by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 6, 2010 | Asides
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 6, 2010 | Asides
Just found this after yesterday’s mention of The Wire being just about the best television drama I’ve ever watched. The original treatment for The Wire by David Simon | via Gobshite’s Miscellany
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 6, 2010 | Asides
Bob Friel has written an excellent, compassionate, if not crazy, piece in the January issue of Outside Magazine on Colton Harris-Moore, the 18-year-old kid who’s been running amok in the Pacific Northwest. Great article and well worth the read.
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 6, 2010 | Asides
Benjamin Larsen, the creator of the app Farting Boobs and the press release I linked to yesterday, sent me an email today explaining why he created his app. Apparently, it was a some kind of personal protest re: the quality of many apps on the app store. Hi Jeffery...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 5, 2010 | Asides
On why Time Magazine chose The Wire as its best TV show of the decade. What first seemed a simple HBO cop show was anything but simple. Ex-newspaperman David Simon built this series into a to-scale replica of the city of Baltimore, from the streets to City Hall to the...
