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Sips from the firehose
A site that attempts to render the internet down into one easy-to consume mental beverage.
TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington Attacked & Spat On; Online Troll Behavior Crossing Over Into Real World
This is the Dark Side of internet fame. You can see it in the message boards, in the comments section on any YouTube video that reaches a certain level of popularity.
Back in 1989, one of the very first celebrity stories I had to cover in Los Angeles, remains one of the saddest & most disturbing stories. The murder of Rebecca Shaeffer, a lovely young actress by obsessed stalker Robert Bardo. I can see some clear parallels between that case, and the way that online attacks are escalating into offline violence.
Defying Spacetime: Cheney’s Former House Magically Reappears
The Vice-President's mansion is once again visible on Google Maps. View Larger MapDoes anyone else detect the aroma of Soviet-style "Revisionist History" here? I saw this happen first-hand when I worked as a newspaper editor in Venezuela. It happened on a...
Defying Spacetime: Cheney’s Former House Magically Reappears
The Vice-President's mansion is once again visible on Google Maps. View Larger MapDoes anyone else detect the aroma of Soviet-style "Revisionist History" here? I saw this happen first-hand when I worked as a newspaper editor in Venezuela. It happened on a...
Enhancing Spacetime: New Video Process Uses High-Res Stills to Beef Up Low-Res Video
Probably the best way to view this video is with the annoying voiceover turned down. Basically, what is going on here is that researchers at the University of Washington have come up with a way to use high-resolution still photos to provide detail to low-res...
Making His Move
This cries out for the LOLCat treatment, but I am far too slammed with "New Media" work to come up with something clever. Suggestions, anyone?
Friday Night Videos: Take A Break
As part of my ongoing experiment in coming up with a coherent content strategy, I offer up a week's worth of fun and/or interesting videos that I've come across. It's been a real rollercoaster of a week: Started out with the fear that Bush would figure out some last,...