Bill Richardson is funny
Presidential candidate and New Mexico governor Bill Richardson has started to air some cute TV ads in Iowa. They aren’t knee-slapping, but it’s a relief to see presidential campaign ads that don’t follow the usual formula. (via lvgleaner)
The Pinball Hall of Fame
A couple of weekends ago, I finally made my way to the Pinball Hall of Fame, located not too far from my apartment. I had heard that this pinball museum had opened sometime last year, but for one reason or another, I never made it down. Turns out it’s one of the coolest finds in Las Vegas.
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Masters of transport: a photogallery. (thx, dave)
(10) #5/4/2007
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Great streets, campuses, and pedestrian nostalgia -- a perhaps obvious yet still worthwhile manifesto against our natural presumption that streets are for cars only. (thx, josh)
(7) #5/4/2007
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According to this article, Errol Morris has built a replica of parts of the Abu Ghraib prison for his documentary on the same subject. I guess we’ll be getting his trademark reenactments. (FYI, the article also touches on minor plot details of The Sopranos , but there are no major spoilers.)
(0) #5/4/2007
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A video montage of Game Trailers’ top ten 8-bit video games of all time. A lethal shot of high-dosage nostalgia. Update: Link fixed.
(7) #5/2/2007
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Videos of presidential campaign commercials from 1952 to 2004. (thx, flea)
(2) #5/1/2007
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The TRUTH about the events of 4/29. (via bb)
(0) #5/1/2007
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The Guardian has an interview with Darren Aronofsky discussing the critical reaction to The Fountain and a script he’s writing about Noah. Oddly, it ends with a quote from Bjork about her thoughts on The Fountain.
(0) #5/1/2007
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Mitt Romney says his favorite novel of all time is Battlefield Earth. At first I thought, Of course, but then I thought, Oh, wrong crazy religion. Crap lousy presidential candidate?
(0) #5/1/2007
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You probably have already seen the pictures of Stephen Hawking enjoying his zero gravity experience, but I think this detailed account of the zero (and other) G experience by Teller (of Penn & Teller fame) is more interesting.
(0) #4/27/2007
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Bobby Pickett, singer of the “Monster Mash,”, has died. Which should lead us to ask: Monster Parties: Fact or Fiction?
(0) #4/27/2007
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Roger Ebert makes his first public appearance since last June, when he underwent intensive surgery, leading to the eventual removal of parts of his mandible. (He was unable to speak at the event.)
(0) #4/26/2007
Wii shortage
It’s five months after the launch date, but Wii’s are still nearly impossible to find at retailers or from legitimate online sellers at the retail cost of $250. The Freakonomics blog thinks that Nintendo and game developers are being hurt by the shortage, and that retailers are getting the benefits. My take is that everyone is a winner, except busy consumers who don’t have time to wait in line at their local Best Buy at 7:30am on Sundays.
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A group of 87 Christian students and their chaperones walked out in the middle of a theatrical performance at the Zero Arrow Theater in Cambridge, MA last Thursday, apparently protesting its use of foul language. While they were walking out, one member of the group poured a glass of water over the notes the monologue speaker, Mike Daisey, was using on stage. The link has the video. (via bb)
(0) #4/23/2007
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Regardless of your position on abortion, it seems like yesterday’s Supreme Court decision to allow Congress to ban the intact dilation and extraction procedure came about solely because Alito has replaced O’Connor, rather than any new legal distinction. Kennedy, however, tried his damn best to make one in the majority opinion – but Slate ‘s Dahlia Lithwick thinks his argument is both personal and paternalistic.
(0) #4/19/2007
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Tom Wolfe on the latest Masters of the Universe phase: the hedge fund manager.
(0) #4/18/2007
I Am a Strange Loop
Here’s a detailed but mixed review of Douglas Hofstadter’s latest book, I Am a Strange Loop. The reviewer talks about two of the big ideas in the book, both of which Hofstadter discussed in a talk I attended four or so years ago:
