Genius Gap Commercial - In which people at the store proceed to completely demolish it. The guy tackling the mannequin is the best part. Or maybe the part where the woman drives the van into the store front. Yeah, that part.
Directed by Spike Jonze.
40 Minute Conan O’Brien Interview - Fresh Air plus Conan equals wonderful radio. On the occasion of Conan O’Brien’s 10th anniversary show.
Alternative to Windows Media Center - Not simple enough right now, but a very good contender if you don’t want to buy Media Center.
Conan O’Brien ‘Interview’ - He’ll take over from Jay Leno in something like 2009 … this article asks the question ‘how will he do?’
Slate: Rebellion of the Talking Heads - Slate continues to impress me; here they tackle the multi-faceted issues in New Orleans from the perspective of the news reporters “in the trenches” down there actually doing some great reporting.
It’s as if our entire culture has reached the halfway point in a gigantic bag of Cheetos and just collectively decided to go ahead and finish it off.
— Sam Anderson, in an article about the current reality TV trend
Slate, on reality TV - Oh please read this. It’s so full of great turns-of-phrase and insight.
“I hate the way [teens] express personal inadequacy through car accessories and vandalism.”
“…that doesn’t change my instinctive revulsion any more than knowing that sharks eat people because they need the protein.”
72 inch DLP TV - Really stupid pictures. However, a 10000:1 contrast ratio alone makes this awesome. Were I old(er), I would budget for a TV similar to this (imagine what they will be like in 20 years).
I ran across some interesting things whilst perusing the Sunday paper today. First of all, the color TV has turned 50 and an article celebrating the joys of color was written to mark the momentous occasion. So Americans watch, on average, 70 days per year of TV. That’s all well and good - la dee dah. But, what about this quote from the grandma who wants to keep her grandchild occupied in the car: