Apple ends the 'Get A Mac' campaign | 9 to 5 Mac

Apple ends the 'Get A Mac' campaign | 9 to 5 Mac: "Dear readers, it is time to say goodbye to the ‘Get A Mac’ campaign featuring actors Justin Long and John Hodgman (PC).

The last of the series of commercials hit screens and teh internets in October 2009. Now Apple has finally pulled the campaign pages down from its website, that section now links to the ‘Why You’ll Love A Mac’ page."

The iPad Revolution | The New York Review of Books

The iPad Revolution | The New York Review of Books: By Sue Halpern: "You don’t have to be a technophobe or a Luddite to dismiss out of hand the idea of reading on a machine. Maybe it is muscle memory, but there is something deeply satisfying about a “real” book, a book made of pages bound between hard or soft covers, into which you can slip a bookmark, whose pages you can fan, whose binding you can crack and fold as you move from beginning to end. E-books, by contrast, whatever platform delivers them, are ephemeral. Yes, you can carry thousands of them in your pocket, but what will you have to show for it? What will fill your bookshelves? Then, one day, you find yourself housebound, and Wolf Hall has just won the Booker Prize, and you download a sample onto your iPhone, and just like with a book printed on paper you are pulled into the story and are grateful to be able to keep reading, and your resistance disappears, and you press the “buy” button—it’s so easy!—and that is how it starts."

Bradley B. Onishi: I Once Was Found and Now I Am Lost: Reflections on the Religious and Spiritual Dimensions of Lost

Bradley B. Onishi: I Once Was Found and Now I Am Lost: Reflections on the Religious and Spiritual Dimensions of Lost: "It is not a matter of gods or of God. Lost's narrative was never about deities. Yet, the manifestations of the metaphysical and paranormal were obvious from the pilot to the finale. From start to finish, Lost gave us demons, spirits, voices, hauntings, and mystical experiences related to destiny. Over the course of its six seasons, Lost constructed its own version of the sacred through various forms of rituals, resurrections, consecrated sites, and elaborate temples. If there are idols and representations of the divine, there is no worship. If there is an origin story, there is no creation story. And if the themes of faith, redemption, penance, and forgiveness were clear throughout the show's duration, the finale certainly did not provide a definitive form of salvation (just ask Ben or Mr. Eko or Ana Lucia or...)."

After keeping us waiting for a century, Mark Twain will finally reveal all - News, Books - The Independent

After keeping us waiting for a century, Mark Twain will finally reveal all - News, Books - The Independent: "The great American writer left instructions not to publish his autobiography until 100 years after his death, which is now."

The Afterlife of Stieg Larsson - NYTimes.com

The Afterlife of Stieg Larsson - NYTimes.com: "THE THIRD VOLUME in Stieg Larsson’s immensely successful Millennium trilogy, “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest,” finally goes on sale here this month. Except for “Harry Potter,” Americans haven’t been so eager for a book since the early 1840s, when they thronged the docks in New York, hailing incoming ships for news of Little Nell in Charles Dickens’s “Old Curiosity Shop.” That was before Amazon. This time, particularly impatient readers simply paid a premium and ordered the new book from England, where it came out months ago (though with the apostrophe in a different place, making the “Hornet” plural)."

CNN.com Gets Spiritual with Belief Blog - mediabistro.com: WebNewser

CNN.com Gets Spiritual with Belief Blog - mediabistro.com: WebNewser: "CNN.com wants you to believe. Hence, the launch of CNN's Belief Blog, which will examine the most important stories of the day from a religion and faith standpoint.

Religion blogger and author Dan Gilgoff and CNN producer Eric Marrapodi, who is pursuing a master's degree in religious studies from Georgetown University, will co-edit CNN's Belief Blog, aiming to 'foster a global conversation about the role of religion and faith in the news and in users' lives.'"

Television - As ‘Lost’ Ends on ABC, Mythology Trumps Mystery - NYTimes.com

Television - As ‘Lost’ Ends on ABC, Mythology Trumps Mystery - NYTimes.com: "As the end of “Lost” approaches — an extravaganza that will stretch from Sunday night into Monday morning on ABC — the natural urge is to join in the final frenzy of speculation. Who will live, who will die, and what did it all mean?"

