Author Archives: Greg Palmer

This is interesting and fun for Kubrick fans. His daughter, Vivian Kubrick, shot a documentary on the set of The Shining.

Via Kottke, this video on how warehouse robots work. Holy crap it’s the future!

UPDATE: A new video shows George Zimmerman with no apparent injuries on the night of the killing. I get so dispirited by the state of American discourse, which all too often comes down to not acknowledging any part of the truth, or even a potential fact, that doesn’t agree with one’s current opinion. Because ofContinue reading “Fact and Fiction in The Shooting of Trayvon Martin”

A few notes on recent TV. NBC’s Smash: I wanted to like you. Really, I did. As a gay man who can’t stand Glee, I’ve been feeling left out of the club for years. But I’m over it. Unlike a lot of folks, I like both Debra Messing and Katharine McPhee as Julia and Karen, respectively.Continue reading “Recent TV Expeditions: Smash and Lilyhammer”

Or if not “all,” then a whole heckuva lot: Analyze away, amateur (and professional) psychologists and culturati!

I’ve been trolling my back catalog of links I wanted to share and came across this. Pennies cost 1.8c a piece to make and are sorta useless. …via the Atlantic. But one note on that – just because a coin’s production cost is higher than it’s face value doesn’t make it inherently bad, because itContinue reading “Pennies Are Too Damn Expensive”

Was feeling creative last night and had a bunch of fun with the #lazyfilms meme:

I’m a pretty savvy guy, but I’m having a really tough time separating fact from fiction when it comes to Joseph Kony and Invisible Children and I wish the media would do more of this. Here’s what I think is clear and what you should know: Joseph Kony is a monster. This much is clearlyContinue reading “Fact and Fiction on Joseph Kony and Invisible Children”

This seems like a weird conflict of interest, no?