Panopticist: October 2008 Archives

October 2008

October 30, 2008

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Obama presidency = Civil War’s conclusion?

October 17, 2008

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Letterman eviscerates McCain re Palin.

October 14, 2008

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John Cleese on Sarah Palin.

October 13, 2008

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The McCain Stunt Assessment Meter.

October 13, 2008

Rupert Murdoch’s Personal Page on Richbook, the Facebook Spinoff for the Absurdly Wealthy

Posted by Andrew Hearst

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The October Vanity Fair is off the newsstands now, so I can finally post the page I wrote and designed for the issue’s Vanities section. It’s Rupert Murdoch’s profile on Richbook, the Facebook spinoff for the ridiculously affluent. (I’ve been angling for an invite, but my bank account isn’t anywhere near big enough.) Among Murdoch’s friends: Paris Hilton, Arianna Huffington, Charles Foster Kane, Dick Cheney, Pope Benedict XVI, Kirk Kirkorian, Joss Whedon, Leona Helmsley’s dog, and a handful of arrivistes. I think this is readable at this size, but just barely; you can click on the image for a bigger version.

Tags: Facebook, Lachlan Murdoch, Michael Bloomberg, money, Mort Zuckerman, Oprah Winfrey, Paris Hilton, parody, Punch Sulzberger, Republicans, Ross Perot, Rupert Murdoch, social networking, spoof, Tom Wolfe, Vanity Fair, wealth

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October 12, 2008

Callout

The staff was squabbling, mainly over money: waiters were angling for better shifts and tables, and the kitchen workers didn’t feel they were getting a fair share of the profits. … ‘Here I was, winging it as an owner, running into these frustrations, which all boiled down to money,’ Porter told me this summer. ‘I felt there had to be a better way.’ After much thought, Porter arrived at a possible solution, which he presented to his staff on that November afternoon. ‘How do you feel about eliminating tipping?’ he asked them.

—“Why Tip?,” The New York Times Magazine

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October 11, 2008

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Kottke on “megamovies,” e.g., Lost.

October 11, 2008

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Workflow for online editorial content.

October 9, 2008

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DeLillo blogs for The Onion.

October 9, 2008

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Video: What we’re up against.

October 8, 2008

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Simonson on Mad Men typography.

October 8, 2008

Xenophobia: John McCain and Sarah Palin’s Shocking—But Refreshingly Honest—New Ad Campaign

Posted by Andrew Hearst

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John McCain and Sarah Palin have been drowning themselves in the toilet for the last several weeks, and it appears that their noses will barely be above water by November 4. But at least they’re starting to be upfront about their only remaining strategy for getting into the White House. Check out this poster from the surprisingly honest ad campaign they launched this morning:

Xenophobia: John McCain and Sarah Palin's shocking new ad campaign