I started reading Safire’s column last weekend and got a few inches in before I realized something was up. I actually liked it. So I checked the byline. Yup. Caroline Winter was filling in for the vacationing curmudgeon. She asks a question I’ve never thought of before: Why do we cap I? “Graphically, single letters [...]
Listening to this on iTunes right now. It’s probably instructional in some way to view this again 25 years after the fact. Duran Duran‘s videos were groundbreaking at the time. I was going to try to embed a video by Urge Overkill here, “Sister Havana,” which makes obvious references to the “Rio” vid, but it’s [...]
Looks like the dudes from Go Pictures have made a mashup using Britpop band Alphabeat’s “Fascination.” Clever. [YouTube] Here’s the unadulterated Alphabeat version: [YouTube]
How to Bypass NBC’s Shitty Olympics CoverageI hate NBC's Olympic coverage. It blows chunks. This post on Alley Insider tells you how to use the web to bypass that network schlockfest.(tags: Olympics sports TV )