my rest stop on the information superhighway
Links from Tuesday, February 3, 2009 to Thursday, February 5, 2009
by Adam Kuban
- ‘Dreams,’ Faye Wong
As heard on the "Chungking Express" soundtrack.
Delicious tags: ChungkingExpress FayeWong music mp3s Cantonese
- 92YTribeca parody of NYT ‘Weekender’ commercials
Ridiculous take on those annoying Times ads serves as a viral ad for 92YTribeca. Written and directed by Michael Showalter, with some familiar faces (Paul Rudd, Michael Ian Black, Jordan Carlos, Mike Birbiglia, Eugene Mirman). "Saturday. The word alone makes me happy. It's like I'm rolling on ecstasy." "The Section That Lists All the Sections Section." [via Dan Dickinson]
Delicious tags: NYT parodies funny videos MichaelShowalter
- New York Times considers charging for its website [Bloomberg News]
"'A lively, deadly serious discussion continues within the Times about ways to get consumers to pay for what we make,' [Bill Keller] said. 'Really good information, often extracted from reluctant sources, truth-tested, organized and explained—that stuff wants to be paid for.'"
Delicious tags: NYT BloombergNews newspapers journalism onlinejournalism
