June 2010
MSNBC rethinks news pages
Mike Davidson on MSNBC’s story page revamp:
This weekend, msnbc.com launched a sweeping redesign of the most important part of their site: the story page. The result is something unlike anything any other major news site is offering and is a bold step in a direction no competitor has gone down (yet): the elimination of pageviews as a primary metric.
From a strategy POV, I love this. A few...
“The Prime Minister says she does not believe in God, and that the ‘greatest...”
– Prime Minister Julia Gillard speaks to Jon Faine - ABC Melbourne - Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Prime Minister doesn’t believe in a deity, but the ABC still uses a capital ‘g’. (via indefensible)
Just when we feel cool for having a black president, Australia go and get themselves a...
“So what happens when a US-owned and controlled restaurant chain markets...”
– Aussie-themed US-run chain provides food for thought (via indefensible)
I felt like the only American to notice how unsettling the “we’ve been supporting our (american) troops for over 20 years” Outback Steakhouse commercials were. It’s bad enough that nothing served at...
Detachable Penis by King Missile
This song and...
Man killed by family for changing the channel →
So, apparently a S. African man in his sixties decided he really wanted to watch a World Cup match on TV, so he asked for the remote so he could change the channel. After being snubbed, he got up and switched the channel himself. Normal TV channel spat, right?
Nooooooope.
His 68 year old wife and two kids (grown adult kids, mind you)… jumped him. They bashed his head against the wall. Only after...
The Sandpit →
cameronmoll:
The above tilt-shift video, The Sandpit, is neither video nor tilt-shift.
This is simply fantastic and gorgeously done.
