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mental_floss Blog - Oct 10, 2008
John Markoff is best known for his reportage at The New York Times, as well as a series of books on popular technology (Cyberpunk and Takedown are both great). Markoff has been a print journalist riding the wave of …
Also tagged: technology, blogs
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Let NPR Talk You Through the Financial Crisismental_floss Blog - Oct 9, 2008 Over the past few months, some exciting (perhaps heart-stopping) action has played out on the world financial stage. There’s a credit crunch, a mortgage crisis, commercial paper is frozen, banks are failing, and … Also tagged: blogs |
mental_floss Blog - Sep 5, 2008
Early on the morning of September 1, Roz Savage became the first woman to row, alone, from California to Hawaii. The voyage of 2,600 miles took her 99 days, 8 hours and 55 minutes. During the trip she was in …
Also tagged: technology, blogs, around the world, planes trains and automobiles, armchair field trip, super secret deal
mental_floss Blog - Aug 18, 2008
If you have any interest in the Olympics, you’ve certainly seen Beijing’s “Bird’s Nest” and “Water Cube.” But who are the geniuses behind them? And what other structures pad their résumés? Ben Smith’s got all the …
Also tagged: blogs, sports, architecture, top story, super secret deal
mental_floss Blog - Jul 24, 2008
Today Roger Ebert posted a column discussing the end of his (and Richard Roeper’s) involvement with the Ebert and Roeper movie review program. Ebert and Roeper was formerly known as Siskel and Ebert, until Gene …
mental_floss Blog - Jun 19, 2008
Now that Barack Obama has all but sealed up the Democratic nomination, the two major competitors for the presidential race are set. A year from now, either Obama or John McCain will be president and the other will be …
mental_floss Blog - Jun 18, 2008
Many readers will remember my post He Took a Polaroid Every Day, Until the Day He Died from mid-May. It introduced the story of a man’s photography project that continued for eighteen years, ending in 1997. The post …
Also tagged: blogs, photos, pop culture, notable names
mental_floss Blog - Jun 12, 2008
For centuries, people have claimed to know when the world would end. Last Thursday, the House of Yahweh group from Texas announced that the end of the world was to begin June 12, 2008 (today). Not exactly the gift I …
mental_floss Blog - Apr 12, 2008
Longtime _floss blog readers may recall my fanatical devotion to The Wire , an HBO show that recently wrapped up its fifth and final season. In my view, The Wire is important because it’s smart TV — it’s a demanding …
mental_floss Blog - Mar 26, 2008
The Columbia Journalism Review has posted an excellent long-form interview with documentary filmmaker Errol Morris, entitled Recovering Reality: Errol Morris on Abu Ghraib. The interview covers Morris’s new project …