Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
According to Joss Whedon, “Of all the heat I’ve ever taken, not having Hank Pym [in the Avengers] was one of the bigger things.” However, Whedon contests that it didn’t make sense to bring in Ant-Man into Earth’s mightiest movie heroes. In an long interview with Empire Magazine, Avengers: Age of Ultron director Joss Whedon…
James Van Der Beek and Katee Sackhoff star in Joseph Kahn’s (Detention, Toque) R-rated, NSFW Power Rangers short film. We did not think the Power Rangers could be this dark. We were so wrong. Created just for shits and grins, Kahn cobbled together what he’s labeling a “deboot FAN FILM.” Writing quite plainly in his…
A gerbil (Rodrique Ngowi/AP) After nearly eight centuries of accusing the black rat for spreading the bubonic plague, scientists say they have compelling evidence to exonerate the much-maligned rodent. In the process, they’ve identified a new culprit: gerbils. It’s always the cute ones you have to watch out for, isn’t it? According to a study published in the…
Is it better to do something you love, or learn to love whatever job you do? Trick question! It doesn’t even matter: More and more employers want you to exhibit glowing passion for your position, regardless of how you really feel. It’s not hard to understand why there’s a premium on positive energy. Enthusiasm is…
“Jazz is dead” has long been one of the less controversial assertions in the legions of thought pieces about waning musical genres. Jazz has a pretty homogeneous, older fan base, and a well-established reputation for being “safe.” But jazz isn’t dead at all — it just isn’t always called jazz anymore. Often, the best and most…
1) We hear all the time that the pace of technological change has sped up. How has that changed the job of the CTO, particularly in digital media? Since I’ve always been working in technology it has always felt fast. There is always change. It’s very important that we are constantly experimenting, constantly iterating- taking…
Federal lawmakers eased decades-old U.S. securities regulations in 2012 in the name of eliminating red tape for young startups. But now another breed of business is angling to take advantage of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act: publicly traded companies, some of which have been in business for many years. Salon Media Group Inc., a 19-year-old…
We all know that a secure password helps keep your personal information out of the hands of hackers and malicious software. And we all know how to create a powerful password–about 15 characters, with a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters. But we aren’t following this advice. In January, the password…
/.byline-inner Photo: Courtesy of The Blonde Salad When it comes to building a career as a fashion blogger, there’s no better business role model than Chiara Ferragni. Since launching The Blonde Salad as a personal style blog back in 2009, the 27-year-old has expanded her team to 16 people, inked partnerships with luxury brands like Burberry and Dior,…
Congressional Republicans are once again holding the government hostage against a budget authorization bill, this time threatening to put the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) into furlough. Maybe it’s time to call them on their bluff and go one step further: Let’s shut down the DHS. The agency is no longer relevant in an age where cyberterrorism may be the new normal,…