Archive for October, 2007

‘Tis the season to slut it up

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Erin Bradley has something to say about people who think it’s cool to rant about women dressing up like skanks on Halloween. The gist of it is “screw off.”
I’m with her 100% on this one. I can’t think of any good reason why anyone should get to dictate what other people wear generally, and I […]

Luxury, John Waters style

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

I had no idea that John Waters was on “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.” He’s such a thoroughly magical person.

You must remember this

Monday, October 29th, 2007

The man above is Gordon Bell. He’s a researcher at Microsoft, and among his projects is a personal archive. An obsessive personal archive. A personal archive that is perhaps the most exhaustive of its kind. The project is called MyLifeBits. As pointed out in the New Yorker in May, the project has some ambiguous implications […]

Such a pretty face

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

Amy Chance, professional make up artist, is one of the more glamorous people I’ve known. She does beautiful work for music videos, magazine shoots (see above), ads and all kinds of other things, and still has the patience to explain to me how to keep my eyeshadow from getting all wrinkly. In any case, […]

RIP, TV links

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

So, TV Links got shut down, which is by now, old news. However, here’s an excellent blog post filled up with TV Links replacements.
As the friend who pointed me to the post said, “When are they going to learn? Shut one down, and 36 sprout up in its place.” File sharing seems to work like […]

You can ride my tail anytime

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

In which Quentin Tarantino argues that Top Gun is a subversive queer film. I’ll buy it. Almost. Also, I’ve seen Tarantino introduce films a couple of times, and I have to say, this is roughly the tone and level of frenetic gesture that he uses to describe almost all movies. It’s kind of infectious. In […]