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historical precedents

Sidetalkin' About The Future Of Nokia's Music Initiatives

A new technology outlook from one of those places that issues those kind of things, Strategy Analytics Wireless Media Strategies, asks the question, "Can Nokia Challenge Apple's Digital Music Dominance?" The report's answer is one word long: "No." Haha, just kidding! But that's how long the report should be, if Nokia's history is any indication. More »

It's good to see the film blog The Criterion Contraption back in action after a prolonged absence; the blog features LA writer Matthew Dessem reviewing each DVD in the Criterion Collection, in order. His write-up of the 1938 Pygmalion begins with this lead: "Pygmalion is the story of a beautiful young woman who moves in with a pedantic jerk. And yet it was written nearly 100 years before my girlfriend and I found an apartment together." George Bernard Shaw, a nation of indie jerks who flout their tastes over everyone else's thanks you for setting the precedent. [The Criterion Contraption]