Fat Cactus
JA
June 19
This week on the ever-growing nets:
Clay Shirky asks which is better – to produce yet another Lolcat or watch The Wire?
Lionel Shriver argues that we need to talk about ‘dumb’ literary awards
Maureen Johnson wants you to know why she is not a brand
Oh look – vintage matchbooks and psychedelic Soviet/Latvian kids' cartoons
Kerryn Goldsworthy wonders if it’s crap, why do I cry?
We are totally and utterly excited by the trailer for the adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go. Here’s hoping it does a decent job.
Someone has actually made that cool sci-fi computer thingy that Tom Cruise was using in Minority Report. The good stuff starts from 6 mins.
And finally, In the midst of all this technology, here’s a helpful reminder for life
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