August 2010
OMG! NPR Makes Richard Dawkins Watch Know Your... →
NPR’s All Things Considered spoke with Richard Dawkins today about internet memes and apparently showed him an episode of Know Your Meme to which he replied:
But if you listen to the audio post, they edited it down to “Interesting.” You know how the media is. Click here to listen to the audio post.
They also spoke with Ben Huh of I Can Haz Cheezburger who talks to them about Standing Cat,...
“…Plato’s adult citizens are exposed to poetry even less than their...”
– Plato’s Pop Culture Problem, and Ours - NYTimes.com
“If finite games must be externally bounded by time, space, and number, they must...”
– from Finite and Infinite Games by James Carse
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FLASHING LIGHTS AND A DANCING BANANA!
via the KYM forums:
Edit: (SWF file replaced. Should work now.)
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'Bed Intruder Song' Climbs The Charts : The Record... →
I spoke with Zoe Chace of NPR’s All Things Considered last week about the two headed (viral video + hit remix) Antoine Dodson/Auto Tune The News “Bed Intruder” meme.
There are many lessons to be learned from the Antoine Dodson story not the least of which is the problem of representation of the Black community in the media. A few people who saw Antoine’s behavior in the...
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WatchThe Social Network Trailer
I was told that compared to the first few trailers for this movie, this one was good. It turns out that this one is very good.
“The research also shows that narcissists can contribute to a team’s...”
– Narcissists and Creativity
via migurski via dj
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