Commentary by Kendall Whitehouse
Author: Kendall Whitehouse
Comic-Con International (CCI) yesterday announced its new plan to "level the playing field" in the mad dash to obtain tickets to San Diego Comic-Con. Rather than a "first come, first served" distribution scheme, this year's online system for Comic-Con tickets will be randomized. As explained in CCI's official blog: During 2014 badge preregistration, prospective attendees … Continue reading Comic-Con Ticket Sales: Systematizing Randomness
In 2004, students at Swarthmore College launched FreeCulture.org (later named the Free Culture Foundation) to fight "coercive copyright practices and other threats to the free flow of information." The movement was an extension of the work of academics such as Lawrence Lessig and was largely a response to the dissonance between the fluid movement of … Continue reading Pete Seeger: Free Culture Pioneer
To everyone who sent me a birthday greeting today: When I was much younger – perhaps in my pre- or early-teen years – I saw old reruns of The Jack Benny Show on TV. Benny would often recite the running gag about his age. You know the one – how he was continually turning 39. This comedy … Continue reading Age: It’s All Relative
This article contains major spoilers for the movies Gravity and Cast Away. If you haven't seen both films, you may not want to read it. Sandra Bullock floating in the absence of gravity in Gravity. Based on the trailer and preview clips I had seen, the title of the Alfonso Cuarón movie Gravity perplexed me. … Continue reading Movie Title Misdirection and Meaning: ‘Gravity’ and ‘Cast Away’
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