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Reflections on pop culture. October 11, 2009. Before our round of test-prep this morning, I had read an article in the New York Times. Degree, what a waste. Why don’t these colleges advise their students to take more math and science? 8220;Journalism degrees. Hmmm. How would this story be surprising, even if the economy was in better shape? Unemployment is at a 30-year high, yet the US is still importing scientists and engineers. Figure it out.”. I’m not naive enough to think that all sparks are of...

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Reflections on pop culture. While You’re Waiting For Moments That Never Come. Quantitative Comparisons →. March 4, 2009. The fact is, though, that I don’t live in. Planet of the Apes. I live in a vibrant cityscape, shot through with laughter and chat and contemplation. It feels like a beautiful painting: meant only for speculation, observation, critique. Disturbing it would be like ripping a canvas off the walls of the Louvre, and greeted with about as much kindness. These are little incidents, petty Yel...

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Reflections on pop culture. Seven Years of Bad Luck. The Continental Drift →. While You’re Waiting For Moments That Never Come. January 30, 2009. I’ve decided to write a little bit about these things because I feel like I can’t go forward trying to plumb for honest opinions on entertainments without first honestly expressing what I’ve felt for the past few months. And I know that it’s a buzzkill for a lot of people. This passage from Charlie Kaufman’s. Synecdoche, New York. Seven Years of Bad Luck. The a...

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Reflections on pop culture. Newer posts →. The Noble “Savages”. September 9, 2008. Has that plot. And if nothing else, Tamara Jenkins, the writer/director of the film, should be immensely proud of that fact. No one before Jenkins has made the film that seems so obvious given the number of people going through it each day: the endless war of attrition that is dealing with a sick, aging parent in America. I happen to think it’s nicer here. Which is what, Jon? People are dying, Wendy! September 8, 2008.

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Reflections on pop culture. How to Make Secret References and Lure Unsuspecting People. While You’re Waiting For Moments That Never Come →. Seven Years of Bad Luck. October 27, 2008. Most of my friends (and, subsequently, most of my readers) are probably aware that I was laid off from my job. My father quit his job today / Well, I guess he got fired, but that’s okay. At that moment, I think I really did want the dogs to come and take me away. The album I had put on to wallow in had grown up and gotten pe...

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Diana Kimball: ROFLCon: Origins

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Tuesday, March 8, 2011. Onstage at the closing session of ROFLCon 2008, by Doc Searls. On April 25th, 2008, the internet exploded. Jagged pieces rained down and landed, exhilarated and slightly askew, in a giant conference room at MIT—just in time for ROFLCon, a half-serious, half-crazy celebration of internet culture. But how did we get there? Next Tuesday at 9:30am in Austin, Texas, Tim Hwang. Everything started on on September 23, 2007, at the xkcd. Meetup in Cambridge, MA. The New York Times. Had onl...