An Article About Why The Economist Sucks
Posted on March 17, 2008 - Filed Under Media | Leave a Comment
Written by James Fallows of The Atlantic in 1991. I’m not saying I endorse Fallows’ criticism, but it’s worth a read if you’re rather fond of the august publication, as I am. I happened across the piece in this Mathew Yglesias post in which he defends the magazine/newspaper from some of its shriller critics, likening [...]
Lulz on Economist.com
Posted on February 11, 2008 - Filed Under American Politics, Blogging, Media | 3 Comments
Maybe it’s just because it’s late, but the headline of this Economist blog post brought a smile to my face.
And of course there was also this picture:
And a reader left a rather funny comment after the post where this picture of idiotic GOP bumper-stickers appeared:
All taken from the excellent ‘Democracy in America’ blog on Economist.com.
TheAtlantic.com is Now Free to Access
Posted on January 22, 2008 - Filed Under Media | Leave a Comment
Beginning today, TheAtlantic.com is dropping its subscriber registration requirement and making the site free to all visitors.
Link.
It’s one of the best sites on the internet in my view, so I encourage you to check it out.
iTrips and Airwave Traffic
Posted on November 27, 2007 - Filed Under Media, Music | 2 Comments
I recently bought an iTrip (a radio device that enables you to play your iPod through any FM radio) for my car because my iTape (a tape device that enable you to play your iPod through any cassette player) broke. Initially I was very pleased with the iTrip; it sounded reasonably clear compared to the [...]
Today’s Doonesbury
Posted on October 17, 2007 - Filed Under Funny, Media, Politics | Leave a Comment
I know that I have right at all to do this, but I feel obliged to promote today’s Doonesbury strip given the unfathomably high number of people I know who ritually pass over it in the Irish Times without a second glance.
Face Transformer
Posted on October 17, 2007 - Filed Under Funny, Internets, Media | 2 Comments
This is a really neat little toy. Upload an image of yourself and transform into an image of what you would look like were you a different age or race, a painting by a particular artist, etc…
Me as a kid.
Me as black.
Me ‘El Greco’.
Me as a manga character.
Found through Andrew Sullivan’s blog on the Atlantic [...]
Subscription Walls Collapse
Posted on September 25, 2007 - Filed Under Media | Leave a Comment
Both the New York Times and The Economist have recently taken the bold step of opening up their websites to non-subscribers. In the case of the NY Times (which Gavin blogged about before me), you can now view articles from as far back as 1987 (and much earlier in some cases). Meanwhile, new content will [...]
Alan Johnston
Posted on May 10, 2007 - Filed Under Media | Leave a Comment
I don’t know how it’s meant to help, but the BBC is asking its online readers to add an Alan Johnston button to their blogs, so that explains his appearance in the right side-bar.
How to Write Like The Economist
Posted on April 30, 2007 - Filed Under Blogging, Media | Leave a Comment
This is an excerpt from The Economist Style Guide:
In general, try to make your writing fresh. It will seem stale if it reads like hackneyed journalese. One weakness of journalists, who on daily newspapers may plead that they have little time to search for the apposite word, is a love of the ready-made, seventh-hand phrase. [...]
Threatdown
Posted on April 25, 2007 - Filed Under American Politics, Funny, Media, Politics | Leave a Comment
Featuring Segolene Royal, zeppelins and bears.
Save the Encyclopædia Dramatica
Posted on April 24, 2007 - Filed Under Media | 3 Comments
To quote the site itself:
Encyclopedia Dramatica needs moar IRL moneys, like, fucking now. Disk space is pretty much screwed, so there may be problems loading. HALP PLZ!!! Visit Encyclopedia Dramatica:Support ED or join us in ED IRC for moar details and ways to pledge your fealty!
I have no credit card, so I recommend that those [...]
Eileen Battersby
Posted on April 22, 2007 - Filed Under Media | 2 Comments
Eileen Battersby is the Literary Correspondent of The Irish Times and the worst thing in the otherwise generally excellent Weekend Review supplement (except on those rare occasions when that wretch Róisín Ingle slithers a disgracefully inept piece into it, and also, of course, the entire last page). As a literary correspondent, it is Battersby’s job [...]
Year Zero
Posted on April 16, 2007 - Filed Under Media, Music | 1 Comment
Having listened to the album extensively since I bought it yesterday (HMV jumped the gun with the release) I feel I’m now in a reasonably good position to assess it. Therefore, I now pronounce it AWESOME!!!11
Okay, some qualifications are necessary here. It’s not the finest album I’ve ever heard, and I’d even be slow to [...]
FFVII on Wikipedia
Posted on March 20, 2007 - Filed Under Media, Video Games | Leave a Comment
It’s today’s featured article.
Stormy from Sealab 2021 Pwns Bill O’Reilly
Posted on February 22, 2007 - Filed Under American Politics, Media | 2 Comments
This seems to be from around the time of the airliner terror-plot arrests in Britain. O’Reilly invited Laura Schwartz and Ellis Henican, both ‘liberals’ in the American political vernacular, on to his show to discuss some silly remarks made by an idiotic far-left radio show host and ended up having to back track and generally [...]
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