http://memex.naughtons.org John Naughton's online diary Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:49:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Cod video. The fun will come from watching it in 2014, when it will look a bit like this, I suppose: http://memex.naughtons.org/archives/2010/09/09/11779 Sobering NYT column by Paul Krugman. Here’s the situation: The U.S. economy has been crippled by a financial crisis. The president’s policies have limited the damage, but they were too cautious, and unemployment remains disastrously high. More action is clearly needed. Yet the public has soured on government activism, and seems ... http://memex.naughtons.org/archives/2010/09/06/11772 Christopher Caldwell had a typically thoughtful column in yesterday's Financial Times, about the case of the Washington Post sportswriter, Mike Wise, and his Twitter experiments. Mr Wise has built a reputation as one of America’s top basketball reporters. He has a radio show. He does interviews. And – fatefully – he ... http://memex.naughtons.org/archives/2010/09/05/11766 This morning's Observer column. You have to feel sorry for Sony sometimes. I mean to say, there it was on Wednesday in Berlin, at the IFA consumer electronics show, launching a new music and video download service called Qriocity (it's like "curiosity", only it couldn't get the domain name, I suppose) ... http://memex.naughtons.org/archives/2010/09/05/11764 Image from the Powerhouse Museum. No known copyright restrictions. This is the clever headline over an interesting report (sadly, probably behind a paywall) in this week's Economist about the outbreak of egg-borne salmonella in the US. The report says that the US poultry industry produces 6 billion eggs a month, ... http://memex.naughtons.org/archives/2010/09/04/11757 This dropped through our letterbox the other day. Living, as we do, in a small village, we're accustomed to the occasional heartfelt plea over a lost kitten or a missing pet rabbit, so at at a first, casual glance it seemed innocuous enough. But then I gave it ... http://memex.naughtons.org/archives/2010/09/04/11750 I love September. Perhaps it's because I'm an academic -- and therefore for me it represents the beginning of a new year. (I've never been able to take January seriously for that reason.) Anyway, this is what my world was like this morning. And yet by ... http://memex.naughtons.org/archives/2010/09/03/11744 To Ely, on a glorious September evening, to hear Nick Carr expound on his new book, The Shallows. The event was held in Topping & Company, a charming independent bookshop on the High Street. The attendees were squeezed into a long, narrow room. Wine and soft drinks were served. ... http://memex.naughtons.org/archives/2010/09/01/11737 Frank Kermode's funeral took place yesterday in King's chapel. It was a small affair (there will be a memorial service later) which was elegant, moving, celebratory and only slightly elegaic. I think he would have approved. Afterwards, there was a splendid tea in the Senior Combination Room. His ... http://memex.naughtons.org/archives/2010/09/01/11727 One of the things I like most about the Web is the quality of the writing and thinking one finds there. (If this runs counter to mainstream media's "the-Net-is-full-of-crap" meme, then so much the worse for the meme.) Of course there's great stuff in print too, but much ... http://memex.naughtons.org/archives/2010/08/29/11715