Monthly Archives: January 2009
Good news for people who love good news
When this blog-off began, PJ was a recently-unemployed ex-intern and I was an underemployed web writer and magazine intern. Then, yesterday, PJ announced that he had landed a probationary radio gig. And today, I landed respectable quasi-employment at a magazine. … Continue reading
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Computers from Sierra Leone
Last year, in one of my classes, we discussed witchcraft beliefs in Sierra Leone, where some hold that there exists an invisible city populated by cannibalistic elites who prey on ordinary people and enjoy the finest in luxury goods and … Continue reading
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Is Vanderbilt incompetent, or just lazy?
Production and Design editor Will Vanderbilt is on a crusade, in the whimsical style of a certain masked avenger best known for studiously avoiding eye contact with any former Daily editor he encounters. But considering Vanderbilt’s sloppy performance so far … Continue reading
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Bidenmania
The sheer scale and spectacle of today’s inauguration made me uneasy, and Jay-Z’s ball performance was a big letdown, but here was a highlight: As the national anthem began, Joe Biden was taking a picture of the crowd for one … Continue reading
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Of Gaza and Facebook, part II
Vogt fires back, both barrels blazing. He concedes a few points, but takes issue with my last one. PJ, I’ll respond to each of your final points individually. Yes, it’s true that photography, writing, and film do not get us … Continue reading
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Of Gaza and Facebook
This is supposed to be a blog-off, but the only real back-and-forth between PJ and me has been flirtatious sniping. (Sarah says we have a special relationship. Yoo-hoo!) So how about a conversation? A little while back, PJ’s Facebook status … Continue reading
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The view from up here
Canadians like Barack Obama, but not his plans. That seems an awfully apt wrap-up of the man’s whole public persona; he is charming enough, eloquent when reading from a script, victorious in a way that is symbolically, if not practically, … Continue reading
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iMedia
The Guardian’s Jemima Kiss has a good post that simultaneously shrugs off the whining about the decline of the traditional news media and dismisses the much-vaunted iTunes solution. Kiss points out that publishers still largely control media content, unlike record … Continue reading
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This is already getting stupid
PJ Vogt has challenged me to a “blog-off,” which sounded like some kind of hurling contest before I realized he just meant a weblogging competition. In a way, that’s even grosser – we’re duelling to see who can be more … Continue reading
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This is what they call a “flame war,” right?
PJ Vogt, my erstwhile friend and colleague, has decided to devote his first, lonely blog post to something he labels “Drew Nelles bashing.” He decries as “reprehensible” the fact that I have not updated my weblog in a long while … Continue reading
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