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A gorgeous creature

By alex | Published: 11/1/2003
The curse of all television programming is a quest for novelty, routinely interrupted by some sweep of moralizing. Reality TV is, of course, following this path. Even so, something about Joe Millionaire, which is predicated on misleading the participants on the show (causing them to believe Joe is rich, straight, and available), seems somehow disquieting. […]
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The importance of sources

By alex | Published: 10/15/2003
Students don’s seem to understand the importance of evaluating web sources. I have a feeling that the study described in Study Finds Cable-TV Violence Leads To Network-TV Violence is getting at an important phenomenon. But — especially in this case — it would be a good idea to see if you could find it in […]
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Servo Magazine

By alex | Published: 10/4/2003
Uh, oh. Now I have to decide between Servo Magazine and Architectural Digest. Given the number of “projects” that are taking up corners of my house right now, it seems the two would be at cross purposes. (Via Jeremy.)
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In other domes

By alex | Published: 10/2/2003
Looks like your and my favorite IT company, Metacortex is developing a $1.3 billion undersea hotel complex on a fabricated island in Greece, called the Aquapolis, that looks like a blast. Obviously, they haven’t heard that “The Palm“–a palm-shaped artificial atoll off the coast of the UAE–has aready claimed the title of “Eighth Wonder of […]
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