October 2010
44 posts
soupsoup:
Jon Stewart explains the purpose of The Rally To Restore Sanity
poptech:
“…I’m obsessed with things breaking down and sliding off the rails. I love the aesthetics of failure.” - Jad Abumrad, PopTech 2010
From crayfish hairs to monkey neurons, Radiolab host and producer Jad Abumrad shares examples of how sound has been used to make scientific strides. Along the way, he explains how audio can convey failure or express error.
It is not OK to tell someone they look tired.
frangry:
It’s really code for ‘you look like shit’.
Hey Winnie, you look like Pooh!
newsweek:
Everything you need to know about the Midterm Elections—in 7 minutes.
The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.
– Frank Zappa
We’ve been journalistically in crisis for more than five years…. These students...
– USC Annenberg professor Robert Hernandez on the university’s current crop of journalism students. (via npr)
Whether you love what you love or live in divided ceaseless revolt against it,...
– Frank Bidart (via: Poetbabble: )