Of the former president George W. Bush’s paintings that were made public by a hacker, Stephen Colbert makes this one-liner critique: “That is a bold, artistic vision that says ‘faces are hard.’” The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive Maybe Bush should have taken up cartooning.
The Knight Foundation paid Jonah Lehrer $20,000 to speak at a Knight Foundation luncheon wherein he talked about his plagiarism and fabrications.From Poynter: At a talk this afternoon in Miami, Jonah Lehrer acknowledged his plagiarism and fabrications and described how he hopes to redeem his reputation. Lehrer read prepared remarks then answered questions from Knight […]
From Business Insider: There’s a team of 100 product designers, marketers, and hardware and software engineers working on a smartwatch at Apple, Bloomberg reports. The size of the group suggests that the so-called “iWatch” project has moved beyond test stages. Bloomberg named two engineering managers, Achim Pantfoerder and James Foster, as involved int he project. […]
One thing that is becoming very clear in the modern, interconnected global village is that the global village is no longer a philosophical concept but a practical reality.I was talking to one of my granddaughters the other day and realized I had to explain that, years ago, when her father was overseas, the longer we […]