intelligence

via MeFi, Watching Whales Watching Us: Whales, we now know, teach and learn. They scheme. They cooperate, and they grieve. They recognize themselves and their f...

art and design blogs

Lately, I’ve found great pleasure in http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/ http://www.flipflopflyin.com/g/ http://www.designboom.com/weblog/index.php http://ww...

movies

Ironic science fiction movies, on a continuum: Galaxy Quest Starship Troopers Dune Star Trek (2009)

fute-ball

Many of Bersuit’s lyrics pack the punch of poetry and their music can be as moving as that of the best bands. Toco y me voy is likely my favorite of their...

small doses

heart-breaking ecstasy: Elliot Smith – Independence Day Devendra Banhart – The Body Breaks Feist – I Feel It All Of Montreal – Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Oth...

videos

videos about the making of videos: Magnum v. Solo, sequence comparison Sorry I’m Late making of Previously. Related.

movies

Street Fight, a documentary about Corey Booker’s first mayoral campaign in Newark, is gripping, raw and full of can’t-believe-they-got-that-on-tape ...

timing

Hulu releases Hulu Desktop, its own “free, lean-back video-watching experience.” Like Roku and Boxee, Hulu Desktop will exclude the peanut gallery. ...

music

Much of what we’ve been enjoying this year: The Knife – We Share Our Mothers’ Health and Silent Shout The Field – “A paw in my face,” &#...

visions

Here we go: A technology writer for Time Magazine, after being shown 15 minutes of [the upcoming Avatar by James Cameron], posited the movie’s 3D action had set...

vertigo

via Waxy, augmented reality used to create vertiginous experiences. the looking glass in less than 10 years.

movies

How does a person become evil? How does a person become good? “The beat that my heart skipped” (De battre mon coeur s’est arrêté) is an excell...