question of the day: Are the Oscars an ever clearer indication that Hollywood *knows* it makes crap?
Because the divide between the movies Hollywood makes for popular consumption are increasingly not the ones Hollywood honors as quality work…
Gizmodo
question of the weekend: What the heck are those enormous structures China is building in the desert?
Have you seen this Google Earth image that drove the Internet insane this week? Quality conspiracy-theory explanations wanted…
watch it: when Japanese bubble gum girl bands go weird
Watch the video before you read further.
question of the day: Is there still an as yet untapped potential for ubiquitous cameras to give power back to the public?
Wendy McElroy at Gizmodo recently posted a provocative essay entitled “Are Cameras the New Guns?” looking at the new pushback from local municipalities in the U.S. regarding civilians photographing apparent police abuse. McElroy writes: In response to a flood of Facebook and YouTube videos that depict police abuse, a new trend in law enforcement is … more…
Roger Ebert hates 3D; is Sacha Baron Cohen worth $20 million?; Brits playing American; and more: leftover links
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…
