Recently readI received my first issue of JPG, issue 8 (”Embrace the blur”). I normally don’t dive right into magazines when they arrive, but this one was devoured instantly. I like the large size and sturdy cover, and the fact that I learned a bunch just from skimming a few articles. It’s also giving me gear […]
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Cathy Seipp:
One of the big problems facing our beloved L.A. Times, after all, is its entrenched mediocrity, which is hard to improve upon when the standard response to criticism of anything involving L.A. Times staffers is an outraged, “But he’s such a nice guy!”
Case in point: The wretched failure of the probably soon-to-be-closed Sunday magazine […]
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I just subscribed to JPG magazine (”imagemaking without attitude”) and got $5 off by using the code DOOCED (thanks, Heather!). You get a nifty pocket tripod (plus other goodies) if you subscribe for the Better or Best options. I signed up for two years, because I don’t already have enough magazines in my life, do […]
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Intellectuals by Paul Johnson (I’m enjoying this immensely, probably because it’s just enough like an issue of Heat or Us Weekly to keep me hooked. Johnson explores the lives of various intellectuals in order to determine their “moral and judgmental credentials to give advice to humanity on how to conduct its affairs”. So far my […]
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I’ve been really negative in all my blog posts today (blame the NHS - I do! Okay, I’ll stop…for now.), so here’s something positive: I’ve subscribed to a magazine for the first time since high school. That magazine is Men’s Health.
You can’t tell from the website, but it’s really good! I always read it when […]
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Rachael Ray’s new chat show sounds a lot like Nigella Lawson’s (disastrous) chat show. I don’t care if Oprah’s behind it, I wouldn’t bet much money on it being a success. The format is just too unfocused; what works for Rachael Ray is cooking for people or checking out restaurants for people. Playing foosball with […]
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When I was a teenager, I was obsessed with THE make-up bible, Allure magazine. The August issue - with Kate Hudson on the cover - is just out, and I’m beyond thrilled to be so prominently featured in the “Beauty Junkies” article by Margaret Lee. (A cosmetic company PR just emailed me a scan of […]
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Ben Casnocha linked to this New Republic cover piece on Oprah (which annoyingly requires registration to read; I’d share the username and password I created for the purpose, but they are disgustingly obscene expressions of my irritation with stupid marketing directors). Thanks, Ben.
I’ve always struggled to succinctly explain what it is I find appealing about […]
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We’re trying to have rules in this house about working hours - that is, not working all 24 of them. All day, I promised myself (and Antoine) that all computers would be turned off by 10PM at the latest. I even bought a few magazines, and was really looking forward to reading them.
And then I […]
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Cluetrain co-author David Weinberger says he thinks of ‘user-generated content’ as ‘us-generated content‘. I like.
David also links to this Economist article, Among the audience. Great quotation re Barry Diller:
“What an ignoramus!” says Jerry Michalski, with some exasperation. He advises companies on the uses of new media tools. “Look around and there’s tons of great stuff […]
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Antoine writes via email:
The Western Standard, among other things, the only regular media outlet for free-market views in Canada, is being sued by the Alberta Human Rights Commission following what looks like a bogus complaint about publishing the Danish cartoons.
Some of you can afford to donate money to the WS’s defence fund. Some of you […]
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I don’t get much time to blog, but I do go through the non-work feeds in my RSS aggregator a couple of times each week. I must get more disciplined about clearing out my Newsgator clippings, but in the meantime, here are a few great things that you may have missed this week:
Let the legalisation […]
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Nearly three weeks into 2006, I clearly need to do the following things ASAP:
1) Join a gym - and also, get real: There is no suitable place in the house for an exercise bike, so even though gym fees will be exorbitant, the investment will be worth it. (I used to make fun of my […]