Technology - Will the Internet Kill Traditional Car Radio? - NYTimes.com

Technology - Will the Internet Kill Traditional Car Radio? - NYTimes.com: "Many people are already accustomed to plugging an iPod into the car to listen to their library of Chet Baker or Arcade Fire tracks rather than CDs. But now there is a new movement that could really threaten traditional broadcast radio: Internet music services like Pandora, Slacker and Last.fm, already popular with computer and smartphone owners, are being tailored by software developers, consumer electronics companies and even automakers to work more seamlessly with car stereo systems. So, while video didn’t end up killing the radio star, this time the Internet might just succeed."

OSU's Cartoon Library and Museum respects the funnies | cleveland.com

OSU's Cartoon Library and Museum respects the funnies | cleveland.com: "Ohio State's hidden treasure is well-known to cartoonists, collectors and researchers, who often can be found in the facility's reading room -- which also doubles as its gallery -- wearing white gloves and poring over some of its more than 450,000 original works of art and staggering collection of 2.5 million comic-strip clippings and newspaper pages.
Their secret soon will be shared with the rest of the world. If all goes as planned, the freshman class in 2013 will arrive on campus to find the library and museum in a new $20.6 million home in a renovated Sullivant Hall. That building sits on prime real estate at OSU, with High Street to the east and the campus's heart, the Oval, to the west."

The Full ‘Metropolis’ - NYTimes.com

The Full ‘Metropolis’ - NYTimes.com: "For fans and scholars of the silent-film era, the search for a copy of the original version of Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis” has become a sort of holy grail. One of the most celebrated movies in cinema history, “Metropolis” had not been viewed at its full length — roughly two and a half hours — since shortly after its premiere in Berlin in 1927, when it was withdrawn from circulation and about an hour of its footage was amputated and presumed destroyed.

But on Friday Film Forum in Manhattan will begin showing what is being billed as “The Complete Metropolis,” with a DVD scheduled to follow later this year, after screenings in theaters around the country. So an 80-year quest that ranged over three continents seems finally to be over, thanks in large part to the curiosity and perseverance of one man, an Argentine film archivist named Fernando Peña."

Spider-Man Creator Stan Lee Gets Green Light for History Channel Show

Spider-Man Creator Stan Lee Gets Green Light for History Channel Show : TVBizwire : TVWeek - Television Industry news, TV ratings, analysis, celebrity event photos: "History has given the greenlight to a series hosted by comic book icon Stan Lee, the Hollywood Reporter reports.

Called 'Stan Lee's Superhumans,' the series will debut in the third quarter. The show will track down people with unusual abilities explained by genetic differences, such as Lee's co-host, Daniel Browning Smith, who is called the world's most flexible man.

Other new History Channel shows, to be previewed this week during History's Upfront presentation to advertisers, include 'Swamp People,' a docudrama about Cajuns in Louisiana, and 'Vigilante Inspector,' which follows a pair inspecting old infrastructure such as highways and bridges."

Spielberg to Direct WWI Epic 'The War Horse' - TheWrap.com

Spielberg to Direct WWI Epic 'The War Horse' - TheWrap.com: "Steven Spielberg's next film will be the World War I epic 'The War Horse,' DreamWorks spokesman Marvin Levy confirmed to TheWrap.

Based on the celebrated 1982 novel by Michael Morpurgo, the story follows the extraordinary bond between a boy and his horse, who are separated but whose fates continue to intertwine over the course of the Great War."

9 to 5 Mac | Apple Intelligence

9 to 5 Mac | Apple Intelligence: "Here’s three statistics for your amusement and delight.

* It took Apple over a year and a half to sell its first million iPods.
* It took Apple 74 days to sell its first million units of the iPhone. (It took three days each to sell the first million units of the iPhone 3G and 3GS).
* It took Apple 28 days to sell its first million iPads."

Legendary TV Journalist Signs Off From His Signature PBS Show : TVBizwire : TVWeek - Television Industry news, TV ratings, analysis, celebrity event photos

Legendary TV Journalist Signs Off From His Signature PBS Show : TVBizwire : TVWeek - Television Industry news, TV ratings, analysis, celebrity event photos: "Bill Moyers signed off from his PBS program 'Bill Moyers Journal' with a warning to viewers, the New York Times reports. 'Plutocracy and democracy don't mix,' he said. 'Once again the fate and character of our country are up for grabs.'

But with Moyers leaving PBS, his time period is also up for grabs, and the show being readied to replace it is already generating concern among viewers, reports Elizabeth Jensen in a separate New York Times article."