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Sips from the firehose
A site that attempts to render the internet down into one easy-to consume mental beverage.
Moving Pictures: How Blogging Tells a Story in Slices (and Twitter does it in crumbs)
First, a h/t to Jeff Jarvis for this one - it really rings a bell for me, particularly in light of my own experiences last fall with the "Obama-Haters Fall for Nigerian Prince Scam" story. Basically, the insight is that traditional media - newspapers, to be precise -...
Free at last! The cat comes home…
Janine is all smiles as we finally get to bring our sick cat home. He's about 1/4 his normal weight and still so fragile; but at least we got him put of the cage be hates so much.
Newspaper Suicide Pact
Do not count me – yet – amongst those who hope that, well, now that it’s (allegedly) become clear that newspapers are fated to die, then let’s just get this over with. I still think that they can turn things around – the recent LA Times excellent Mapping LA project is a great step towards building the kind of hyperlocal database and information exchange network that could take off and fulfill all those dreams about the possibilities of digital local coverage.
While I am all for the development of the new content & biz models touted in Xark!, I don’t think they are ready – yet – to step into the line of fire and take over in collecting and distributing the information that we need to be able to function effectively as a society. Hell, as a civilization.
The anger in the screen on Xark! is palpable, and I will cop to feeling it on more than one occasion. But I am not yet ready to give in to it. to throw in the towel and just lean back and toast marshmallows over the flames.
Excuse for not posting: Duce the Cat
I've been remiss in posting here for the last couple of weeks. Some if that has been because of all-day video shoots and travel to & from the Bay Area. But this is the other reason. My cat Duce, who I rescued from a cage just before 9/11, is clinging to life after an...
Posting from the iPhone
Getting the Wordpress app to work on the iPhone has been a bit of a struggle, and one that I really haven't had time to wrestle with - until now. I've had a couple days here in West Marin, and the utter breakdown of my Vaio (aka the $2800 paperweight) has spurred me...
Friday Noon Videos: Week of May 15
I guess it’s not as bad as some of the other, more “Performance Art” pieces that could be done with a flock of sheep & some bored shepherds.
Actually, this is quite sweet, and made me think of the movie “Babe.” I had never noticed how predatory the herding dogs look when they come at the sheep; their heads are so low to the ground their muzzles must be damn near scraping, and they look like they’re coiled and ready to go for the throat. Maybe the panicked reactions of the sheep aren’t so out of line?
Anyway – any video that manages to combine sheep in lighted vests, a hillside & the 1812 Overture to good effect gets a thumbs-up from me. And the sheep have obviously been getting their cardio-vascular exercise.