On the (old) Media
by Pete on January 17, 2009
The January 9, 2009 edition of WNYC’s On the Media featured a segment titled “The Evolution of A1″. In this part of the show, host Brooke Gladstone interviews James Barron, a New York Times reporter about a book to which (…)
So long, George
by Pete on January 16, 2009
Spencer Ackerman has, by far, the best response I have seen to George W. Bush’s farewell address: It’s hard to remember, but in 2000, Bush’s campaign plane was called Accountability One. Nearly nine years later, his speech is about why (…)
If you know what I mean…
by Pete on January 10, 2009
From the Dept. of Poorly Thought-Out Ledes: Economists say it is unclear whether President-elect Barack Obama’s stimulus package is big enough and whether it would provide the most bang for the buck. Seriously? Perhaps the Times needs to hire an (…)
Twitter Updates for 2009-01-06
by Pete on January 6, 2009
Monday after a 4-day weekend is THE BEST. # *really* hoping the new TV arrives today # HA! “ZunePass subscribers can select & keep 10 songs per month.” What a great deal! # @donreisinger Nope. And by and large, they (…)
Twitter Updates for 2009-01-05
by Pete on January 5, 2009
installed latest update of Jungledisk. Problems at first, solved by clearing the JD cache. # reading Vanity Fair’s Bush admin history http://bit.ly/Guuv # @jayrosen_nyu best part: “personality vacuum, character vacuum, details vacuum, experience vacuum” in reply to jayrosen_nyu # @stuntbox (…)
Twitter Updates for 2009-01-04
by Pete on January 4, 2009
“This Film Is Not Yet Rated” is a shitty documentary. # heading down to Northampton/Hadley for some errands # busy night at the burrito joint # Powered by Twitter Tools.
Twitter Updates for 2009-01-03
by Pete on January 3, 2009
never realized Larry Cohen (Q, It’s Alive, God Told Me To, etc.) was born in Kingston, NY # hoping the TV will arrive today. Unlikely, but hoping nonetheless. # An embarrassing pile of regurgitated right-wing talking points from the WaPo. (…)
Twitter Updates for 2009-01-02
by Pete on January 2, 2009
annual New Year’s Eve “Shaun of the Dead” viewing is underway # Cinemassacre’s “Godzillathon” reviews are AWESOME http://bit.ly/JhUB # happy that going in the crawlspace and poking randomly at the furnace w/a screwdriver seems to have fixed it # Powered (…)
Twitter Updates for 2009-01-01
by Pete on January 1, 2009
Easy, stomach–don’t turn over now… Easy does it… http://bit.ly/V5qi # more snow. Huzzah! # The Zune thing is pretty hilarious. Unless you own a Zune, I guess… http://bit.ly/yLcV # I didn’t think it was possible for Alberto Gonzales to embarrass (…)