One my favorite–and woefully underrated–films is Lost in Translation, starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson–written and directed by Sofia Coppola (yes, that Coppola family). I watched a few clips today courtesy of hulu.com, and I was reminded what a genuine treasure this movie really is. What sets it apart from other films in its genre […]

I’ve suspected this for quite some time, as did much wiser men than me–like philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, who claimed God was dead…but now I think I may have even more proof (as if we needed more, the world being what it is today). According to an article in the Chicago Tribune that I read this […]

Well, I am up to my armpits in summer school work, but I’m not complaining. I’ve already learned quite a bit, and I expect to learn even more. For this week’s assignment, I had to watch a video of a presentation given by an author named Clay Shirky at a Web 2.0 conference, and I […]