February 2010
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“It sort of makes sense, actually: Junk food consumption is correlated with...”
– NaturalNews: “Doritos ads represent sick, demented nature of junk food companies and their products” by Mike Adams Feb. 27th, 2010 I’m not sure if he meant to say TV cause violence or junk food cause violence. The two are probably linked (as previous studies already suggested)....
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“In recent years there have been big advances in displaying massive amounts of...”
– The Economist: “A Special Report on Managing Information: Show Me” Feb 25th, 2010 About Martin Wattenberg:“Martin Wattenberg is a computer scientist and artist. He is the founding manager of IBM’s Visual Communication Lab, which researches new forms of visualization and how they...
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“The plea bargain is the moment when the case pivoted from the story of what...”
– The New Yorker: “The Celebrity Defense. Sax, fame and the case of Roman Polanski” by Jeffrey Toobin, Dec. 14, 2009, p. 57 Excellent article on the subject : Toobin makes an explicite effort to restrain himself to the presentation of hard (legal) facts. Jeffrey Toobin is a staff...
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“― I know it’s hard, Miles, but try to think of this experience as a...”
– Sleeper, Woody Allen, 1973 Full script available over at Script-O-Rama.
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“Perhaps a thorough investigation will reveal the “real” reasons for...”
– National Review Online: “Don’t Over-Generalize From the Huntsville Murders” by David French, Feb. 18, 2010 David French starts by arguing against what he believes to be an overstatement published in a post on the Chronicle of Higher Education website:“Academic life as a...
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“Film-makers have got better and better at constructing shots so that their...”
– New Scientist: “Solved: The mathematics of the Hollywood blockbuster” by Ewen Callaway, Feb. 18, 2010 Professional website of James Cutting, author of the study. Full PDF of the study (James E. Cutting, Jordan E. DeLong and Christine E. Nothelfer, “Attention and the Evolution of...
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“Systems work because they do not work. Nonfunctioning remains essential for...”
– The Parasite by Michel Serres, tr. Lawrence R. Schehr, Minneapolis, University of Minesota Press, 2007, p. 79 [Amazon]
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“PLAYBOY: How much did you get into calibrating your movie heroine’s hotness?...”
– Playboy : “James Cameron: Playboy Interview” by Stephen Rebello, Dec. 2010.
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