Snappy watch, right? You should see the write-up. I whipped up a few of my favorite new products this year for Wired’s 2010 Christmas Wish List. They’re just mini witty reviews. But the one I did for the ultimate garden hose nozzle is quite fun, if I do say so myself: Pulling back the Nelson’s [...]
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Wired Wish List 2010
November 25, 2010
Wired – Hack a Hottie’s Digits
June 22, 2009
I have another blurb in Wired this month! It’s “How to Hack a Hottie’s Digits.” (That makes it sound way better than it is.)
Incant on the Internet
June 27, 2008
On Tuesday, an new CD of religious chants will be released in the US. Why am I interested in the Cistercian monks of the Stift Heiligenkreuz? Because, according to the New York Times: “Chant: Music for Paradise,” was released in Europe in May — and shot to No. 7 in the British pop charts, at [...]
I’m okay with being a progress-slave
April 28, 2008
This article, called “Technoslave,” recently appeared in Adbusters. Here’s a convincing little statement: Scientists and psychologists are now beginning to classify technology dependency as a major health problem, putting it in the same categories as alcoholism, gambling and drug addiction. The stress it creates is causing arthritis, migraines and ulcers. Technology is all about how you [...]
Edit > Undo
April 23, 2008
Michael Kinsley has an excellent article in Time about the editor/writer dynamic at publications. He sides with the writer. Writers, [editors] say, are whiny, self-indulgent creatures who spend too much time alone. They are egotistical, paranoid and almost always seriously dehydrated. Above all, they are spectacular ingrates. Editors save their asses, and writers do nothing [...]
Party boy
April 17, 2008
I really like Virginia Heffernan’s blog. Here’s her article from the NYT magazine about Evites and the complexities of online party invitations. Afterwards she suggests alternates to Evite: For the supremely confident only: Twitter to tell your followers where you’ll be in 10 minutes, and expect a crowd. I think she’s on to the Kelly [...]
When media meets media
April 16, 2008
There’s a great article about the culture clash between Silicon Valley and Hollywood in the New York Times yesterday. The whole thing is interesting, but I’d like to highlight part of it. It’s a quote from a Sony exec: “I don’t know if they feel they don’t need us or are going directly to the [...]
How to Get a Hollywood PA Job
February 10, 2008
This article comes from the now defunct “Film Student Blog.” I still think it’s useful, so I thought I’d backdate it and toss it to the web again. It used to get a lot of traffic. It’s right about time to be scrambling for a summer job and for a film student, there is no [...]
