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Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. All the pieces are now in place for what will be the Fight of the Century.
Film reviewing done right I: "Glamour and charisma are two different things." Virginia Postrel on Why Amelia Bombed.
Film reviewing done right II: "Roland Emmerich's latest assault on planet Earth and its moviegoers, isn't the end of the world: It only feels that way. This oafish epic about the End of Days operates in a dead zone roughly equidistant between parody and idiocy." Joe Morgenstern on '2012': Apocalypse D'oh!
We should learn to "Learn to love less television, movies, chatter, spending, shopping, eating out, junk food, technology, consumption, productivity." So says Leo Baubata on mnmlist.
More information will be created this year than all prior years. So, expect the big thing of 2010 to be "digital curation". Check out how IBM uses Tumblr to curate ideas for a smarter planet.
Time's come to shelve Heidegger next to Mein Kampf says Emmanuel Faye.
Only in New York: "Kerik bedded both of them at different times at the Ground Zero penthouse apartment, donated to him as a place to rest after long hours in the rubble of 9/ll." From the excellent NYPD Confidential.
The mobile market is stagnant, but the Smartphone market is booming, and the iPhone's share of it is rocketing. Soon it will overtake the Crackberry and then Nokia will feel the heat.
