Feynman explains fire
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITpDrdtGAmo[/youtube] The always enjoyable Richard Feynman explains fire. His enthusiasm and facility for explaining things in simple terms always amazes me. I guess the clip is from an old BBC TV series called “Fun to Imagine.” Apparently BBC has some of the episodes available in higher quality on their website, but unfortunately the streaming video […]
The Onion’s take on Cable News (and what will loons do without newspapers?)
After Charlie Booker’s hilarious take on the “anatomy of a newscast” here comes The Onion‘s take on cable news: Breaking News: Some Bullshit Happening Somewhere It wouldn’t be as funny if it didn’t ring so true…that’s what most local “Breaking News” is like! And just to make more fun of old media, here’s another Onion […]
PopSci’s Apple iPad Hands On, and what the magic tablet means for us
Apple iPad Hands On | Popular Science PopSci’s hands-on impressions with the Ipad. There’s already been more than enough coverage of one of the most-hyped gadgets of all time (after the Iphone?), and it was never going to be able to live up to that hype. Other commenters have already noted its notable flaws (no […]
Entrenched Journalistic Practices (and Charlie Booker’s “anatomy of a newscast”)
I recently came across some discussion about whether newspapers and TV news shows couldn’t take some tips from things like blogs and online video in order to focus more on the news story and less on some of the less important reporting around it. One piece (which I’ve had trouble locating since) deconstructed a typical […]
LabGrab: What scientific topics are in the news?
Grab More Science News Graph | LabGrab. The link above features a site with an inventive way to show what scientific fields and topics were getting news coverage over the last couple of weeks. It offers a broad overview of all science in the news, with an option to choose how many days to cover, […]