0400

Browsing the National Enquirer’s Web site. It’s for work. Really.

Glad to be your friend, Artmuseum. Though I’m pretty sure...

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:58:01 -0400

Glad to be your friend, Artmuseum. Though I’m pretty sure you’re violating the terms of use…

"The mass media has been single-mindedly focused on the White House and campaigns for the presidency..."

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:29:42 -0400

“The mass media has been single-mindedly focused on the White House and campaigns for the presidency for two generations now. Is it any wonder that most people have lost the feeling that the country and its politics are theirs and they are responsible for maintaining liberty and democracy? Ben Franklin told the people outside the Philadelphia Convention that the Founders had put together “a Republic, if you can keep it.” Now every four years and most of the time in between we’re mesmerized with the idea that if we can just find that one perfect person who can pull the presidential sword from the stone, all will be well. We have been waiting around for this Mr. Goodbar for thirty years of deadlock, drift, and disappointment in our politics since Watergate times. Nobody seems to get the message that our problems are bigger than the presidents; we are stuck in a storyline that lets the rest of us off the hook.”

- Dick Flannery, writing in Homer Simpson Goes to Washington

I can’t do my taxes right, but I do know the name of the church where Mozart had his first...

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:56:49 -0400

I can’t do my taxes right, but I do know the name of the church where Mozart had his first job. Thanks, liberal arts education.

Way to rub salt in the wound, Apple. (BTW, I love that Google is...

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:15:22 -0400

Way to rub salt in the wound, Apple. (BTW, I love that Google is standing in for the iPod touch’s “encyclopedia” function.)

Touch Arcade

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:29:00 -0400

Touch Arcade: The greatest thing about the new iPhone is the device’s gaming potential. Here’s a site to keep track of all the games for both it and the iPod touch. Now if I can just get my hands on one…

The manhut. Want!

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:26:00 -0400

The manhut. Want!

Do not mess with John Steinbeck. The man will kill you. Just...

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:05:00 -0400

Do not mess with John Steinbeck. The man will kill you. Just look at him.

The Ridiculousness of Riddick, or, How Not to Make a SciFi Sequel

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:50:00 -0400

The Ridiculousness of Riddick, or, How Not to Make a SciFi Sequel: John Scalzi examines the failures of The Chronicles of Riddick. This reminds me — I need to add Pitch Black to my Amazon wish list.

Wow, NYT blog commenters are mean.

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:38:06 -0400

Wow, NYT blog commenters are *mean*.

The Moviegoer by Walker Percy

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:07:49 -0400

The Moviegoer by Walker Percy: jssdrlnd’s review: “I read The Moviegoer at least once every year. This is my favorite novel.”
Vintage (1998), Edition: 1st Vintage International Ed, Paperback, 256 pages
tags: fiction,…

"My aunt and uncle live in a gracious house in the Garden District and are very kind to me. But..."

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:35:00 -0400

“My aunt and uncle live in a gracious house in the Garden District and are very kind to me. But whenever I try to live there, I find myself first in a rage during which I develop strong opinions on a variety of subjects and write letters to editors, then in a depression during which I lie rigid as a stick for hours staring straight up at the plaster medallion in the ceiling of my bedroom.”

- I am reading The Moviegoer again.

Our welcome mat has been stolen. I can’t figure out why anyone would do that. Perhaps they...

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:04:22 -0400

Our welcome mat has been stolen. I can’t figure out why anyone would do that. Perhaps they really really needed to wipe their feet?

Square has released an RPG for the iPod Classic that lets you create characters from your music

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:53:55 -0400

Square has released an RPG for the iPod Classic that lets you create characters from your music: Too bad I only have the 2G nano. This looks like a lot of fun for $5.