December 2007
8 posts
SPECIALTEN.TV →
A flat-out, fantastic site dedicated to video with a simple, elegant navigational overlay. This is the channel of the future with a tasty bit of discovery mixed in. Be sure to look out for the brief piece on the origins of Pentagram and its governing philosophy. It’s about the work, not the process of running an organization.
Five Things the Romans Did at Christmas →
Trent Gilliss, Online Editor Mary Beard’s blog at the Times Online is a lot of fun. And she quickly spots in on quirky similiarities between Saturnalia and the Christmas holiday. — speakingoffaith
“‘If any of these said persons come in love unto us, we cannot in...”
– from the Flushing Remonstrance, signed on Dec. 27, 1657, and cited in Kenneth T. Jackson’s Op-Ed article “A Colony with a Conscience” in The New York Times Trent Gilliss, Online Editor
Beijing’s Olympic Quest: Turn Smoggy Sky Blue →
Touching Soles
Trent Gilliss, Online Editor One of the most difficult aspects of working at Minnesota Public Radio is that I often don’t get a chance to listen to public radio on the weekdays, especially during working hours. Thanks to a new baby boy, I was actually able to listen to a documentary on Alzheimer’s disease by a colleague and former producer at SOF, Brian Newhouse. It’s a...
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Michael Schmelling, photographer →
The man behind Wilco’s A Ghost Is Born. Gritty stuff with a bit of despondency.
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November 2007
7 posts
