movie

What Is A Book?

02.23.2012 Books and Literature

A lot of people are arguing about books. What are they? Is there some ultimate battle over the idea of bookness? Is it the physical thing, the printed, bound object, or is it a thing that can live on a device? I love paper, printed, bound books. I love them deeply. But I also don’t [...]

LinkedInStumbleUponShare
2 comments Read the full article →

Writing Assignment: Love It Or Hate It

09.16.2011 Writing Assignments

Expressing a strong opinion well is one of the most difficult things a writer can do. Initial reactions can be powerful, visceral, and difficult to translate into cool, evidence-based logical discourse. That’s not to say that opinions and reactions have to be logical or cool. But to put your reaction and thoughts in writing, to [...]

LinkedInStumbleUponShare
0 comments Read the full article →

3DTV Takes Over? Not Quite Yet

07.07.2010 Future

Sometimes I see press releases and pronouncements that make such ridiculous claims that I have to stop and think about what they’re saying. This one claims that by 2013 that a full 86% of Plasma TVs will be 3D versions. On closer thought, they may be right, but it probably doesn’t mean what you might [...]

LinkedInStumbleUponShare
2 comments Read the full article →

It’s not the years, honey, it’s the mileage.

05.20.2010 GTD

The title of this post is one of my favorite quotes from Raiders Of The Lost Ark. Indiana Jones can take a beating, stand up, dust himself off, and dive back into the fight, but even he recognizes the cost. Where does it hurt? Everywhere. Pain is not something to make light of, but we [...]

LinkedInStumbleUponShare
2 comments Read the full article →

Movies and TV Lied To Us About Life (And Still Do)

04.19.2010 Art

Did you know that, from 1930 through 1968, first movies and then TV were under strict moral regulations about what could and couldn’t be shown? The regulations were known as the Hays code. The code, which was very detailed, had three main principles: No picture shall be produced that will lower the moral standards of [...]

LinkedInStumbleUponShare
5 comments Read the full article →

← Previous Entries