Crimson folks doing Crimson things:
Those are three members of the editorial staff at their budget meeting tonight. Some others are outside of the shot, but they’re there and they’re a good group. They’ve been getting a lot of compliments, and they deserve them.
They are fun, too. It is easy to get sidetracked with them, but the diversions are worth it. Tonight we discussed the movie Face / Off — and you should see the photos from that conversation. Three or four of us know the movie and we tried to explain it to the others. This is not an easy movie to describe to people. “And then John Travolta, played by Nic Cage, who is now a bad guy … ”
So you start throwing in other actors, who weren’t even in that film, to really make it fun.
“And then Sean Connery says … ”
I saw this tonight while standing at the counter and waiting for my burger. First thought?
Seasoned with what?
The more you think about it, the You know what my salt needs? Some flavoring. But what would go well with salt just now?
And what does Nic Cage think about that? The good Nic Cage, I mean, who is really John Travolta. What if one of those guys wants unseasoned salt? What do you do when the other one says he wants salted salt? Why is my burger taking so long?
Things to read … because that never takes too long.
Great question! As journalism and documentary film converge in digital, what lessons can they share? You might see more mini-docs to address the issue of time, more partnerships from unexpected places and, at last, what I think could be the coolest job in the industry: a historist. The historian journalist, or journalist historian, is a wholly unappreciated idea.
In reality, you’ll probably see a lot more interaction. Virtual Reality will be a part of this, among other things.
Mobile payment has already hit a a security/trust issue, Apple Pay rival CurrentC just got hacked:
On Wednesday, those taking part in the CurrentC pilot program received a warning from the consortium of anti-credit-card retailers called MCX, or Merchant Consumer Exchange: The program was hacked in the last 36 hours, and criminals managed to grab the email addresses of anyone who signed up for the program.
MCX confirmed the hack, adding what’s become a go-to line for any company that loses your data: “We take the security of our users’ information extremely seriously.”
Protecting it is another thing, however.
State agency to investors: Prepare for Ebola-related scams
‘Unusual’ Russian flights concern NATO:
An “unusual” uptick in the size and scale of Russian aircraft flying throughout European airspace in recent days has raised alarm bells for NATO officials that come amid other provocations already rattling the West.
Multiple groups of Russian military bomber and tanker aircraft, flying under the guise of military maneuvers, were detected and monitored over sections of the Baltic Sea, North Sea and Black Sea on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Those flights represented an “unusual level of air activity over European airspace,” according to a press release from NATO.
Adding to the concern — none of the Russian aircraft filed customary flight plans or maintained radio contact with civilian aviation authorities or used any of their onboard transponders.
These surely are interesting times.
It is about time this story is being told on film. MY Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes:
Would you risk your life to save a stranger? And never talk about it? MY ITALIAN SECRET tells the story of Tour de France cycling champion Gino Bartali and other Italians who saved lives during WWII.
Or if you prefer the 30 for 30 method: What if I told you a man saved 800 lives in between three Giro d’Italia wins and two Tour de France titles?
This is not that film, but it does summarize the story a tiny bit:
Bartali apparently rarely even brought it up, which brings us to this quote from the man himself: “Good is something you do, not something you talk about. Some medals are pinned to your soul, not to your jacket.”
Pretty profound for a guy that just moved his feet around in small circles.
