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Alan Kay’s written remarks to a Joint Hearing of the Science Committee and the Economic and Educational and Opportunites Committee in October 1995.
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How We Got To Now with Steven Johnson - YouTube
Steven Johnson’s new television series will be shown on BBC in a few months time. Looks like it’s going to be good Burkian fun.
Screen shots of computer code
There’s something very satisfying about this televisual sleuthing:
Images of the computer code appearing in TV and films and what they really are.
stevenberlinjohnson.com: How We Got To Now
This sounds like it’s a going to be a good: a new TV series by Steven Johnson on the history of technology and innovation. Sounds very Burkian, which is a very good thing.
The Past 100 Years of the Future
This (free!) PDF looks like it could be a nice companion piece to Chris and Nathan’s recent book:
Human-computer interaction in science-fiction movies and television.
It’s a work in progress. You’ll notice a lot of placeholders where the images should be. That’s because the studios are demanding extortionate rates for screenshots.
Crazy Walls
Perfectly offset with red string.
Thieves Are Your Best Customers in Waiting – Stuntbox
A great article from David with some concrete proposals for media companies.
By the way, how nice is David’s new responsive design? Very nice. Very nice indeed.
scott_lynch: Against Big Bird, The Gods Themselves Contend In Vain
It turns out that Big Bird is a god-defying instantiation of Moorcock’s Eternal Champion. Magnificent!
Big Bird and Snuffy go with him to stand in the Hall of Two Truths at the gate to the afterlife. The gigantic foam balls on these guys! Sure, Elmo loves you, but when’s the last time Elmo held anyone’s hand on the threshold of eternal night?
Minimal Mac | TV Is Broken
A fascinating insight into the reaction of an internet-savvy child upon being exposed to “regular” television.
The Star Wars Holiday Special | magazine | Vanity Fair
Add this one to your Instapaper/Readability queue: the behind-the-scenes story of the train wreck that was the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special.
Understanding 9/11: A Television News Archive
A truly impressive achievement by Archive.org: all the television footage from September 11th, 2001 gathered in one place on the web.
Open Rights Group | Ofcom agrees to allow the BBC to hobble HD receivers
Offcom are not representing my interests as a consumer. This is a disgraceful decision.
Shownar
An experimental prototype that tracks the online buzz around BBC programmes (before they disappear down the memory hole of the iPlayer's time-restricted playback).
Truthful TV Title Cards — Glark
If television were honest...
John Logie Baird: the home of the inventor of the medium has been reduced to rubble - Independent Online Edition > Media
With a disgusting disregard for history, the Bexhill home of John Logie Baird has been demolished. Here's a potted biography of the proto-geek who steampunked his way into our living rooms.
.: This Is A Knife :.
Faceball on Channel 4. Too weird.
Chattanooga Graphic Designer Helps Lead "The Invasion" At The Movies | WDEF News 12 | News, Weather and Sports for Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley
Leslie is on the telly! How freakin' cool is this?
The Mystery of Dinner for One - How an obscure British skit has become Germany's most popular New Year's tradition. By Jude Stewart
This is all true. When I lived in Germany, nobody there believed me when I told them that this skit wasn't shown on television... on New Year's Eve... Every. Single. Year!