September 2009
DISNEY BUYS MARVEL?!? →
Holy cow.
-Shady
August 2009
Sara 013’s amazing Doktor Sleepless keychains →
from Sara 013’s flickrstream
US military cancels contract with firm that graded... →
Stars & Stripes The announcement comes after Stars and Stripes revealed that the military had used the Rendon Group’s profiles to decide whether to grant permission to journalists to embed with…
Philly papers, creditors announce a series of... →
Philadelphia Inquirer The settlements, however, don’t mean the end to conflicts, notes Christopher Hepp. A lawyer for the senior lenders says his clients — advised by former Inquirer publisher …
Orange County Register parent expected to declare... →
Wall Street Journal
Freedom Communications, which is majority owned by the Hoiles family, has reached agreements with its lenders to restructure its debts, report Peter…
My g-pa wanted to go there cuz he went there when he first got back to the U.S. after fighting in WWII. He still had the menu. (cont.)
Return from @preppiecurler’s b-day party. Even tho she’s no longer on Twitter, she’s still the coolest person to ever be on Twitter.
Watching this season’s 1st ep. of “Mad Money.” They namechecked Hausner’s in B-more. Went there w/my famil in the mid-1980s. (cont.)
We went back & it was incredible seeing my g-pa’s reaction. After dinner we spent an hour upstairs talking to the relatives of the owners.
Lil’ Cyborg Room →
For the emergency deposits:
Photos from bladediary.com. Thanks to Radian for the link!
To Make A Tree →
Designed by Fabio Novembre, the trees act as an oasis in the middle of the city Milan:
Link and photo via mocoloco.com.
RIBA, aka Robot for Interactive Body Assistance →
The Japanese are gearing up for a time when there are more elderly folks needing assistance than there are young whippersnappers available to do the choirs. The RIBA, or Robot for…
Designer IV Bags →
Link and photo via medgadget.com.
GlobalPost, Post-Gazette team up for G-20 summit →
Columbia Journalism Review Pittsburgh hosts the summit on Sept. 24 and 25. “We’ll do twenty stories that will look at the G-20 countries and where they are and what they expect to get out of the…
Army admits it used Rendon Group's profiles of... →
Stars and Stripes
Also, the Army used the analyses of reporters’ work to decide how to steer them away from potentially negative stories, reports Leo Shane III. An Army…
Additional items for August 28, 2009 →
> Kansas State fans unhappy about Wichita Eagle hire > Cal State Dominguez Hills loses its paper, for now > NYT says it has 1,200 obits ready to go; WP, 150 > Anchor: “My credibility isn’t…
Obama's vacation fans a long-running newspaper war →
Wall Street Journal It’s the Vineyard Gazette vs. Martha’s Vineyard Times. Times managing editor Nelson Sigelman wrote in a column titled “Obama Beat: Why Democrats find Martha’s Vineyard, oh,…
London gets more science-fictional with The Shard →
London, England.. soon to be home to a city within a city, thanks to The Shard.
As Inhabitat describe it:
The 72-storey building in the London Bridge Quarter will contain premium office…
WSJ keeps Penn as a columnist, says it's "pretty... →
Gawker Although Burson-Marsteller CEO Mark Penn got caught using his Wall Street Journal column to recruit clients from the industry he wrote about, the Murdoch paper is holding onto him. “Clearly…
Today's the six-month anniversary of the Rocky's... →
Temple Talks John Temple shares responses he got from former colleagues who were asked if they’d like to discuss life after the Rocky. A 60-year-old copy editor writes: “I now find myself in this…
A Minnesota sportswriter recalls the quickie... →
MinnPost.com Steve Aschburner was paid $1,200 to crank out an elementary school-level book about Ted Kennedy. “Don’t worry about original reporting,” his editor said. The sportswriter bought a box…
Twitter's power to make or break a movie is... →
Forbes.com “It’s an interesting word of mouth, but I think only for a certain part of the audience,” says Matt Atchity. “For the younger, more connected audience that may be true but for older…
Additional items for August 27, 2009 →
> Pentagon reviews practice of grading journalists > Aspects of Novak’s career that received short shrift > GW profs to release “encyclopedia of journalism” > Gannett’s paper in Appleton,…
Strib seeks publisher who will change paper's... →
MinnPost.com
The Star Tribune wants its next publisher to continue “management’s successful efforts to change the widespread image of the Star Tribune from a strongly liberal…
Is quality journalism the best tool to foster... →
Slate “Advocates of participatory democracy and government accountability might be smarter to invest their time directly in reforming government,” writes Jack Shafer. “For instance, wouldn’t the…
Food critic is recovering after a "best burger"... →
Chicago Magazine
