Daily Archives: February 15, 2009
From the Land of Unintended Irony
The Financial Times reports that Wall Street executives are “enraged” about the compensation limitations of the new Obama administration’s new recovery plan. Numerous bankers warn that these pay caps will lead to a “brain drain” in the financial industry.
Filed under Economy
Dear Rupert…
Michael Taube’s Forlorn Fan Letter to Fox It’s heartening to know that Stephen Harper’s former speechwriter (now a “public affairs analyst and commentator” — whatever that means) is so deeply concerned about the lowly fortunes of Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News … Continue reading
Filed under Conservative Party of Canada, Media, Wingnuts
Intelligent Blocks
I was trying to explain this new form of interface to someone last night, but it was difficult to get across how remarkably innovative is without seeing it actually demonstrated. Called “Siftables” these cookie-sized, interactive, computerized tiles devised by MIT … Continue reading
Filed under Science
RT-MOTS: America & The Taliban
Russian Television has a regular “man on the street” (MOTS) segment where they send their New York correspondent Lori Harfenist (aka “The Resident”) to find out what people in Manhattan think about… stuff. Needless to say, some of the responses … Continue reading
Filed under Afghanistan War
