Monthly Archives: July 2008

No Danish for me

By alex | Published: 7/24/2008
Was going to try to pick up at least a little “tourist Danish” for the upcoming trip to Copenhagen. Perhaps not… Danish languageby GarethGrehan
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Of course

By alex | Published: 7/23/2008
Bollywood! Venezuelan Naturalismo! Natalie Portman! Oh my! (via Joanne)
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Big Law Barbie

By alex | Published: 7/23/2008
So you may have noted that Mattel is getting a little bit of guff over their Dom Barbie, to add on to the general problem of the doll’s body mold. On the other hand, Barbie is breaking gender stereotypes with the “I can be” career series. Who knew women could be baby doctors or art [...]
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Stupifying Google

By alex | Published: 7/21/2008
I’ll be on the Kojo Nnamdi show at noon today, talking about the effect of the internet and search engines on the production and distribution of knowledge, along with Nicholas Carr, James Evans, and Erika Linke. If you are local in DC, or you are listening online, call up and bug us. Or, if you [...]
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Best present ever

By alex | Published: 7/21/2008
7:30am in the Halavais household, light seeps in through the soupy July morning air. Jamie: Good morning, Darling Husband! Alex: Grumble… mrf. Why are we up? Jamie: What day is it? Alex: Monday? Jamie: Yes, but what Monday? Alex: Too-early-in-the-morning Monday? Jamie: Today’s the 21st, your birthday! Alex: It is? Cool! What am I getting [...]
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1, 2, 3, 4

By alex | Published: 7/19/2008
This is awesome: redeeming not only (as Boing Gadgets notes) Feist from repetitive iPod commercials, but Sesame Street from small red monsters that start with the letter E.
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Gurbanity

By alex | Published: 7/18/2008
Since I was a kid, I’ve loved pedestrian bridges between buildings, and tunnels as well. I love the maze of tunnels under Crystal City and under many university campuses. I’m thrilled by the long-standing “Jetsons” vision of a future city of hanging monorails at the 40th floor and multi-directional elevators. So it’s no surprise that [...]
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