February 2010
5 posts
10 Things That Dollhouse’s Finale Taught Me →
Bang on in many ways, but I was happy to see Alan Fucking Tudyk show up and give acting lessons again. Even if Alpha’s appearance in the story was entirely unnecessary.
Overall, it really felt like Whedon just went back and cribbed notes from his past stuff. I guess in some ways I can’t blame him, but when you have one of your characters directly quote another of your characters from...
January 2010
13 posts
stevenf:
I need to talk to you about computers. I’ve been on a veritable roller-coaster of “how I feel” about the iPad announcement, and trying not to write about it until I had at least an inkling of what was at the root of that.
Excellent piece.
Saving Texas Dance Halls, One Two-Step At A Time →
The Loudness Wars: Why Music Sounds Worse →
From NPR. For what it’s worth I think a lot of music sounds worse now because there are more crappy bands.
Humboldt squid: Soft, gentle kittens of the briny... →
A list of uncontacted peoples →
Uncontacted people, also known as lost tribes, are peoples who, either by choice or chance, live, or have lived, without significant contact with the connected civilizations of the world.
Recent usage favors the term “isolated” rather than “uncontacted” as few peoples have remained totally uncontacted by modern civilization, but a number have chosen to make contact either...
What Could Have Been Entering the Public Domain on... →
torrez:
Why is everyone so mad at 2009? 2010 is the year you chop your pinky off.