Archive for October, 2011
October continues…
Can’t believe it’s October. Time flies… Google doodle: celebrating Art Clokey‘s 90th birthday with a little Gumby (and his pals, Pokey, Prickle, and Goo, plus those Blockheads… – plus, Gumby and Pokey now have an online home). Oh, and a little YouTube search pulled up the Gumby theme song (remastered!): Last but not least: from [...]
Posted: October 12th, 2011 under Brooklyn, Links, Los Angeles - Orange County.
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Another Notable Item
The passing of Derrick Bell, a pioneer of American legal academia. See also: the obit on Bell from NPR. From Newsweek/Daily Beast: A fascinating look at Anita Hill since her testifying at confirmation hearings for US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. [cross-posted over at sswslitinmotion.tumblr.com)
Posted: October 7th, 2011 under Brooklyn, Links.
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Notable Items
The passing of Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple. I don’t have an iPhone or other Apple products, but Steve Jobs – he was an original (Pixar! technological revolution! not perfect guy, but he changed society!). Via the Slatest over at Slate: “From his 2005 commencement speech at Stanford: ‘Remembering that you are going to [...]
Posted: October 6th, 2011 under Brooklyn, Links.
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