GUERRE STELLARI E Blade Runner hanno introdotto tra gli altri l’idea di una tecnologia del futuro usata, sporca, funzionante a tratti. Secondo me questo video, girato da un fulminato niente male, introduce un’intera nuova classe per l’estetica del futuro. Shenzen, il posto dove si può comprare ogni singola componente del vostro iPhone 6s e costruirselo su misura. Ma alla fine è quello vero, quello “buono”. Oppure un ibrido, se preferite. Per me è un documentario da premio, tutto da vedere.
Money quote: “I built a like-new(but really refurbished) iPhone 6S 16GB entirely from parts I bought in the public cell phone parts markets in Huaqiangbei. And it works!”
Il video è spettacolare ed è un ordine di grandezza meglio, ma c’è anche il blog
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26.4.17
4.4.17
Panopticon deluxe
C’È UNA PRIGIONE che sta avendo molto successo, in California. Una prigione dove i cattivi fanno a gara per andare. Perché è una prigione dove devi pagare per poterci stare, ma dentro hai molti più lussi rispetto alle prigioni tradizionali: tv a schermo piatto, computer, celle pulite, bei letti comodi, permessi di lavoro. Sul serio: paghi per stare in una prigione a 5 stelle. A mio modesto parere, c’è qualcosa che non funziona nel sistema, ma è solo un’opinione, eh
Money quote: “Jack, who asked to be identified by his nickname because his young children thought he’s in New York on an extended business trip, was paying $100 a night for the privilege of serving his 90-day sentence for driving under the influence of heroin in Seal Beach’s pay-to-stay jail. “This is like paradise,” the Orange County man said.”
Money quote: “Jack, who asked to be identified by his nickname because his young children thought he’s in New York on an extended business trip, was paying $100 a night for the privilege of serving his 90-day sentence for driving under the influence of heroin in Seal Beach’s pay-to-stay jail. “This is like paradise,” the Orange County man said.”
21.3.17
Jimmy Breslin (1928-2017)
Pian piano ce ne andiamo tutti. Si dice che i migliori se ne vadano per primi. Jimmy ci ha messo un po’, ma era di gran lunga uno dei migliori
Money quote: “Poetic and profane, softhearted and unforgiving, Mr. Breslin inspired every emotion but indifference; letters from outraged readers gladdened his heart. He often went after his own, from Irish-Americans with “shopping-center faces” who had forgotten their hardscrabble roots to the Roman Catholic Church, whose sex scandals prompted him to write an angry book called “The Church That Forgot Christ,” published in 2004. It ends with a cheeky vow to start a new church that would demand more low-income housing and better posture.”
Money quote: “Poetic and profane, softhearted and unforgiving, Mr. Breslin inspired every emotion but indifference; letters from outraged readers gladdened his heart. He often went after his own, from Irish-Americans with “shopping-center faces” who had forgotten their hardscrabble roots to the Roman Catholic Church, whose sex scandals prompted him to write an angry book called “The Church That Forgot Christ,” published in 2004. It ends with a cheeky vow to start a new church that would demand more low-income housing and better posture.”
2.2.17
Odiatori che amano Super Mario
C’È UNA PARTE di internet, fatta di odiatori, violenza, fascismi, crudeltà, razzismo, stupidità, che io chiamo immondezzaio ed evito. Ogni tanto però, se filtrato dalla lente dell’ironia, si trova anche qualcosa degno del Saturday Night Live Show. Tipo questi auguri di buon compleanno stile Super Mario…
30.1.17
China Girls
LA STRANA, AFFASCINANTE storia delle “China Girls”, le teste di ragazza che comparivano all’inizio degli spezzoni di pellicola cinematografica
Money quote: “China girls went by many names—leader ladies, girl head, lady wedge—but they were almost always images of women, and those women were almost always white. They were meant to show the person developing a film that everything had gone right technically; if it hadn’t, the China girl’s skin tone would look unnatural.”
26.1.17
Mary Tyler Moore (1936-2017)
PURTROPPO È MORTA Mary Tyler Moore, donna e attrice speciale. Ha incarnato un nuovo modo di essere donna e, a molti della mia generazione, ha contribuito a creare il mito del giornalismo moderno come professione seria, importante, di servizio per la società. L'obituary del NYTimes
Money quote: “The influence of Ms. Moore’s Mary Richards can be seen in the performances of almost all the great female sitcom stars who followed her, from Jennifer Aniston to Debra Messing to Tina Fey, who has said that she developed her acclaimed sitcom “30 Rock” and her character, the harried television writer Liz Lemon, by watching episodes of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.” Many nonactresses also said that Ms. Moore — by playing a working single woman with such compassion and brio — inspired their performances in real life.”
