Archive for May 2011

Andrew Haigh’s lack of generosity    (2011.05.26)

Andrew Haigh can afford to be generous. Instead he went for cruel and snide

Recognizable addition to the Cinema of Recognition    (2011.05.25)

Gay cinema is a Cinema of Recognition, of which Weekend is the latest example (now updated, then updated again with the shiv Andrew Haigh stuck in)

Leo Obstbaum    (2011.05.24)

Did designer Leo Obstbaum “die suddenly,” i.e., kill himself? (Answer: No. And he wasn’t gay)

Journalism faculty unable to publish commencement address as HTML    (2011.05.23)

Columbia J-school couldn’t figure out how to publish Nate Silver’s commencement remarks as HTML. So I did it

‘Reality television is the television of television’    (2011.05.23)

Kelefa Sanneh: “Reality television is the television of television”

Unexplained solarization effect    (2011.05.22)

James Minchin’s photo for New York

Anti-Markdown    (2011.05.22)

Markdown is the a joke comedy nerds insist meets a legal definition of “funny” that nobody in the audience laughs at

Managerial incompetence explained    (2011.05.22)

“A mentor of mine… once explained for me the difference between police officers who do police work and those who devote themselves to advancing up the chain of command”

‘Pee-Wee Gets an iPad’    (2011.05.22)

Correcting my 55-year-old friend