March 6, 2008

Yet more interestingness: 6 March 2008

Below are simple links to other interesting stuff I've come across on the web in the last day or two; they may or may not concern literature or photography, or indeed the arts at all. You can click here to learn more about how I compile this list and what software I use, if you're interested.

Jobs: "Flash Mobile sucks and I don't want it on the iPhone"
Zow. I'm already envisioning the thousands of passionate blog entries THIS statement's going to inspire this week.

Corrupt bank withdraws its lawsuit against Wikileaks
Bank Julius Baer finally shuts down its lawsuit against corporate-corruption whistleblower site Wikileaks, after judge reverses his ruling and allows them to remain open and online. Finally, some good news!

Turns out that fake gang memoirist lied about fake gang charity, too
Margaret Seltzer, busted this week for writing as gang veteran Margaret Jones, claims that the fake stories were inspired by her volunteer work at a gang charity in California. Nope; turns out the charity is fake too, and that Seltzer just basically made the stories up out of thin air.

Rush Limbaugh agrees with caller that Obama "looks like a monkey"
Yeah, he tried backing out of it later that day. Of course he did.

Video: If Saul Bass had created the Star Wars opening credits
Excellent!

Filed by Jason Pettus at 8:03 AM, March 6, 2008. Filed under: Arts news |

 

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