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Thursday, October 23, 2003

A Pulp Novelist's Dreams Invade a Distressing Reality. The adaptation of Dennis Potter's 1986 mini-series lurches when it should glide, shouts when it should whisper and mumbles when it should sing. By A. O. Scott. [New York Times: Movies] Ouch. I'm still going to see it; the nine-hour TV version remains one of the best movies I've ever seen, and I sat through all of it twice, and some of it more than that. I can't imagine containing the entirety of it in a 2-hour movie, just as that's what killed the Steve Martin version of the nearly-equally-as-good "Pennies From Heaven." 7:44:12 PM  Permalink  comment []

Underreporting casualties in Iraq. Press underreports casualties I had never heard of "Editor & Publisher" before, but I came across this link, and thought the news was rather shocking. So while 106 troops were killed since the "end of hostilities," 1927 have been wounded since the war began, 200 have been killed from all causes, and over 4,000 troops have been medically evacuated from Iraq. The article says the stats are easily obtained from the Pentagon web site - though all I could find was press releases which just mention casualties one by one. Can anyone out there find a comprehensive listing on the Pentagon's page? The article suggests that the media are at least in part to blame here (along with the administration's general reluctance to focus on bad news). Why wouldn't newspapers want to cover injuries to the troops? I, for one, would like to see this covered. What do you all think? [MetaFilter] 7:38:54 PM  Permalink  comment []

the electronic library. Check out this story published online at Wired before in print about Amazon's amazing new searchable book archive. Amazingly cool. [Lessig Blog] 7:18:23 PM  Permalink  comment []

Foreign swearing banned in Russia. Fuck that [FARK] 9:08:59 AM  Permalink  comment []

Blogging for Jesus [bOing bOing] 8:59:49 AM  Permalink  comment []

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