August 2008
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Hillarys Wake-Up Call
New York Times Blog: “They’re right; this was no Democratic lovefest. But does anyone really think this was the way to the heart of a committed Clinton supporter?”
Wednesday, 20 August 2008
On Campus, Legal Drinking Age Is Flunking the Reality Test
Marc Fisher: “The social contract is broken[…] Legislators have made laws that the people do not take seriously.”
Tuesday, 19 August 2008
What’s Wrong With Microsoft’s ‘Mojave Experiment’?
IT Management: “The Folgers ads proved exactly the same things that the ‘Mohave Experiment’ proved. They proved that people say nice things to strangers on camera. And they proved that you can make people say they like something if you control the conditions in which they’re exposed to it.”
Friday, 15 August 2008
‘Star Wars’: Game Over
washingtonpost.com: “This one shucks off all pretense that ‘Star Wars’ has a wonderfully universal appeal and instead unfolds with all the entertainment value of watching somebody else play a video game.”
Friday, 1 August 2008
Garfield Minus Garfield: Cult web comic gets book deal
Telegraph: “The book is being published by Ballantine Books, which has published collections of the original Garfield cartoons since 1980.”