Joss Whedon had a big success with Dr. Horrible's Net-only release, and now he's in clinch with the studios about sharing Internet profits.
"“For [the studios] not to offer the creative community a percentage of what they make — they say, “oh, it’s too difficult” and “we’re not going to make any money” — is disingenuous to the point of criminality. What they’re making is pure profit. For them to shut out the people who actually created the content is something that should be looked into by a federal investigatory committee.”"
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Personally I wish Joss Whedon would do more to keep the strong comedy aspect he had going in Buffy. I loved that.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Travel agent stories
Travel agent stories.
"A nice lady just called. She needed to know how it was possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:20am and got into Chicago at 8:33am. I tried to explain that Michigan was an hour ahead of llinois, but she could not understand the concept of time zones. Finally I told her the plane went very fast, and she bought that."
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"A nice lady just called. She needed to know how it was possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:20am and got into Chicago at 8:33am. I tried to explain that Michigan was an hour ahead of llinois, but she could not understand the concept of time zones. Finally I told her the plane went very fast, and she bought that."
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Calls in UK for ban on ‘Final Exit’
Calls in UK for ban on the bestselling book ‘Final Exit’, blog post by the author of that book.
I think the usually religion-inspired pressure against the right to suicide or help with it is one of the great irrationalities of the human culture. Surely, if anything at all is ours to rule over, it's our own life?
Some say that it's only God's to rule over. But I notice that what we know about God's opinion on the matter is only what they say.
Forcing a terminally ill person to keep living is tantamount to torture. I think any person who is opposed to death-help should be made to sit for twenty-four hours listening to the agonized cries and moans of such a patient.
Pascal says:
I dare say that as a doctor, I know quite well when each attitude is adequate and ethically relevant. I couldn't stand myself if I became in any way a needless tormentor.
Denying a dying person the right for self-determination? To quote my brother when we knew about our cat's cancer: "Let's not drag this on, it's not humane, even an animal doesn't deserve this."
How shameful of us humans, that in so many instances, we treat our kin worse than we'd dare treat an animal! And under the justification of love?
I think the usually religion-inspired pressure against the right to suicide or help with it is one of the great irrationalities of the human culture. Surely, if anything at all is ours to rule over, it's our own life?
Some say that it's only God's to rule over. But I notice that what we know about God's opinion on the matter is only what they say.
Forcing a terminally ill person to keep living is tantamount to torture. I think any person who is opposed to death-help should be made to sit for twenty-four hours listening to the agonized cries and moans of such a patient.
Pascal says:
I dare say that as a doctor, I know quite well when each attitude is adequate and ethically relevant. I couldn't stand myself if I became in any way a needless tormentor.
Denying a dying person the right for self-determination? To quote my brother when we knew about our cat's cancer: "Let's not drag this on, it's not humane, even an animal doesn't deserve this."
How shameful of us humans, that in so many instances, we treat our kin worse than we'd dare treat an animal! And under the justification of love?
Magenta Ain't A Colour
Magenta Ain't A Colour, article. Kewl.
Hangar said:
What a completely muddled load of nonsense. Of course the eye doesn't detect the wavelength of the light as such - it detects the responses of the three types of colour receptors (red, green and blue cones) and assigns a perceived colour based on those.
Magenta is a colour. It's just not a "pure" colour - one which can be represented by a single wavelength of light.
Hangar said:
What a completely muddled load of nonsense. Of course the eye doesn't detect the wavelength of the light as such - it detects the responses of the three types of colour receptors (red, green and blue cones) and assigns a perceived colour based on those.
Magenta is a colour. It's just not a "pure" colour - one which can be represented by a single wavelength of light.
Ashes to diamond
Did you know it's possible to compress the ashes (the carbon parts of them) from a dead body into a diamond? Neither did I. Not only that, it's done commercially.
Personally I don't feel that any of what's worthwhile in a person resides in the body, so when it's dead, I say let it go and begone with it. Scattering the ashes seems perfect. But the diamond thing is at least less morbid and wasteful than keeping the whole body around in a preserved state.
Top Gear: 18-wheeler Alpine Challenge
Top Gear: 18-wheeler Alpine Challenge, video. This is a hoot and a holler. Glad I'm not a trucker.
Canon SX100 review
Canon SX100 review. Looks like this is another amazing bargain: under $200, long zoom, and good image quality.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Vanessa Winship
Mike Johnston points to Vanessa Winship.
The documentary aspect of her work does not interest me much, but many of her pictures have an Art quality which I like. I get a bit nostalgic for the old look and feel of black/white film. The graininess, the unevenness due to the development of the film, etc.
The documentary aspect of her work does not interest me much, but many of her pictures have an Art quality which I like. I get a bit nostalgic for the old look and feel of black/white film. The graininess, the unevenness due to the development of the film, etc.
How to Find Books on a Budget
How to Find Books on a Budget, article in Oprah magazine.
I get the feeling some don't like or respect Oprah*, but I guess that's probably the inevitable result of her huge popularity. I think she's done so much excellent work. Just the number of books she has helped sell! The publishing industry ought to make her their patron saint.
*Oprah Winfrey. You know, the TV talk show host? Black woman? Used to be a little overweight? Come on, you know! Oprah!
I get the feeling some don't like or respect Oprah*, but I guess that's probably the inevitable result of her huge popularity. I think she's done so much excellent work. Just the number of books she has helped sell! The publishing industry ought to make her their patron saint.
*Oprah Winfrey. You know, the TV talk show host? Black woman? Used to be a little overweight? Come on, you know! Oprah!
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