The U.S. Presidential Candidates: Cartoons in the Arab Media
There’s a whole bunch just like the ones below here.
Thursday July 24, 2008 at 14:04
Screech Writes ‘Saved by the Bell’ Tell-all -- Vulture -- Entertainment & Culture Blog -- New York Magazine
Sometimes a book deal comes along that you never knew you were waiting for, but, once it’s announced, you realize it has been your secret wish all along. Which explains our reaction to the news that Dustin Diamond, whose high-pitched nerdy exploits as Samuel “Screech” Powers figured prominently in nearly thirteen (!) years of Saved by the Bell incarnations (plus that infamous sex tape), has jumped on the tell-all bandwagon. Behind the Bell, which Gotham Books preempted from Objective Entertainment’s Jarred Weisfeld, promises to detail “sexual escapades among cast members, drug use, and hardcore partying,” and for those of us who spent untold hours in our formative years memorizing “I’m So Excited” and the entire back catalog of Zack Attack, this is the greatest book deal in the history of the universe.Wednesday July 23, 2008 at 16:38
“Touring ruins of the Citadel in Amman, Mr. Obama strode confidently with his jacket crooked over his shoulder in classic Kennedy style. He also practiced statesmanly restraint, telling reporters in Amman that he wouldn’t criticize his opponent while abroad.
Some images are so potent that Fox News, which hammers at Mr. Obama’s lack of foreign policy experience, uses its headline crawls as disclaimers: Shots of his arrival in Iraq were captioned, “Obama in Iraq: Second-Ever Trip There.”
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Tuesday July 22, 2008 at 13:36
“If people aren’t protesting, becoming nauseated by, or threatening lawsuits against an artist’s work, you can look around for me, but I’m not going to be there. Using light and shadow to mythologize the pastoral and create a setting where human beings and the natural world can coexist peacefully? Best of luck to you. If you need me, I’ll be watching a heroin addict use his own HIV-positive blood to paint Hiroshima victims on the side of a school bus. You know, with all the other real art buffs.”
— I Don’t Have Time For Noncontroversial Art Exhibits | The Onion
Friday July 18, 2008 at 16:51
Jewcy
The New York Times today has an in-depth look at Jews and their tattoos. Turns out that whole “you’re not allowed to buried in a Jewish cemetary if you have a tattoo” thing is an urban legend invented by Jewish mothers with an aesthetic aversion to chinese characters and tribal symbols. Read the article here.
Thursday July 10, 2008 at 12:32
This week, the script for Tarantino’s new movie was sent around Hollywood studios. Internet movie guru Harry Knowles is not surprisingly gushing over it (“This will be the best movie that Quentin Tarantino has made yet.”) What’s it about?
Basically - it’s a story about an all Jewish American unit sent behind the lines into Nazi Occupied France with the mission to kill as many Nazis and cause as much trouble as humanly possible… .
So basically, it’s QT’s first fantasy movie. Coooool!
Wednesday July 09, 2008 at 12:04
I Heart My iPhone
Reposted from tuaw.com (the unofficial apple weblog):
While most people are waiting in line for their soon-to-be new friend, pal and everyday communications device, the world’s top tech reviewers have already been playing with the long awaited device. Below is a summary of their findings along with links to their full reviews of the iPhone 3G.
Walt Mossberg (Wall Street Journal)
- Pros: Faster cell network data speeds, GPS
- Cons: Weaker battery life due to 3G/GPS
- Bottom Line: If you don’t already have an iPhone and can live with the weaker battery life, then you should go ahead and buy; otherwise wait out for the 2.0 firmware update (hmm… I think I’ve heard this advice somewhere else)
- Pros: You can talk and access 3G data network simultaneously, cheaper, improved audio quality
- Cons: 3G isn’t wide-spread, AT&T pricing,
- Bottom Line: “iPhone 3G is a nice upgrade,” 2.0 firmware update will make your original iPhone in most ways similar to the iPhone 3G
- Pros: Faster data network, cheaper, GPS, Visual Voicemail
- Cons: Slow EDGE speeds when not in 3G area, no video, no memory expansion
- Bottom Line: “The Sequel, is worth the wait,” he also shows a side-by-side comparison between EDGE and 3G speeds
As an interesting note: David Pogue says that the iPhone’s GPS antenna is too small to provide you with turn-by-turn directions in Google Maps — this is something that Apple has failed to note until now.
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