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What’s the point of saving newspapers?

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This comes via boingboing.net today. After J-school, I’m more convinced than ever that newspapers (ink on dead tree) are pretty much doomed, with the exception of some niches — free papers, alternative papers, hyperlocal neighborhood papers. Even among my journalist friends, I can’t think of anyone that has an actual subscription to a dead-tree daily … Read more

Oliver Sacks talks about what hallucination tells us about the brain

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It’s windy today, and cold.  Well, not as much as it will be soon, but there’s a notable fall chill.  It feels like a learning kind of day.  In fact, I have my first arts reporting class tonight, and I’ve been reading about obituaries all day. And while drinking coffee at my desk, I came … Read more

Pink Floyd’s moon landing jam session

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This is kind of interesting. Back in 1969, when man was first walking on the moon, Pink Floyd were in a BBC television studio, jamming improvisationally. There exists a recording, which has been mashed with some moon landing footage. Behold: According to David Gilmour: “At the time, Pink Floyd had been doing rather well. For … Read more