Sep 28, 2009

LYNTC: 9/28/09

These are links. You should click them. Here are some reasons why.

  • In this week’s edition of “What Exactly Is Gawker’s “beat” These Days” news, I point to their recap of last night’s “Mad Men” and turn my head like an RCA dog.
  • How fast is Usain Bolt, really? Some ESPN staffers found out.
  • In case you missed this one, check out some fun that the New Yorker had with a recent NYT review of The Beatles: Rock Band.
  • Could the “Tribute in Light” that graces lower Manhattan every year around September go dark in 2010?
  • Gruber points to William Safire’s favorite New Yorker cartoon.
  • If you were a digital Robin Hood, apparently you’d start at Facebook and head back to MySpace with whatever you’ve got. Or something like that. Or maybe you’d just sit on MySpace all day and post updates to Twitter.
  • The amusing thing about this computer tumor is that it’s probably totally representative of the RAM bloat that your applications are chomping on, and will give you a good idea when you need to reboot.
  • Trash your coach on Twitter, no Twitter for you, says Texas Tech coach Mike Leach.
  • No coverage, no problem, say the Los Angeles Kings.
  • OMG “Star Wars” bathrobes! [via Gizmodo]
  • Dabitch seems to feel the same way that I do about the latest Windows 7 commercial.