Some days I work very hard to help you be more awesome. Other days the Internet does it for me.
Essential Reading:
Thanks to Lars for directing me to the Mystery Man on Film. He has an exquisite post about the leaked transcript of the first Raiders of the Lost Ark story conference.
In addition to his analysis, [...]
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March 25, 2009
Raiders, Junk-Food Porn + What’s in the Box?
January 27, 2009
Tribute to John Updike by Way of Nicholson Baker
From U AND I:
” . . . I compared myself miserably with an amazing performance by Updike on Dick Cavett that I recalled from the late seventies, where he spoke in swerving, rich, complex paragraphs of unhesitating intelligence that he finally allowed to glide to rest at the curb with a little downward swallowing smile [...]
January 26, 2009
New Science Vidcast Gets It Right
Somewhere someone said, “Hey, let’s make a three-minute online science show for people who would read the Science Times if it weren’t so punishingly square.”
The result: Grand Unified Weekly
more about “New Science Vidcast Gets It Right“, posted with vodpod
January 20, 2009
Library Show Tonight
First, congratulations to President Obama. If there is anything that I can do to help, please let me know.
Second, tonight’s the night for my library talk. Think of it as DCWYTBMA Live! Or DCWYTBMA on Ice!
Here are the deets:
The Always-On Artist: Technology, Creativity and Making Meaning in the 21st Century
Pohlad Hall
Minneapolis Central Library
300 Nicollet Mall
7:00 [...]
November 3, 2008
The Primary Source . . . of Flavor
As a writer and journalist, I couldn’t be happier with all the research options at my digital fingertips. There are days when the Great Almighty Screen provides all the information I could possibly want, information that used to require that I get off my ass, leave the house and talk to people.
But for my latest [...]