Money quote: “The influence of Ms. Moore’s Mary Richards can be seen in the performances of almost all the great female sitcom stars who followed her, from Jennifer Aniston to Debra Messing to Tina Fey, who has said that she developed her acclaimed sitcom “30 Rock” and her character, the harried television writer Liz Lemon, by watching episodes of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.” Many nonactresses also said that Ms. Moore — by playing a working single woman with such compassion and brio — inspired their performances in real life.”
20.1.17
New President in town
NEGLI USA È iniziato un nuovo mandato presidenziale. Vale la pena ricordare il giudizio finale su Richard Nixon di Hunter S. Thompson
Money quote: “Some people will say that words like scum and rotten are wrong for Objective Journalism — which is true, but they miss the point. It was the built-in blind spots of the Objective rules and dogma that allowed Nixon to slither into the White House in the first place. He looked so good on paper that you could almost vote for him sight unseen. He seemed so all-American, so much like Horatio Alger, that he was able to slip through the cracks of Objective Journalism. You had to get Subjective to see Nixon clearly, and the shock of recognition was often painful.”
Money quote: “Some people will say that words like scum and rotten are wrong for Objective Journalism — which is true, but they miss the point. It was the built-in blind spots of the Objective rules and dogma that allowed Nixon to slither into the White House in the first place. He looked so good on paper that you could almost vote for him sight unseen. He seemed so all-American, so much like Horatio Alger, that he was able to slip through the cracks of Objective Journalism. You had to get Subjective to see Nixon clearly, and the shock of recognition was often painful.”
15.1.17
The Expanse (Stagione 01 - 2016)
A QUANTO PARE c’è una nuova serie di fantascienza “tosta” (navi nello spazio, battaglie, corse contro il tempo, asteroidi, Marte...) che sta rinverdendo i tempi di “Battlestar Galactica”. Era l’ora. Si chiama “The Expanse” ed è l’adattamento di una serie di libri di un certo successo. Spacca duro. (E i telefonini del futuro mi fanno impazzire!)
Money quote: “Just before the series aired, I wrote a post pleading to the gods of science fiction to please, please, please not let television destroy this thing of beauty I love so dearly. With the final credits rolled up, it's time to answer that all-important question.”
Money quote: “Just before the series aired, I wrote a post pleading to the gods of science fiction to please, please, please not let television destroy this thing of beauty I love so dearly. With the final credits rolled up, it's time to answer that all-important question.”
12.1.17
Una razza, una fazza
DAVE PELL TRACCIA un parallelo fra O.J. Simpson e Donald Trump, così assurdamente famosi da stracciare qualsiasi demografia. (E infatti Trump avrebbe voluto Simpson nel suo reality, “the Apprentice”)
Money quote: “When we’re under the influence of celebrity, we can do almost anything. We can free a person you’d couldn’t imagine free. We can elect a person you’d never imagine getting elected. We can all look at the same things at the same time and see entirely different things. Performance becomes more important than reality. One by one, we can begin to lose faith in our institutions: the courts, the law, the media, juries of our peers, facts, the truth. Nothing is safe when celebrity is involved. Everything is expendable. The show must go on.”
Money quote: “When we’re under the influence of celebrity, we can do almost anything. We can free a person you’d couldn’t imagine free. We can elect a person you’d never imagine getting elected. We can all look at the same things at the same time and see entirely different things. Performance becomes more important than reality. One by one, we can begin to lose faith in our institutions: the courts, the law, the media, juries of our peers, facts, the truth. Nothing is safe when celebrity is involved. Everything is expendable. The show must go on.”
10.1.17
New kid in town
A QUANTO PARE c’è una nuova serie di fantascienza “tosta” (navi nello spazio, battaglie, corse contro il tempo, asteroidi, Marte...) che sta rinverdendo i tempi di Battlestar Galactica. Era l’ora. Si chiama The Expanse ed è l’adattamento di una serie di libri di un certo successo. Secondo chi se ne intende, spacca duro.
Money quote: “Just before the series aired, I wrote a post pleading to the gods of science fiction to please, please, please not let television destroy this thing of beauty I love so dearly. With the final credits rolled up, it's time to answer that all-important question.”
Money quote: “Just before the series aired, I wrote a post pleading to the gods of science fiction to please, please, please not let television destroy this thing of beauty I love so dearly. With the final credits rolled up, it's time to answer that all-important question.”
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