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President Obama and Speaker Boehner get into a disagreement over speech scheduling. [Washington Times] Four analysts discuss the impact of General David Petraeus’ military career. [Washington Post] Can you hear me now? The proposed ATT and T-Mobile merger is being challenged by the Federal Government. [Bloomberg] D.C. Comics’ “reboot” of their entire franchise begins. Cynical nerds everywhere are weighing-in with their opinions. [New York Times] How bad could her life be?? [picture] Oh, Abe, you’re so honest. [picture] Cheating on a chemistry test [SMBC] President God [Deep Cover] Pizza stationary [Mocktopus]
Need a cure for those days when you have nothing to wear? Experts say the key to overcoming the situation is simplifying your closet. [CNN] How will history see President George W. Bush ten or twenty years in the future? [NY Magazine] Something else that needs recovering: students’ research skills in the age of Google. [Good Magazine] Check out this inspiring story of a Virginia painter fighting the recession to keep his business afloat. [Washington Post] Hunter S Thompson books have been adapted into films by Johnny Depp before, to great acclaim. Coming soon is The Rum Diary, which was written by Thompson before he went too crazy, and I think this film has a good chance to be really fun and good. Check out the trailer. [The Movie Blog] Am I too old to love comic books? I really hope not. After watching 3 years of films building up to Marvel’s The Avengers, we now officially have a poster. I’m excited, and you should be too. [IFC] Now that the Harry Potter series is over and the Twilight films are all in the can, we need a new Young Adult Fiction series to win over our hearts and minds. Hunger Games seeks to do just that. Check out the trailer, featuring Jennifer Lawrence heavily. [Film Junk] Oldboy is a Korean revenge flick which is incredibly violent and very intense. It is definitely not a movie that everyone can stomach. However, for the people who like those kinds of films, it is a classic. Spike Lee plans on adapting it into English, and has tapped Josh Brolin to play the lead. This is very excited, if you ask me. [The Guardian] Lars Von Trier managed to get himself kicked out of the Cannes film festival earlier this year because he said he sympathized with Hitler. Even after that, his film, Melancholia, managed to win a few awards. If a film can come back from that, it must be pretty good. Experts say that this film will do for Kirsten Dunst what Brokeback Mountain did for Heath Ledger. Check out the trailer. [/Film] The film The Artist is a movie set during the silent film era–and pays homage to that era by actually being a silent film. This film has generated a lot of positive buzz, but it remains to be seen if a film without any talking can win awards this year. Check out the trailer to see what you think [LA Times] Two tabloid newspapers covering Hurricane Irene, one photo. Who wore it better? [NY Magazine] Eliot Spitzer is in the news again. He’s being sued for libel for a column he wrote last year for Slate. [Reuters] In honor of Steve Jobs’ retirement, here’s a story about his impact on the world of journalism. [Poynter Institute] After spending five months imprisoned in Libya, freelance journalist Matthew VanDyke returns to visit his cell and confront his past. [CNN] Abercrombie & Fitch isn’t the only fashion brand trying to disassociate itself from the jersey turnpikes and fist pumps of Jersey Shore. Yikes! [NY Mag] Marc Jacobs to Dior? [Reuters] From the tennis courts to the runway: Maria Sharapova teams up with Cole Haan for a fashion line. [Vogue] Take a trip down memory lane with OPI’s latest Muppets inspired nail polish! [Fashionista] Fall must-haves! Check out H&M’s trend guide for this fall: [YouTube]
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 More useful and interesting resources at OnlineUniversities.net The Politics of Tech I’m sure you have already heard, Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO of Apple. The new CEO will be his protege Tim Cook. Many people were ready to make wild proclamations regarding this change, but the fact is Jobs and Apple have been anticipating and preparing for this transition for a long while. [Wall Street Journal] Here are five things to watch for during the transition period for Apple and going forward into the future. [PC World] Finally, what are the repercussions for all of those investments you made in Apple? Check out the nice breakdown in the link. [Seeking Alpha] Chloe Holmes, 15, is the proud new owner of bionic fingers after growing up having lost her fingers to septicaemia. The field of robotics and bionics continues to amaze. [Huffington Post] Here is an autopsy performed on a Pentium III CPU. Some of those magnified images are just awesome. [Sciency Stuff] El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron. A video game based on the apocryphal book Enoch is popular with Japanese gamers. [CNN] Rick Perry is running a campaign that is openly religious, but are the values he espouses a good reflection of Christianity? [The Atlantic] Painting of Mickey Mouse as Jesus banned in Russia for being religiously offensive. [Huffington Post]
Who will be Silicon Valley’s next Steve Jobs? [Mercury News] There’s no room for nostalgia in the Tech business. [NPR] Hurricane Irene’s effect on web and cell infrastructure. [ZDnet] The accidental phone company: the love story between Google and Motorola. [Engadget] |
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