Google 1407

Philipp Lenssen and I had a bit of fun imagining what an early, early draft of the Google home page might have looked like. Similar:Source: Wenner Declined Resignation from Rolling Stone Deputy EditorAccording to a source inside Rolling Sto…Current_EventsCandy Land Was Invented for Polio Wards It is a game absent strategy, requi…AestheticsMisaligned interior and exterior…

Happy 30th birthday, Atari 2600!

Engadget: That’s right, the first 2600 units rolled off the assembly line in October of 1977, delighting both children and kids at heart with games like Pitfall and Pole Position, and helping distract the nation after the untimely death of the King, the tragic crash of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s plane, and Pele’s retirement. So here’s to…

The Scientific Legacy of Sputnik

Space.com: Fifty years ago this week, Sputnik Chief Designer Sergei Korolyov watched as a modified Russian missile launched into space from Kazakhstan’s lonely steppes carrying a very special payload. Sputnik 1 (“traveling companion” in Russian) was about the size of a basketball and weighed about 180 pounds. It was equipped with two radio transmitters and…

Download the 2007 Annual IF Competition Games

http://ifcomp.org/comp07/download.html Similar:Always Bet on TextGraydon Hoare offers a rousing hymn to t…CyberculturePost Gazette Corrects Headline of Seton Hill iPad FollowupEveryone makes mistakes. As a student jo…AcademiaJournalists who are doing their job by reporting fairly on a controversial topic often get…Americans can fairly and legitimately di…EthicsCreate Engaging Infographics for your ClassroomSeveral of my journalism students have…

I don't agree with what I said.

For me, that was the laugh-out-loud moment in this clip. Situation In Nigeria Seems Pretty Complex Similar:How it feels to watch a user test your product for the first time Jonathon Shariat.AmusingThe Lost Art of Proofreading Plenty more where those came from. T…AmusingBoston Herald Guild Members Boycotting Twitter After Reporter SuspendedMembers of the Herald’s editorial…

Med Examiner Writes of Va. Tech Tragedy

AP | Guardian The morgue scene couldn’t have been more grim: As doctors worked to retrieve evidence from 33 bodies riddled with gunshots, they were unnerved by the ringing of victims’ cell phones, signaling loved ones seeking reassurance they would never get. This haunting detail offers, after several months, a fresh perspective on the VA…

How Applying to College Shapes Students

For me, this was the money quote in this Chronicle article about a study on the college admissions process: I have never wanted anything in my life as badly as I wanted to get into that college. … That is not how it should be.” Similar:WAOB Audio Theatre Interview — Dennis Jerzhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRMW-77O…CultureDon't Be a Sucker…

The New Atlantis – Virtual Friendship and the New Narcissism – Christine Rosen

The New Atlantis The structure of social networking sites also encourages the bureaucratization of friendship. Each site has its own terminology, but among the words that users employ most often is “managing.” The Pew survey mentioned earlier found that “teens say social networking sites help them manage their friendships.” There is something Orwellian about the…

Images of Journalists in Popular Culture

Images of Journalists in Popular Culture (PDF) A newsroom is always filled with fast-talking, bright people whose main work is to speak to strangers, investigate a situation, get answers, develop a story. Since reporters are always finding out something about someone, they create countless stories with good beginnings, middles, and endings. The newspaper gave the…

Hoax/Art/Stupidity

I’ve been scanning the online coverage of the MIT student who caused a bomb scare when she walked into an airport wearing a blinking circuit board on her sweatshirt. I’m dismayed by the number of headlines that unquestioningly repeat the authorities’ line that she was wearing a “fake bomb.”  Several headlines at least put the…