iPods in J School, Awkward Family Photos, Star Trek Parodies, Dan Grobstein File
May 17, 2009
Did you see this tech/journalism/education item?
Kent Peterman writes: kind of makes you appreciate your own family photos doesn't it?
Daniel Dern gets wind of funny Star Trek videos, including Star Trek Meets Monty Python and Steam Trek: The Moving Picture (Star Trek Parody).
Dan Grobstein File
- TRAVEL | May 10, 2009
Frugal Portland
By MATT GROSS
In this beguiling Pacific Northwest city of artisanal cafes, offbeat museums, funky neighborhoods and food carts from every corner of the world, the good life comes cheap.
- SCIENCE / ENVIRONMENT | May 14, 2009
Rising Calls to Regulate California Groundwater
By FELICITY BARRINGER
While groundwater rights remain sacrosanct, the state government is facing pressure to embrace regulation. [Dan notes: That photo showing that the ground level has dropped 50 feet because of aquifer pumping is amazing. The large photo is interesting too. There are water-saving covered irrigation drip methods which are obviously not in use here. ]
- N.Y. / REGION | May 15, 2009
City Room: Number, Please? Phoning in Love Again ...
By Alison Leigh Cowan
On the Records: Marlene Dietrich was the reigning sex symbol of her day. But in 1930, she was still, in some respects, just another name in the book -- the Berlin phone book. [Ed. note: I followed the link to the story about Mayor Bloomberg's number being listed; interesting.... I remember Tip O'Neill used to list his number in Cambridge, Mass., and answered his own phone on the weekend...]
- MAGAZINE | May 17, 2009
My Personal Credit Crisis
By EDMUND L. ANDREWS
How love, subprime lenders and willful self-delusion led one man, an economics reporter, to the brink of foreclosure.