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In mourning of data
Data on the New York City subway system About a year ago a magnificent thought occurred to me. I had previously thought that it would be impossible for the MTA to determine what level of subway cheating there is. It would be an important statistic, useful for police departments and general knowledge. But there are…
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A call for privacy standards
It’s easy to take a defeatist attitude towards things we once considered undefeatable, like privacy and getting paid for producing content. For the most part I agree with the argument, which goes: there are millions of people using the internet across international borders. Preventing any behavior (bittorrent and copying text verbatim as two examples) is…
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What it's like to own an Apple product
to iPhone 4g or not? It has more RAM than the iPad…why would they do that to customers? Oh right, because if they released a perfect product that worked a lot they couldn’t convince you to replace it in two years. I’m also not so enthused about the draconian dictatorship that is the app store…
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It's simple: do something.
If idle hands are the devil’s plaything, then consider me Miles Davis! Those who know me will not be surprised to hear that I am writing this from an airplane in between reviewing a script, moving a website, editing another script, and watching DP reels. And listening to Regina Spektor. I’ve learned an incredible lesson…
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My resumé has hyperlinks
Does yours? Why not? Quick tip: Go to Format -> Style in Word to customize the appearance of hyperlinks. Once you convert to PDF you have to open Acrobat Professional and redo the hyperlinks by selecting the text and right clicking. It’s worth it, I swear.
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The ultimate web app
This program is totally possible, and to be honest I’m surprised that nobody’s invented it: A sidebar for Firefox that shows all discussion around a webpage after you browse. Every time you load a page it refreshes with information: any friends who have shared the page social media comments (Facebook, Google Reader) discussions about the…
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2 or 3 things
So much to update on, so many blog posts on the back burner. They are coming.. For now feed yourself with Jean-Luc Godard and have a cup of coffee. While browsing for films to use in teaching a class, I came across this gem. One of my favorite moments in film and what made me…
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Liver Lover
This shit is too much for words. For the doctors and Andy Samberg fans out there, watch this spoof of “Mother Lover” featuring my friend, the one and only Steve Alerhand: Embedding disabled – check it out on utoob.
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Big Film is losing the chess game and its theaters
The film industry is playing a high-stakes game of chess, and Hollywood is losing. Its piece count vastly outnumbers indie filmmakers, but in chess all it takes is a few missteps and a blindness to one’s weaknesses and any player can fall flat on their face. Studio executives have a lot against them right now.…