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Haim Saban: The Influencer
A long profile of the Israeli entertainment mogul behind most of the cartoons I watched as a kid (and later, the insufferable Power Rangers); now he’s positioning himself as a power broker in US-Israeli relations. At least he wants peace in the Middle East (it’s good for business) but what if he didn’t? It’s a scary thought. Permalink ·

A taster of recipes from Yotam Ottolenghi’s Plenty
Great stuff here; this dude does vegetarian food that’ll appeal to even the most hardened carnivore. Permalink ·

Bourdain’s Disappearing Manhattan
Anthony Bourdain explores New York’s gastronomic institutions, under threat by the march of progress. I hope we’ll get to see some of these places when we’re in NYC later this month. [c/o Kottke] Permalink ·

Waiting for the Men: why the delay before US shows air in the UK (or anywhere else)?
The short version is that the TV industry is still based on a model of separation predicated on physical geographical boundaries that ceased to exist once high-speed broadband reached a global tipping point. In other words, TV needs to move with the times. Anything else is just an excuse. Permalink ·

List of inventors killed by their own inventions
I need say no more. [c/o Gulfstream] Permalink ·

Web Stencil Kit
I don’t know when I would ever need one of these (I’ve never designed a site on paper; just hard coding and lots of browser refreshes) but I want one. Permalink ·

Ten Things to Do Before This Article Is Finished
The New York Times asks: what’s on your life list? I sort of have one, and have already ticked off a few items. But maybe I should write it down, to make sure I haven’t missed anything. Permalink ·

Is John Lewis the best company in Britain to work for?
I’m frankly amazed that so few businesses are run along these lines. I shouldn’t be, but I am. Permalink ·

St Paul’s: A Space for Learning
The blog to accompany a very interesting TY architecture/environment project at my old secondary school (my cousin Sean was part of the team, too). I’m jealous; we didn’t do anything even nearly as interesting in my transition year. Permalink ·

Popular Science+
I was sure I blogged about Mag+ before, but anyway: the concept has now come to life as an app for the iPad. I want to try it for myself to make a proper judgement, but conceptually this is the kind of thing the iPad needs to do well if it’s to have any kind of longevity, IMHO. Permalink ·

Unassuming long takes in movies
Nice work; it makes me wonder if I really take the time to notice things enough. [c/o Kottke] Permalink ·

Takeshi Kitano: one original gangster
It’s not enough being a good actor, a great director and the Japanese Chris Tarrant; no, the bastard has to be an accomplished artist as well. Permalink ·

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Week 460

Monday — Bored in the office with little to do bar some more production prep, and steeling myself for the inevitable deluge at the end of the week.

On my lunch break I upload some photos to Flickr that I’ve been meaning to get online for a while. The process is less painful than I remember (broadband speed really makes a difference). I do have to troubleshoot a problem with portrait shots displaying as landscape, but it’s an easy settings fix after a trawl through the help forum.

University Challenge in the evening: good exercise for the mind. The album covers round is too easy, but it freaks out Bee that I know them all instantly. Well I did work in a music shop for quite a while.

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Sun 29 Aug 2010
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Week 459

Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday — Beginning of this week is a bit of a blur. I spend some time on Project Hannibal, but mostly watch movies from the backlog on the DVR (nothing I’d go out of my way to see, though the first Harold & Kumar was stupid fun) and try to recharge my batteries.

Also: still writing up my NYC notes. Need to upload my (mostly rubbish) photos to Flickr, too. I didn’t shoot as much or as often as I expected; guess I’m just not confident/comfortable/shameless enough with the camera. But I’m also thinking: it’s great to have photos as a memory aid, but do they need to be my own photos? Surely I can get the same feelings/memories from looking at others’ snaps of the same places. Yet there’s still a part of me that says that’s cheating.

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Sun 22 Aug 2010
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