Since its Indian release and Academy award field day, Slumdog Millionaire has picked up its share of detractors, as a quick Google search will attest. Most of the complaints seem like they could apply to any past Oscar winner — too optimistic, trivializes “serious” issues, not optimistic enough, etc. (Crash, anyone?) But Arundhati Roy launches (More…)
Posts from March 2009
Mar 10, 2009
Youtube, resampled and funkified
Just another big band playing funk music, right? Watch the beginning of this movie carefully — every single instrument actually comes from a different youtube video. The creator has mixed them all together into one track, along with the jumps and breaks in the video footage to show you where everything comes from and how (More…)
Mar 9, 2009
By the way
I’ve decided to try my hand at science writing after graduating from college. This isn’t the type of life update that would usually go on my blog, but I thought it might be worth explaining the transition from the general wackiness posted here to the more serious, science and news-oriented material that I’ve been trying (More…)
Mar 8, 2009
Carbon capture: not a quick fix
In the news, carbon dioxide usually plays the part of the villain. As a greenhouse gas it is the main cause of global warming, and all the environmental and social problems that come with climate change. But maybe now there’s a way that CO2 can be made to work for the good guys. An Economist (More…)
Jonathan Krohn Addresses CPAC The New York Times has had a recent obsession with precocious kids. First David Fishman, the 8-year-old food critic, and now Jonathan Krohn, a home-schooled middle schooler aspiring to be the next great conservative pundit. His charisma is pretty obvious — as you can see in his speech at some Republican (More…)