Saturday, August 22, 2009
Online
A Steve Jobs Confession, A Fanboy Shock
10:57AM Ryan Tate | Yes, Steve Jobs is that evil. Silicon Valley spent the past month convincing itself AT&T just absolutely had to be responsible for kicking the useful Google Voice application off the iPhone App store. Whoops, it was Dear Leader. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
The Week We Leaked A Sex Tape
8:18AM John Cook | Well, it wasn’t really a sex tape, per se, but it was sexy. People seemed to be interested in it! Let’s look back at the stories everyone was talking about during the week that Kari Ann Peniche’s career began and ended. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
Dow Jones Industrial Average Reportedly For Sale
7:03AM Ryan Tate | Goldman Sachs is in the process of selling the Dow Jones Industrial Average on behalf of News Corporation, John Carney at Business Insider reports. But is it really worth much? More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
You Can Carry This Many Drugs In Mexico
6:51AM Hamilton Nolan | Not to totally alarm you but drugs are now legal in Mexico, okay. Here’s how much you can carry for “personal use”. Dr. Gonzo: More »
Your Saturday Scientific News Dump
6:42AM Hamilton Nolan | Science: Summer heat makes people violent. Alcoholics use summertime as an excuse to drink. Evolution makes us see monsters everywhere. There really are glowing green monsters in the ocean. Arguing gives kids headaches. Social rejection hurts physically. Science!
Big Screen
Is Inglourious Basterds Bad For Jews?
6:04AM Brian Moylan | We’ve read a lot of reviews of the new Tarantino movie, but our favourite so far came out today in Tablet. Basically it says the new movie would be better if Tarantino was Jewish. More »
Print
How Many Days Does It Take A Reporter To Get Five Usable Quotes?
4:55AM John Cook | Three! That’s how many days Times reporter Geraldine Fabrikant—one half of the duo behind today’s sympathy-for-the-rich piece about the decline of the super-wealthy—spent hanging out in New Mexico with deflated multimillionaire John McAfee. Why are newspapers dying, again? More »
Online
Internet Your Way Out Of Depression
4:51AM Ryan Tate | In Britain, the death panel NHS commonly makes you wait a year to see a shrink, so some people just chat with therapists over instant messenger. Go figure: It actually works. So what about Tumblr, and so forth? More »
Small Screen
At Least Kate Major Is Talking Out Her Problems, On National TV
4:43AM Hamilton Nolan | Kate Major, who quit her Star magazine reporting job after she “fell for” Jon Gosselin and now is very disappointed their love did not flourish: “I have a degree, I’m not some stupid girl.” OK. More »
Small Screen
