Press Clippings: The Increasingly Fatal Flaw: Hilary’s Email Problem (source: New York Times) Deadly Immigrant Crisis in Europe (source: BBC) Daryl Dawkins, the NBA’s “Chocolate Thunder”, Dies (Source: si.com) The Day by The Numbers (source:fivethirtyeight.com) Morning Sports Report (Source:si.com)
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The Color of Money
Paying Attention: For years, a collection of Pantone color swatches marked the difference between highly professional art directors, designers, and painters and their amateur counterparts. Pantone is a company in the color business, and, early on, they were smart enough to provide a quantitative component to the qualitative judgement of “color”. This is done through …
The Nightshift: The News While You Slept
Press Clippings: Overnight News From Around The Globe The Bounce Back: Wall Street Rebounds (source: Bloomberg.com) The Day By The Numbers (source: fivethirtyeight.com) Latest on The New Crew Killings (source: New York Times) Morning Sports Report (source: SI.com) A New Writer Revives “The Girl” Series (souce: New York Times) Repairing Mt. Everest (source: BBC)
The Nightshift: The News While You Slept
Press Clippings: Monday, 24 August 2015 North Korea and South Korea: At It Again. (Source: New York Times) The Global Market Meltdown (Source: BBC) An American View of a Brutal Economic Market (Source: Bloomberg) Fifty-One Year Old Davis Love III Wins the Wyndham Golf Championship (Source: Golf.com) Morning Sports Reports: Injuries, controversy, scores (Source: ESPN) Significant Numbers …
The Nightshift: The News While You Slept
Press Clippings: Sunday Morning 23 August 2015 Joe Biden Takes A Closer Look at Running For President (Source: Bloomberg.com) Twin Pandas Born At The National Zoo (Source: New York Times) The Final Round: Tiger Woods In The Hunt Again (Source: Golf.Com) Control Your Home With Your Phone (Source: Cnet) Overnight Sports Report (Source: ESPN) …
The Art of The Movie Trailer: The Martian
Paying Attention: Matt Damon and Kristin Wiig are the stars in a new space epic coming in October, about an Astronaut who is left behind on a mission to Mars– a very frightening possibility for everyone but the screenwriter and director. Here’s the first movie trailer for The Martian. It’ll give you plenty to think about.
Night Shift: The News While You Slept
Press Clippings Saturday, 22 August 2015 The market goes down and down and down (Source: Bloomberg) Americans Stop Gunman on European Train (Source: CNN) The Incredible After-Life of Helen Gurley Brown (Source: New York Times) A Short Course in Wall Street and Silicon Valley (Source: New York Times) Tiger Woods Makes His Move (Source: Golf.Com) …
Night Shift: The News While You Slept
21 August 2015 Press Clippings: Select overnight news dispatches. Five Things Everyone Will Be Talking About Today (Source:Bloomberg.com) Significant Digits: 538 On Numbers That Count (Source: 538.com) How Universal Took Over The Movie Box Office (Source: NYTimes) Google Re-Brands (Source: NYTimes) Henry Kissinger on The U.S., Russia, and Ukraine (Source: RT.com) Good Copy: Tiger Woods Shoots 64 at …
Fran Lebowitz on humor
“Being funny is like being tall. That is surely a thing that can’t be taught or learned. You’re either funny or you’re not funny. “
The Pebble Beach Playlist
The Hunt For New Music: Pebble Beach is the automobile collector’s World Series–a one week cargasm with exhibits, concours, high-dollar auctions, tours, racing, and displays that every auto enthusiast should see at least once. The setting is magnificent (Carmel, California); the climate perfected; the hardware on display outstanding. You’ll need a week to take it …