October 2007
On the Greatness of The Wire
Posted by on Monday, October 15, 2007 - 2 comments
This excerpt from Margaret Talbot's profile of David Simon, creator The Wire, explains why the tv show is one of the greatest ever made: • “ • Simon makes it clear that the show’s ambitions were grand. “ ‘The Wire’ is dissent,” he says. “It is perhaps the only storytelling on television that …
Acts of Volition Radio: Session 30
Posted by on Monday, October 15, 2007 in - 5 comments
With winter in the air, Acts of Volition Radio is back with eight great songs. • Acts of Volition Radio: Session Thirty (48MB Ogg Vorbis) (or 41MB MP3) • Eight great songs. Recorded Sunday, October 15, 2007 by Steven Garrity. Run time: 45min. • Session Thirty Playlist: • Wintersleep …
CNN and The Onion Quiz: Spot the Satire
Posted by on Tuesday, October 9, 2007 in - 5 comments
Sign of the end-times: CNN is syndicating The Onion on their home page and The Onion is syndicating CNN on their home page. • On any given day, you could read a selection of headlines and I wouldn't be able to tell you which of the two sites they came from. CNN has walked from being bad news …
Ten Ways to Make More Humane Open Source Software by Jono DiCarlo of Humanized is a great article despite it's "10 Ways" title.
Posted by on Saturday, October 6, 2007