by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 4, 2011 | Asides
If this is true it’s more than a little disconcerting… Top US Official Murdered After Arkansas Weapons Test Causes Mass Death | viaEUTimes.net
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 4, 2011 | Writing
Excellent piece by Mark Barrett (Sticking a Shiv in Mark Twain) about the upcoming release of an expurgated version of Mark Twain’s Huck Finn, in which Twain’s use of the N-word is erased from the text. Says Barrett: Anyone over the age of twenty knows...
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 30, 2010 | Asides
An absolutely lovely tribute to Pixar’s movies. The Beauty of Pixar | via Rope of Silicon.com
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 29, 2010 | Asides
Note to iPad magazine creators, I’ve bought a few. No one’s buying updates because they suck AND because you don’t offer discounts for those of us who have physical subscriptions. There’s gotta be something better than what you’re...
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 29, 2010 | Asides
Great film short by Jamie Stuart of this week’s storm in NYC. Beautiful footage, extraordinary edit. “Man in a Blizzard,” by Jamie Stuart | via Roger Ebert’s Journal
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 29, 2010 | Asides
Freaking hilarious.
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 29, 2010 | Asides
I saw a Twitter message from Shawn Blanc about this a couple of days ago and immediately checked my iPhone’s General settings and turned this feature on. Shawn provides some great detailed information about iOS 4’s new/updated group messaging feature. Well...