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December 2008
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2008 a look back
On fxguide we just published an article: Yet Another List of Cool Things from 2008 covering visual effects. I thought I should do a mini personal version here. Best movie I saw: Cadillac Records. No visual effects to speak of but how could I not love a movie about the birth of Chess Records.
Travel: In 2008 we went to Sundance Film Festival in Utah, Cancun, Chicago, New Orleans and Australia and...
More than 260 people will spend Christmas Day held... →
Time to reboot America →
Excellent opinion piece in NYT from Thomas Friedman (World is Flat)
I was wondering about this... →
Plane crashed with Republican IT guru as he prepared to release some details about some inner workings… all sounded too coincidental…
Kids pranking red light & speed cameras →
Turns out all you need is Photoshop, glossy photo paper and some tape. Gotta love technology beaten by simple tricks.
“This is photography and it’s supposed to be fun. Don’t be afraid. Go take...”
– Scott Bourne at This Week in Photography in this post about people’s fierce brand loyalty when it comes to cameras.
“My understanding is that he is leaving show business to pursue a career as a...”
– David Mamet about Jeremy Piven after Piven abruptly left a Broadway production of play Speed-the-Plow, blaming a high mercury count.
Swag's Jazzfest Cube Rescue →
I was looking for last year’s Jazz Fest schedule and found this great resource for old schedules.
Stupid thief meet iPhone Mobile Me
TUAW has a great story about a guy who had his iPhone stolen, the thief started entering his friends names into the phone, which synced to Mobile Me and showed up on the original owner’s new phone. He called the thief’s friends and got his name and # and the police got the phone back.
WatchGreat Rachel Maddow segment.
WatchOlbermann shows a collection of internet clips having fun with the shoe throwing incident.
New Orleans Jazz Fest Artists Announced!
Aretha Franklin, Robert Cray, Etta James & the Roots Band, Mavis Staples, Dave Matthews Band, James Taylor, Joe Cocker, Ben Harper, Tony Bennett, Earth, Wind & Fire,Neville Brothers, Wilco, Bonnie Raitt, Allen Toussaint, Johnny Winter, Pete Seeger, The O’Jays, Erykah Badu, Dr. John, Tab Benoit, Trombone Shorty, Ivan Neville & Dumpstaphunk, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Sonny Landreth, Benjy...
NBC: “Must Flee TV” Redux →
Shelly Palmer does a nice analysis of the various ways the Leno move can play out.
“If, as is quite likely, we reach the new ceiling by January 20, the outgoing...”
– contained in this story on Daily Kos
“It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly...”
– CBS Sunday Morning showed this quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt in a story comparing WPA projects and proposed Obama infrastructure projects.
from the 30 Rock Christmas Special
Liz: Hey, you don't know the Postmaster General do you?
Jack: I do, but we had a falling out over the Jerry Garcia stamp. I mean if I wanted to lick a hippy, I'd just return Joan Baez's phone calls.
Redacted Links
In one week the youtube link I posted comparing a Coldplay song to a Joe Satriani one got shut down due to EMI claiming infringement… and the singing lumps of clean coal site has gone away after Rachel Maddow questioned the changing of religious christmas songs to serve the clean coal fantasy industry.
I don’t expect “I will Survive” Jesus to last the weekend, so enjoy it...
Who knew William Shatner has an interview show? →
Snow in New Orleans today →
Last time was Christmas before Katrina. This link is to a flickr group from New Orleans.
“Certain people are experiencing audience erosion, Certain people are not. We are...”
– CBS chief Les Moonves after the NBC Leno announcement. This article also mentions that CBS is winning four out of five nights at 10 p.m and that “CSI: Miami” has an average audience of roughly 15 million, vs. Leno’s nightly audience of about 5 million.
Ever wonder why movies disappear from iTunes... →
“I have a hard time pronouncing his name. I just call him the idiot.”
– David Gergen, on the soon-to-be-former IL governor
The Curious Origin of NORAD's Santa Tracking →
A great story… who knew?
Retro TV programming
NBC schedule soon is Jay Leno at 10pm, Conan at 11:30pm, followed by Jimmy Fallon and then Carson Daly. Leading up to is like 6 hours of the Today show and then on local NBC we have talk shows by Bonnie Hunt, Martha Stewart and Ellen DeGeneres.
Reminds me of the 50’s, 60’s and early 70’s at WLWT in Cincinnati where they had Morning News, 90 minute live Paul Dixon Show, midday...
Tribune and the economy
NewsBlues says about the Tribune Company filing:
Essentially, the former employees who voluntarily took buyouts have now become creditors who will have to get in line in bankruptcy court. And, because their debt is unsecured, they will go waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to the back of the line. Same thing for freelancers who are owed money for past work. All payments have been stopped.
Business Week has this...
WatchJohn Stewart talks gay marriage with Mike Huckabee
WatchOlbermann on Bush - very well put together.
Richard Howe’s photographs of Manhattan street... →
