Oscar Nod Notes
Some initial reactions to the nominations for the 84th Academy Awards. I'll admit it. I'm one of… [more]
The Bigger Conversation Behind SOPA
First off, a very cogent (and scary) summation of what's at stake when we talk about SOPA. So I've… [more]
Social Media Education
Pico Iyer's "The Joy of Quiet" is the latest in a long series of missives decrying the overwhelming onslaught… [more]
Top Ten TV Shows of 2011
I've been kind of disappointed with films this year (the amazing The Artist notwithstanding). On the… [more]
The Dark Subtext Rises
Up until now, I've been pretty lukewarm about the next Batman movie. Not because of any lack of faith… [more]
Oscar Nod Notes
Some initial reactions to the nominations for the 84th Academy Awards. I’ll admit it. I’m one of those guys who’s gonna go watch A Better Life just because Demián Bichir got nominated. In my defense, it was already in my Netflix queue. I just upped it to number one, is all. Hard to believe this [...]
The Bigger Conversation Behind SOPA
First off, a very cogent (and scary) summation of what’s at stake when we talk about SOPA. So I’ve been following the SOPA/PIPA controversy with some interest/concern/freakout and have gone so far as to move most of my domains off of GoDaddy (though, from what I’m told, I should’ve done that a long time ago). [...]
Social Media Education
Pico Iyer’s “The Joy of Quiet” is the latest in a long series of missives decrying the overwhelming onslaught of social media and the virtue of the disconnect. It’s a perfectly fine article and I don’t disagree with him on any particular point, in fact it puts me in mind of a quote by David [...]
Top Ten TV Shows of 2011
I’ve been kind of disappointed with films this year (the amazing The Artist notwithstanding). On the other hand, I’ve been more than impressed with the selection of television shows in 2011. To wit… 10. Fringe Fringe constantly reinvented itself in 2011, providing three completely different characters for the criminally un-nominated Anna Torv to play and [...]
The Dark Subtext Rises
Up until now, I’ve been pretty lukewarm about the next Batman movie. Not because of any lack of faith in Chris Nolan. Kind of the opposite. He knocked it so far out of the park on The Dark Knight that I honestly don’t know where he could go from there. But I forgot something that [...]
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