May 2008
13 posts
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Clay Shirky's recent talk on the "social surplus" →
“Did you ever see that episode of Gilligan’s Island where they almost get off the island and then Gilligan messes up and then they don’t? I saw that one. I saw that one a lot when I was growing up. And every half-hour that I watched that was a half an hour I wasn’t posting at my blog or editing Wikipedia or contributing to a mailing list. Now I had an ironclad excuse for...
April 2008
11 posts
Virtual Kidnappings in Mexico →
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Thoughts on Funny Games
It’s very strange that Haneke remade Funny Games, as a “shot for shot” remake no less. The actors have been swapped but most of the rest remains the same, and while I really loved the original, I had to keep reminding myself of that very fact to properly appreciate the new version. It remains a very good film — either version — but being remade does make...
Frontotemporal Dementia →
A disease that makes you “artistic.”
