I’ve cut back to the New York Times Weekender subscription. Actually, probably not even the Weekender, because I don’t think I get the Friday paper. I’m going to cancel altogether, as it’s cheaper just to buy the Sunday Times at the bodega than to have it delivered.
The New York Times‘s new strategy is just to sell the crap out of Barack Obama editions. Unfortunately, this inauguration issue has been on the rack for ages. Didn’t seem like excitement over this issue was as fevered as the November 5, 2008, one that declared he won the election.
I jammed the camera up in the crook of a tree and set the self-timer.
This 1981 video, about a very early form of Internet-accessible newspapers, is making the rounds. It’s more prophetic than it intends to be, with the San Francisco Examiner‘s David Cole saying, “This is an experiment. We’re trying to figure out what this means to us as editors and reporters and what it means to the [...]
The correction is almost as rich, available on Regret the Error. [via Neatorama]