Jeff Jarvis over at BuzzMachine is rolling out a series of posts in which he suggests tangible ways to nudge newsrooms into the internet age (most involve much more forceful actions than nudges). Today’s post, suggestion No. 2, is to turn the newsroom into a classroom, and train everyone — editors, copy editors, reporters, photographers, designers, etc. — on basic web publishing tools. The idea is that, once the grizzled and surly news folks realize…
I’m sitting here trying to type up some directions to get dearest Amber from Murfreesboro/Nashville to my parents’ house, and I’m having a helluva time doing it. It occurs to me that I don’t have a clue how to get home or what any of the little back roads south of Parsons are called, or even how to explain how to find them. When I make that trip (which is seldomly, now that I live…
Cheese cubes and small pieces of unidentifiable smoked meat (sausage, I presume?) and crackers, joined in beautiful harmony on a single parsley-lined plastic tray.
All I want for Christmas is to have my favorite cartoon back on the air Patience is a bitter vine, but it bears sweet, sweet animated fruit. Maybe. “Futurama” might be resurrected, a la “Family Guy” (which, by my count, is an inferior show anyway, and deserved to be resurrected less than “Futurama,” but please don’t belabor the point). A return to television or, better, a direct-to-DVD feature would be a natural transition for the…
This is interesting … NEW YORK — Death Cab for Cutie has plans for new “Directions.” Each song from the band’s Grammy-nominated album, “Plans,” has been made into a music video, adding up to an anthology of 12 short films titled, “Directions.” The videos, created by 12 different directors, will be unveiled one by one on Death Cab for Cutie’s Web site early next month, it was announced Monday. “It’s our hope that this project…
Wendy has gone and had herself a birthday today. She’s a little freaked out by the prospect of being 23, but I can reassure her that there ain’t much to it. Same as 22, likely the same as 24. And, I want to wish Brandon and Matt and all the other winter graduates congratulations on their emancipation from the shackles of homework and activity fees and final exams. Welcome to the very real oppression of…
Curses There is nothing worsethan blood when you don’t need itand none when you do
Example: Enjoying a bowl of frosted mini-wheats, until noticing a slender black cat hair poking up through the milk. And then plucking it and carrying on.
It’s sweet when a serial rapist can bring you and your best friend closer together. All the way from New York to Memphis, and it ends with 13 self-inflicted stab wounds in the neck. Well, I guess it’s not over, since he’ll be coming right back up to New York. Anyway, something (okay, everything) about this case has me thinking this guy has pure evil coarsing through his veins. ‘My dad jumped out of the…
The amount you love others can be measured by how much credit-card debt you have The shopping is mostly done. Mostly. There are a couple of people who I’m not quite done with yet. Here’s hoping I can carve out some time this coming week to finish up. But I had a successful run. I used a quarter tank of gas going all over town, trying to find the right useless shit for the anything-but-useless…
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