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The Real Value of Holograms

…they make great music-video effects.  [watch at about 2:45]

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The Morning After: She's Gotta Have One

The chief question I have after last night’s How I Met Your Mother is: Was “The Cheerleader Effect”—Barney’s theory of how unattractive women look better in groups—a cryptic slam at Heroes? Beyond that, not much to comment on in last night’s fair but unremarkable episode. The chief storyline, in which Lily and Marshall decide to [...]

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You've Got Questions…

…we’ve got answers. Sort of. At least to one question, about Lost. In yesterday’s thread about Lost’s return date, several commenters asked how long the season would be—since, if the show airs weekly, a 16-episode season would end before the TV season did.  Before the fourth season of Lost, the producers and ABC reached an [...]

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Remembering Sarah Palin

It’s not that Sarah Palin didn’t want to make herself more available for mainstream media interviews. It was just that, when you’re in the middle of running for vice president, who has time for that kind of thing? Now that that bit of business is over, however, Palin has become a regular camera hound. Last [...]