December 2010
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Dec 30th
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Dec 27th
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“(1) Crimes shall never be presented in such a way as to create sympathy for the...”
– Code of the Comics Magazine Association of America, October 26, 1954. The comic book industry was required to create this Code in response to hearings conducted by the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency. It’s a pretty fascinating story. I’ve often wondered why more movies...
Dec 27th
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Have You Met Ed Page?
I learn something new every time I come home to Hartford, CT and open up the local paper, the Tribune-owned Hartford Courant (“the oldest continuously published newspaper in America”).  This morning I discovered a small column on the Op-Ed page: “Talk to Ed on Facebook.” Ed is, of course, Ed Page, whose profile picture must be of Charles Darwin reading the encyclopedia....
Dec 23rd
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Have you ever seen Ax Men on History? You should, if only to see Swamp Man’s antics, which include driving a 13 ton forklift instead of a car and shooting a .357 Magnum at random. Ax Men — Swampman Shelby — History.com Videos
Dec 20th
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Dec 17th
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Dec 17th
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Dec 15th
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“Megan McCallister: You’re not at all worried that something might happen...”
– ‘Tis the season: Home Alone (1990) - Memorable quotes
Dec 14th
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“Another major ingredient for growth has been Atlantic-branded conferences. The...”
– Conferences are a nice business, so expect to see even more of them as the economy improves, including Bloomberg, Dow Jones/Wall Street Journal, etc. They’re a format where brand and audience combine to create some network effects for subscribers and scale for those who aspire to reach them. ...
Dec 13th
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“The internet’s not growing the overall advertising pot: ‘The long-term...”
– I don’t think this particular point is getting as much attention as it should. O&O: Media’s Recovery Is An Indian Summer Before The Winter | paidContent
Dec 13th
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Dec 13th
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“We imagined ourselves as a venture-capital-backed start-up in Silicon Valley...”
– Justin B. Smith, president of the Atlantic Media Company, explaining how the 153-year-old magazine will turn a profit this year after losing money for at least a decade. (via ellinoz)
Dec 13th
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Really cool Kickstarter project: “XMAS WITHOUT CHINA is a feature documentary set around the Christmas holiday in Arcadia, California, a neighborhood that used to be predominantly white, but is now half Asian. Tom Xia, a Chinese-American immigrant, challenges his neighbors, the Jones Family, to spend the entire month leading up to Christmas with no Chinese products in their home and without...
Dec 7th
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Dec 3rd
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“Every zombie war is a war of attrition. It’s always a numbers game. And it’s...”
– Chuck Klosterman  How Modern Life Is Like a Zombie Onslaught - NYTimes.com
Dec 3rd