2 posts and columns on Monster

Viral Video: Gaga Says Make Love, Not War (Also, Wear Outfits)

in News on September 9, 2010 at 1:22 am PT

Here’s a very funny video, caught by a concertgoer at a recent stop on the Lady Gaga extravaganza, “The Monster Ball Tour,” in Washington, D.C. In it, she stops her antics cold to end a fight in the audience, using it for maximum entertainment. In other words, turning people acting like monsters into her little monsters.

The End of Newspapers, in Chart Form

in Media on May 22, 2009 at 9:53 am PT

I’m still not exactly sure why Google has become the chief suspect in the “Who Killed Newspapers” investigation playing out before our very eyes. Because it’s quite clear to me that the real baddie here is bespectacled, mild-mannered Craig Newmark, whose eponymous free service blew up the industry’s most profitable line of business: classified advertising. Here’s the argument in line-graph form.
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