February 2012
57 posts
Is this shocking to you?
Yesterday, we read about the story of Path, an iPhone app that collects a phone’s contacts without first getting consent from the user. The makers of Path have since updated the app to keep that from happening. Some of the producers found it shocking that phones were even able to do this, while other more cynical staffers were less shocked by it. We’re curious what you think...
“As the meal began, Murdoch laid out the ground rules for the company’s legal...”
– Inside the dinner party where Rupert Murdoch laid out his strategy for surviving the News Corp phone-hacking scandal.
Happy Birthday, Gay Talese →
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Frank Sinatra Has a Cold
Frank Sinatra, holding a glass of bourbon in one hand and a cigarette in the other, stood in a dark corner of the bar between two attractive but fading blondes who sat waiting for him to say something. But he said nothing; he had been silent during much of the evening, except now in this private club in Beverly Hills he seemed even more distant, staring out...
“Trent Arsenault has never had sex, but he’s the father of 15 children –...”
– Nice NY Mag article via The Browser
“JIM FINGAL: Hi, John. I’m the intern who’s been assigned to fact-check your...”
– From The Lifespan of a Fact, by writer John D’Agata and Jim Fingal, published in February 2012 by W. W. Norton. In 2005, as an intern at The Believer, Fingal began fact-checking D’Agata’s article on the 2002 suicide of Las Vegas teenager Levi Presley. The book is based on emails exchanged by...
Apparently the new trend among some video gamers (the gameratti?) is to play through violent video games without harming anyone:
Mr. Mullins, 19, is the creator of “Felix the Peaceful Monk”—his character in a videogame called “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.” The game gives players wide latitude over their on-screen characters’ appearance and actions. Felix, who is half...
“The world’s most popular online newspaper is not the New York Times, USA Today,...”
– Slate 