“For 65 days this summer, I ate basically nothing but burgers,” writes Jeff Ruby. “The onslaught of red meat did what drugs and alcohol and fatherhood could…
Don't miss these Poynter Online features... →
* Al Tompkins on a KOB-TV reporter who used his iPhone and Qik.com to file a live story. * Ernest Wilson wonders why j-profs weren’t asked to appear at John Kerry’s news crisis hearing. * The…
The genius of New York mag is that it summons the... →
Forbes.com
“The design has lots of cramped spaces and small type, it’s like being on the subway,” says Larry Platt, who oversees Boston and Philadelphia magazines. …
Providence Journal's local focus could save the... →
The Phoenix Or spell its demise, says David Scharfenberg. Belo’s Providence Journal has moved all of its local coverage to the front section of the paper and banished the national and…
Philly papers, creditors try to resolve... →
Philadelphia Inquirer | Poynter Online Philadelphia Newspapers has asked permission to borrow $15 million to keep the company running. Under bankruptcy rules, that loan would be the first to be…
Newspaper ad sales fall 29% in the second quarter →
Associated Press That’s the deepest downturn yet during a three-year newspaper ad revenue free fall. U.S. papers had ad sales of $6.8 billion in this year’s second quarter vs. $9.6 billion last…
Strib wants to sever ties with 87-year-old... →
MinnPost.com
Lou Gelfand became a twice-monthly Star Tribune business ethics columnist after settling an age discrimination claim four years ago. (He had been the paper’s…
WSJ editor: We have strict conflict-of-interest... →
New York Times | Gawker Still, WSJ deputy managing editor Alan Murray says outside columnists “do have other business interests” that they’re bound to promote. He declines to discuss specific…
Gannett's Journal News lays off its entire... →
Talking Biz News “The move calls into question whether eliminating coverage of business news in the worst recession in two decades is a good idea,” writes Chris Roush. The Westchester County, NY…
Reporter: I've seen my "creepy" Rendon Group... →
True/Slant Most journalists in Afghanistan know that the Rendon Group has checked their work, says Kabul-based reporter P.J. Tobia. “I don’t really think the reports are some kind of violation,”…
Kansas City Star columnist doesn't regret sending... →
Poynter Online
Mike Hendricks (left) send an e-mail to Ogden Publications about a PR position, saying “I would be happy to submit an application, but I’d hate to be wasting…
Here's another plan to save journalism:... →
Inside Higher Ed David Scobey imagines a national network of campus-based daily news sites. “Newsrooms of professional journalists would cover local, regional, and state issues” he writes, while…
NYT Co. execs to meet with Globe staff next month →
Boston Herald “People are certainly willing to hear what they have to say,” says Boston Newspaper Guild President Dan Totten, “but at the same time, the members are absolutely concerned and…
NYT Magazine's Katrina story the biggest... →
NYT Magazine | Nieman Journalism Lab Times Magazine editor Gerald Marzorati tells readers that ProPublica reporter Sheri Fink wrote Sunday’s 13,000-word piece, which was partially funded by the…
SPJ doesn't want Indy guild protesting at... →
Editor & Publisher “We did not want to create the perception that we are taking sides,” says SPJ president David Aeikens. “We sympathize and empathize. A lot of us have been where the Indianapolis…
KCRA staff giddy after getting kidnap suspect's... →
Workbench
Rogers Cadenhead notes that the TV station’s recording of kidnap suspect Phillip Garrido talking with anchor Walt Gray (left) includes this newsroom chatter,…
We saw Stephen Baldwin this morning… →
…at breakfast, and it made me think of this:
Heh. That scene still makes me laugh my ass off.
Gimme the fucking keys, you fucking cocksucker motherfucker,
-Shady
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Today is also Jack Kirby’s birthday. But he’s not on Twitter. You’d think they’d have that in comic book heaven.
In case you haven’t heard, it’s @dianemb28’s birthday today. If you get a chance, buy her a cup of coffee to celebrate.
Human Ingredients →
T-shirt via geekologie.com.
James Dyson’s Uphill Water Flow Illusion →
Via makezine.com. Can you figure out how he did it? Click through the link for the answer.
The Amazing Industrial Lamps of Frank Buchwald →
I want this on my desk right now:
Click through to see the full glory of Frank Buchwald’s Machine Light series, and decide which one goes on your covet-list.
Super-Kamiokande →
A 50,000 ton water Cherenkov detector, via makezine.com.
Denim-On-The-Go: Jean Vending Machines →
From inventorspot.com:
Closed, a jean brand that provides designer styles based in Hamburg, has launched a denim vending prototype machine in Florence, Italy to see how people embrace…
Robot Kiss →
Video via geekologie.com.
