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Breaking news: some bullshit happening somewhere
I recently “liked” a story about five people dying in an explosion in Connecticut.
I recently “liked” a story about five people dying in an explosion in Connecticut.
—Nick Bilton has a great piece on the grammar of social networks (please heart!)
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Mediagazer looks like the first interesting media aggregator to come along in a while
Mediagazer looks like the first interesting media aggregator to come along in a while
From the makers of Techmeme, itself one of the only tech aggregators I ever bother checking in on. Megan McCarthy is sharp and a smart choice for editor.
Hey, new Broken Social Scene album coming soon!
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This is one of my favorite of S____’s peculiarities – she writes down what she wore any given day so she won’t suffer the injustice of a repeat in a season. I love to kid her about it but really it’s just so sweet and charming I hope she never stops the catalog, even if it’s just in her head.
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I ended up having to work the weekend I was supposed to do my Criterion Collection video (which is awesome, btw) so I turned mine in late and it got lost on Dropbox. So, here it is!
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Abraham Lincoln, vampire hunter. From the guy who wrote Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
“Part III: Starbuck as Post-Feminist” explores the question of the subject in Battlestar Galactica. The series involves an ensemble of complex characters. In this, it is reminiscent of established concerns with gender, race and identity within legal theory. However, Battlestar Galactica distorts the transmission of these; its equality is undercut by a violent emphasis on biology. This triumph of essentialism is short-lived. Battlestar Galactica’s projection of an essential biological nature is deceptive for what seems like essence is actually posited as technologically mediated.
“Part III: Starbuck as Post-Feminist” explores the question of the subject in Battlestar Galactica. The series involves an ensemble of complex characters. In this, it is reminiscent of established concerns with gender, race and identity within legal theory. However, Battlestar Galactica distorts the transmission of these; its equality is undercut by a violent emphasis on biology. This triumph of essentialism is short-lived. Battlestar Galactica’s projection of an essential biological nature is deceptive for what seems like essence is actually posited as technologically mediated.
—From the abstract to a scholarly legal article titled “Frakking Toasters” and Jurisprudences of Technology: THE EXCEPTION, THE SUBJECT AND TECHNE IN BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. Lexis-Nexis, you know all the right things to say.
Everyone in the tech industry knows the patent system is entirely broken. Other than a few sleazy actors like Intellectual Ventures there’s an understanding in the innovative side of the tech business that you don’t file aggressive patent lawsuits. You write a lot of patents, you file defensive lawsuits and countersuits, but in general you don’t use your patent portfolio as a big club to try to destroy competitors. Apple’s taking a big crap on that detente. It’s pretty hard to love a company that is going to exploit the broken patent system to stifle innovation.
Everyone in the tech industry knows the patent system is entirely broken. Other than a few sleazy actors like Intellectual Ventures there’s an understanding in the innovative side of the tech business that you don’t file aggressive patent lawsuits. You write a lot of patents, you file defensive lawsuits and countersuits, but in general you don’t use your patent portfolio as a big club to try to destroy competitors. Apple’s taking a big crap on that detente. It’s pretty hard to love a company that is going to exploit the broken patent system to stifle innovation.
—Nelson Minar on Apple’s lawsuit against HTC