6.5/10. Another of Anderson’s whimsical outings with many of his regular cast in tow (Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman, Anjelica Huston, and even Bill Murray there for a cameo). This was far better than Anderson’s previous effort (The Life Aquatic of Steve Zissou), which despite having what seemed like the right ingredients completely failed to cohere [...]
7.5/10 (8.5 for genre). Beautifully put together and constantly engrossing in large part due to the excellent central performances (Crowe is always great). Deserves to rank up there with the best of its genre (e.g. the Godfather).
5/10. A passable Utopian polemic. Certainly reasonably interesting for its ideas (undoubtedly more exciting at the time of publication than today) but is rather let down on the literary side of things by the flatness of its characterisation and its unexciting prose.
The Open Rights Group, which I helped found, celebrated its second birthday today. Long may it prosper, promoting and protecting digital rights in a digital age.
From Blanchflower and Oswald 2006:
Instead, using samples of individual workers, [Blanchflower and Oswald 1995 and 1996] documents the existence of a logarithmic curve — what physicists would call a power law — linking the level of the wage to the unemployment rate in the local area. Their book’s conclusion is that, in sixteen [...]
Tacitus Annals, Book VI, XXII:
[Tacitus has just related how Tiberius consulted astrologers at his villa and had those whose competence or honesty was doubtful thrown off the cliffs into the sea below. He had then related how one astrologer, Thrasyllus, had avoided this fate by correctly foretelling it.]
For myself, when I listen to [...]
After meeting Jeff Jarvis of BuzzMachine on Sunday, yesterday I had the chance to meet [Ray](http://technology.open.ac.uk/tutor/corrigan.htm )Corrigan again, thanks to the efforts of John Naughton, who had organized an event to celebrate the launch of Ray’s new book: Digital Decision Making. Here’s the information about it from the springer site:
Since the [...]
A new study is out on the relationship of unauthorised downloading and music purchases. The work was carried out by two economists, Birgitte Andersen and Marion Frenz, of Birkbeck College (University of London) for Industry Canada. Entitled The Impact of Music Downloads and P2P File-Sharing on the Purchase of Music: A Study for [...]
4/10. An extended music video for an unimpressive set of songs — the addition of the love/friendship story between our singer hero and the Czech immigrant cleaner girl did little to leaven the basic ingredients with anything more substantial. Compared to Small Engine Repair, another recent Irish indie also in possession of a singer/songwriter [...]
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