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A Sad Day For Comedy (November 8, 2011)
Bye-bye for Bunga-Bunga Berlusconi
What I Learned From Hitting The Front Page Of Hacker News (October 20, 2011)
My recent post about Firefox problems on Linux ended up breaking a bit bigger than I expected — it got the attention of Hacker News, the popular Web nerd discussion board, got voted up enough by HN readers to hit the #3 spot on the site’s front page, and ended up garnering 203 comments there […]
Possible Malaria Vaccine Found (October 18, 2011)
This ought to be the top story on every news outlet in the world — a malaria vaccine appears to finally be within reach. The long-awaited results of the largest-ever malaria vaccine study, involving 15,460 babies and small children, show that it could massively reduce the impact of the much-feared killer disease. Malaria takes nearly […]
Let Them Eat Social Networking (October 14, 2011)
The truth of Google is that while we live in a time of greater exposure, we are not all exposed equally. We are sorted instead into two classes: those who can afford privacy, and those who cannot
Everything You Need To Know To Understand Netflix, In One Picture (October 11, 2011)
My friend Ginger left a comment on my post last week: Did you hear about Qwikster? Are you gonna blog about it? WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN. I always yield to requests from my teeming millions of fervent admirers, so here is what it all means. Everything you need to know to understand how Netflix […]
Your Macabre Thought For The Day (August 23, 2011)
The East Coast earthquake, and some thoughts on social media and the future of tragedy
Apparently Challenging The Reader’s Masculinity Is An Excellent Advertising Strategy (July 27, 2011)
… judging by this ad, anyway
The Stupid, It Burns (June 3, 2011)
Ze goggles, zey do nothink
Advertising: Not Quite Personalized Enough (May 3, 2011)
… for me, anyway
Trove: Try Again (April 22, 2011)
Washington Post’s new entry into personalized news space disappoints
Jim Moran’s A Moran When It Comes To Smithsonian Ethnic Museums (April 21, 2011)
Congressman fears that ethnic museums will only attract visitors of that ethnicity. Data suggests otherwise
Passages: Tim Hetherington (April 21, 2011)
Director of Restrepo killed while covering battle in Libya
I’m Not Sure “Unusual” Is A Complement (March 22, 2011)
… at least not in this context
Rebecca Black’s “Friday”, Or: Dear Internet, You Should Be Ashamed Of Yourself (March 16, 2011)
A sad spectacle that says a lot about modern culture
Service Note (January 17, 2011)
End of an era — JWM switches to WordPress
Seconds (September 22, 2010)
Sometimes that’s all you get
Chairman of the Bored (September 10, 2010)
Furniture update ahoy!
Gun It, Peggy (August 23, 2010)
Put the pedal to the metal!
Welcome To The Future (August 19, 2010)
Ooh, a new design! Purty!
The Baader Meinhof Complex (April 5, 2010)
Good story, good cast, good production. So why isn’t this a good movie?
There Aren’t Many Songs That Can Make Me Cry (March 24, 2010)
… but here’s one
I Told You So: Chloë Sevigny Edition (January 22, 2010)
I told you a little under a year ago that the work that actress Chloë Sevigny has been doing on HBO’s Big Love was worthy of winning awards. So it was cool to see a few days ago that Golden Globe voters agree, giving her the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a […]
I Am Ozymandias, King of Nerds (December 22, 2009)
Behold my works, ye geeky, and despair
Ten Movies From ’70s Hollywood You Need To See (If You Haven’t Already) (December 18, 2009)
Why do movie nerds look back on that period so reverently? Let’s find out
America Can, Should, Must, And Will Blow Up The Moon This Friday (October 7, 2009)
Because, you know, why not?