Link Post - Filed Under Things Only The Richest Company In The World Can Do
NYT - While the process that allows Apple to take a slower and more thoughtful approach to aggregation matches their ethos, it probably isn't the panacea the media industry needs for its problems. As TFA says, their model isn't making a lot of money for the linked stories. It's also likely that aggregation costs more than the 30% . . .
Link Post - The Spookiest Place On Earth
Boing Boing - In addition to being home to the biggest population of plastic headed rodents, turns out that Disney theme parks are also home to the scattered ashes of fans.
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Link Post - The Novels Of 9-11
The Quietus - The idea of using a novel's place in the cannon to properly review is certainly a grandiose thing to do for a new release. On the other hand, when people write about 9-11, things are going to get heavy. I have two complaints about the review. One, this list is missing Jonathan Safran Foer's excellent Extremely Loud And . . .
Link Post - The Culture Problem
Vox - This article is worth sharing just for the historical evolution of the Snow White story. Personally, I like Neil Gaiman’s take on the story. However what really made me share this was that Ben Shaprio reacted to this by acting as if Kristen Bell was asking for Snow White to be banned, when instead it was about how she contextualized the . . .
Link Post - Quality Satire
McSweeny’s - Though McSweeny’s is more miss than hit these days, this was a great piece.