25 days of Randy Newman inspired movie themes.
December 15, 2008
December 2, 2008
Is Gladwell an idiot?
Is it his overexposure as of late, or is it his gross oversimplications and generalization, that have led to a Gladwell backlash?
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November 23, 2008
Best bagels in NY
Slate has an informative article about the history of the bagel. The author mentions that “the best bagel bakery in New York, according to many, is one owned by a Thai couple on the Upper West Side.” Why didn’t they mention the name of that great bagel bakery? Perhaps the author wanted to keep that secret to himself. I’m pretty sure he is talking about Absolute Bagels on Broadway between 107th and 108th streets.
November 18, 2008
Coldplay
Nothing profound here, but I’ll be damned if Coldplay isn’t the most boring band I’ve heard since, I don’t know, Toad the Wet Sprocket?
November 17, 2008
August 31, 2008
Mythbusters Gagged by Credit Card Companies
I am very interested to see where this story goes: Adam Savage of Mythbusters, while speaking at a conference, revealed that the producers considered doing a show revealing the flaws of the RFID tags in credit cards. Apparently the lawyers got Discovery to back down from even producing the show. Credit card companies don’t want you to know how flawed and insecure the embedded RFID tags really are. Anybody can read them with readily available equipment. Some of the issues are presented at RSA Laboratories.
August 19, 2008
RCN Forums
I should mention that there is a good forum on RCN (as well as other internet service providers and cable providers) at Broadband Reports.
July 31, 2008
Time to Think
Why you need it, how to make more of it. Good lifestyle piece from the BBC.
July 17, 2008
George W. Bush Sewage Plant
At last, an appropriate facility may bear the name of a president. San Francisco has a ballot initiative to rename the Oceanside Treatment Plant after George Bush. Why did they wait so long? This should have been put up for a vote years ago.
July 16, 2008
Knotty Noose
The Village Voice continued it’s story on ousted Teachers College professor Madonna Constantine. It doesn’t shed much new light on the story, but demonstrates that Columbia was not quick to judge; rather it took its time investigating the issue and its conclustions were not reached hastily.