the unexpected way smartphones are helping to kill print

From the Department of Unintended Consequences, via Bloomberg Businessweek: Shoppers’ ‘Mobile Blinders’ Force Checkout-Aisle Changes For years, publishers could count on bored shoppers waiting in the checkout line to pick up a magazine, get engrossed in an article, and toss it into their cart alongside the milk and eggs. Then came “mobile blinders.” These days, … more…

Mud (trailer)

Nice to see Matthew McConaughey getting away from the Romantic Comedy Anti-Hero Who’s Way More Skeevy Than You Would Expect From Such a Supposedly Sympathetic Character parts…