October 10, 2008 – 12:05 pm
From Reuter’s Obama buys half-hour of network primetime: “Barack Obama has purchased a half-hour of primetime television on CBS and NBC, sources confirmed Thursday. The Obama campaign is producing a nationwide pitch to voters that will air on at least two broadcast networks. The ad will run Wednesday, October 29, at 8 p.m. — less [...]
From the Guardian’s Climate risk from flat-screen TVs: “The rising demand for flat-screen televisions could have a greater impact on global warming than the world’s largest coal-fired power stations, a leading environmental scientist warned yesterday. Manufacturers use a greenhouse gas called nitrogen trifluoride to make the televisions, and…as a driver of global warming, nitrogen trifluoride [...]
From the NY Times Magazine’s The Aria of Chris Matthews: “The broader issue involves whether Matthews is a man trapped in a tired caricature. And it touches on the future of his archetype in general — in other words, whither the cable blowhard? The ‘What happens to Chris’ question — a hot topic at NBC [...]
October 19, 2007 – 10:02 pm
From Zeropaid.com’s article, TVLinks Shut Down, Owner Arrested: “It’s a sad day for streaming video fans everywhere as news has been reported that TVLinks has been shut down and the owner, a 26-year-old man from Chelteham in the UK, was arrested. Though not hosting an actual content himself, and rather merely providing links to where [...]
From Rise and fall of a comic genius: “The Simpsons of today revels in big, stupid antics, one-note gags and obvious plot twists. The Simpsons of yesteryear, however, was a different beast, one that would have found no room for over-sized pastries pursuing characters along sidewalks. That’s why it’s hard to greet the arrival of [...]
March 12, 2007 – 11:18 am
From Feared, Loved, Ridiculed: “The British and American versions of the popular TV comedy series ‘The Office’ both debunk the authority of the boss, but in ways that distinguish the two cultures.”
February 22, 2007 – 12:42 pm
As you know I missed last month’s deadline, so some of this shit is dated.
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30. Thirty. Twenty-ten. No matter how it’s written, it still looks old.
I don’t feel old — well that’s a lie — but I don’t feel any older than I did a couple weeks ago. The main problem with thirty is [...]
February 15, 2007 – 11:55 am
From Conservative Comedy Show: So bad it’s hilarious: “Well, a clip of Joel Surnow and FOX News’ conservative response to The Daily Show, The 1/2 Hour News Hour, has hit the tubes and needless to say, the only thing funny is how bad it is. They just don’t get it and they never will.” [...]
February 7, 2007 – 12:41 pm
I’m a liberal Vermonter, right? What that means, along with a lot of other things, is that I have to be smug about certain decisions that I’ve made, especially those decisions that somehow relate to the way “the rest of America” is choosing to live their lives.
I don’t enjoy being smug. But it’s what [...]
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