Monthly Archives: July 2008
The Working NYC Harbor
Went on a harbor tour last night–a hidden harbor tour. Fun stuff. I’ve always loved the shipping industry, and almost ended up going in that direction at one point. Containerization is awesome.
The photos are mostly “scenic” rather than of the working harbor. Unfortunately, I am relying on my old Minolta until they replace my [...]
World news
More on news. This time a video decrying (and indicating) the growing lack of global news coverage in the US.
Adam Curtis – The Rise and Fall of the TV Journalist
It the following over-simplification valid? It seems to assume that there really is a grand narrative, and we have somehow lost it. Maybe the current state of journalism is a reflection not of confusion, but of realization that there are multiple perspectives and many ways to tell a story.
The question is whether hearing this multiplicity [...]
A steampunk comes out
Remember when I was crawling around the attic, looking for my old Planters-peanut-man Halloween costume? I didn’t donate it to the children’s theater, like I told you. I salvaged the monocle, top hat, and cane, combined them with a swallowtail tuxedo, and stole away to a midnight screening of the underrated masterpiece The League of [...]
“Hyperlinked Society” hyperlinked
I posted earlier about the Hyperlinked Society collection, made up of a bunch of essays on the role of hyperlinks, um, in society. Just found out via a tweat from one of its co-editors that it’s available in a searchable, linkable form here. Pretty cool if you ask me!
Suitless future