The Yes Men, the same guys behind the fake New York Times prank, have done it again, this time distributing a fake New York Post filled with factual information that detail the threats posed by climate change. We can only assume that these guys are the product of Michael Moore eating Ashton Kutcher and pooping out citizen journalism pranksters.
I always fall madly in love with New York Times artist Christoph Niemann's illustrated vignettes. This one focuses on sleeptime — touching everything from the cold pillow debate to the (blogger's) daytime nap.
Tech Buzz New York Times journalist David Rohde was kidnapped by the Taliban 7 months ago, but the story's only just seeing the light of day, following Rohde's daring escape from his captors. Keeping the story quiet was the result of a collaborative cover-up between The New York Times and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales to make Rohde seem unimportant to his Taliban kidnappers. Meanwhile, Wikipedia's community is pissed. Free Speech debate!
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/11/opinion/11kristof.html?...
What one woman's medical experience in Canada can teach the United States about health care reform.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/10/business/media/10emanue...
The superagent Ariel Z. Emanuel, brother of President Obama's chief of staff, has emerged in the last six weeks as the pre-eminent power player in Hollywood.
Tech Buzz The New York Times might be laying off writers (and dropping the entire Boston Globe), but they just hired their first Social Media Editor. Jennifer Preston will be the Twittering, Tumblring, Facebooking, etc. master of the Times — and she's already soliciting Twitter for ideas on how to do just that. Is she on Buzzfeed yet? Jennifer, is that you posting 'shopped Kate Gosselins?
A screengrab on the New York Times website shows the I'm a Mac/I'm a PC dudes staring up at a Death Row inmate. They're thinking…is he an alt or a bro?
It's nice to see the Dow is up (56,023!) but where has the most-emailed sidebar gone? It's fun to think that the paper will still be around 31 years from now.
Business Buzz The New York Times has threatened to shut down the Boston Globe (which it owns) in 30-days unless the paper makes major cuts. Needless to say, people in Boston are not pleased.
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This handy dandy New York Times graphic breaks down disses, accusations and allegiances between feuding rappers 50 Cent and Rick Ross. They barely ever mention body weight! Fatties… Oh, and it's tiny so just click the pic to see the real deal.
http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/16/my-life-with-...
Another of Christoph Niemann's charming animated explorations of modern life. This time around: The woe of wires.
The New York Times thought so. And I can see why! Thank God somebody still has standards in this day and age.
http://prototype.nytimes.com/gst/articleSkimmer/
A new way to avoid actually reading the New York Times: A new web layout that simplifies the way you see each section Hit space to scroll ahead a section, or hit shift when hovering over any article to see a larger version. Seems to strike a nice balance between the hompage and an RSS feed.
http://callmeishmael.org/a-chaptersong-index/
Recently featured in the New York Times, singer-songwriter Patrick Shea is writing a song per chapter of Herman Melville's “Moby Dick”. Cliff Notes for music lovers!
http://nymag.com/news/features/all-new/53344/
A profile of the NY Times' digital team. Is this the “only happy story in journalism?”
http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/02/coffee/index....
We can't help with the addiction but you will still probably love this visual essay in the NYT. Here is how it starts: “I like coffee so much that I have tea for breakfast: The first cup of the day in particular is so good that I’m afraid I won’t be able to properly appreciate it when I am half-asleep. Therefore, I celebrate it two hours later when I am fully conscious.”
http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/27/live-th...
The New York Times is liveblogging Thanksgiving. And it's actually quite charming! So if your family gets boring, check out what's up with the Kim Severson clan.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/books/18kaku.html
The New York Times has joined the Gladwell backlash with a review calling his new book: “glib, poorly reasoned and thoroughly unconvincing”.