by eubie

Enjoyed Frost/Nixon

frostnixon_posterWe saw Frost/Nixon last night. It was enjoyable because the story was about two men who were on the outside and wanted back inside (Nixon: Washing/Frost: America TV). But only one could win.

by eubie

Reading around — Jan. 25

ReadWriteWeb: Wikipedia Co-Founder Calls for Major New Moderation Policy — Wikipedia is trying to toughen the editorial control/quality at the same time Britannica is taking steps toward a open-editing system.

NY Times: Talking Business: First Bailout Formula Had It Right — Dealing with banks’ bad assets should be high on the list now. So how do we go about it?

NY Times: Worm Infects Millions of Computers Worldwide — The infection seems to be the first step of a multistage attack, but experts do not know the form it will take.

NY Times: Environment Blamed in Western Tree Deaths — Rising temperatures and the resulting drought are causing trees in the Western U.S. to die off at more than twice the pace they did a few decades ago, a study found.

NY Times: Well: Your Nest Is Empty? Enjoy Each Other

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Reading around — Jan. 23

Footnoted.org: The SEC was also asking questions about John Thain…

WiredNews: The Plot to Kill Google

TechCrunch: Google Puts The Squeeze On Free Apps

Reuters: Obama keeps BlackBerry, after all

AllThingsDigital: How Many People Watched Obama’s Inauguration on the Web? A Lot. — Credit NewTeeVee’s Liz Gannes for trying to get her arms around the size of the audience that watched Tuesday’s proceeding on the Web. She was able to tally 70 million views, and notes that U.S. TV outlets totaled about 37.8 million viewers.

Washington Post: Treasury Pick Misfiled Using Off-the-Shelf Tax Software — Millions of Americans might be surprised to learn that the man nominated to be the next Treasury secretary — New York Fed President Timothy F. Geithner — did his taxes using the same software they do: TurboTax, a fact revealed in his Senate confirmation hearing.

ReadWriteWeb: Female Media Multitaskers Outpace Males; Disparity Increases Over Time

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Reading around — Jan. 22

AutoBlogGreen: Tesla Hot Wheels — As close as I will ever come to owning a Tesla

Forbes.com: There’s Something About Harry —Harry Dent, the futurist who predicted a Dow of 32,000 in his 1999 bestseller The Roaring 2000s, is back. Dent now predicts a 3,800 Dow in his new book, The Great Depression Ahead.

AllThingsDigital: Even in Test Form, Windows 7 Leaves Vista in the Dust

TechCrunch: Exclusive: YouTube Will Soon Let Big Content Partners Bring Their Own Ads

Washington Post: Staff Finds White House in the Technological Dark Ages — Apple now has the endorsement of the president.

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Reading around — Jan. 21

CNN: Forcing banks to lend is a bad idea

Forbes: Failure Of Morality, Not Of Capitalism

ReadWriteWeb: Word Cloud Analysis of Obama’s Inaugural Speech Compared to Bush, Clinton, Reagan, Lincoln’s — if you’ve never seen a word cloud this is a good introduction.

WSJ: How Many People Were on the National Mall? and TechCrunch: A Bird’s Eye View Of The Inauguration

TechCrunch: Facebook’s Big Day: 1.5 Million Obama-Related Status Updates Via CNN

WSJ: Used Games Score Big for GameStop

WSJ: U.S. Considers New Rescue Options

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Reading around — Jan. 20

TechCrunch: Did Twitter Just Pass Digg?

TechCrunch: Google Bails On Print Ads (And Newspapers) — Google’s dreams of world domination may be dwindling (at least its dreams of ruling the advertising world). Today, it announced that it will no longer be selling print ads in newspapers.

WSJ: How to Survive The 2009 Boom in Money Books

Bloomberg: Roubini Predicts U.S. Losses May Reach $3.6 Trillion

WSJ: TV Makers Confront a Shakeout

WSJ: Fed Grapples With a New Risk Reality — Analysts are beginning to argue that U.S. taxpayers could end up shouldering losses from the Fed’s moves to stabilize the financial system.

WSJ: Businesses Cut Costs by Renegotiation