Film reviews, in Haikus. Review in Haiku is written by Tony Russo, designed by Blake J. Graham, and updated regularly. Images are also available on imgur.
Read More...Teen Talk: Teenagers Shape The Web To Change The World
Teenagers are the compulsive mojo that keeps tech companies relevant. They Snapchat, Facebook, Tweet, Tumbl, and Instagram like nothing else in the universe—If a social media company doesn’t have a cadre of teens using it constantly, it’s a bacterial infection not a viral hit. They are the first people to use new technology and if it pleases them, they have the power to pull networks, apps, and products from obscurity and throw them into mainstream parlance. Teens are the ultimate arbiters of success online. As judge and jury they are legion, and they are obsessive.
But they’re also teensy-weensy-funsy-folk who hate algebra, grumble at their parents, love their friends soooo much, and can’t wait for prom. They are completely aware of their influence. And their decision to damn a product to obscurity isn’t malicious; it’s more of a casual “whatever” before they move onto something else that doesn’t bore them. Millions of dollars of financial value for companies hinges on the capriciousness of teenagers, and this has some adults scared.
Read More...Quantum Computing is Real (But Not Very Useful)
Quantum computing has long been a wacky, borderline fictional, mostly theoretical domain of physics reserved for highly speculative conversation. This is because quantum mechanics, or particle physics as it’s also called, makes some claims completely void of common sense. Particle physicists believe that a subatomic particle called a neutrino can pass through the entire Earth without slowing down, and that particles can be in two different states at the same time, and even that two particles can be entangled in such a way that their properties will match across any distance (imagine if flipping a light switch in Kansas caused a light switch on Saturn to flip as well). Various governments have poured money into the exploration of these theories—a giant sub-atomic roller rink was built in Geneva, Switzerland to test many of them resulting in the discovery of the Higgs Boson. But there hasn’t been much use for these theories in practical application. That is until the concept of quantum computing came about.
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Whatever and Ever Today: Sunday, March 31, 2013
A Princeton mother tries to get her son laid, Google stiffs Easter, Boston police are punk rock poseurs, and Nick Offerman break dances.
Read More...Whatever and Ever Today: Saturday, March 23, 2013
The popes get together, Shanghai’s rivers are flooded with pig carcasses, and animals might be much smarter than we ever imagined.
Read More...Whatever and Ever Today: Thursday, March 21, 2013
In The Airspace’s mission of exposing the most promising and important points in technology, culture, and scholarship, there is little room to talk about the daily churn of current events known as the news. Well we’re trying it out today for the first time. “Whatever and Ever Today” is a recap of the day’s noteworthy events. It’s a mix of important stories as well as some items you might find in our commentary ticker. But each piece is distilled down to its essential parts and explained as simply as possible. Think of it as a daily briefing hand-picked and produced to keep you informed.
Read More...On Air Issue 002: Boy Scout’s Coming Out, Cloud Atlas, Internet Society, & The Value of Cinematic Flops
The second issue of The Airspace’s digital periodical On Air is now available. In this issue writers Jon Catlin, Hamid Bendaas, Christopher Smith, and Max O’Connell cover the Boy Scouts of America’s policies toward gay scouts, the complex inner-workings of the near-epic film Cloud Atlas, the reality of technological society, and how seemingly awful blockbuster films are actually important. The four articles contain a total of 13,000 words of insightful and tested prose. Excerpts of Issue 002 are available below.
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For $2.00 a month, the newest issue of On Air is delivered to your email inbox every two weeks. You can read it in your email, or on the web. It looks great on a computer, tablet, smartphone, and on paper. No advertisements or gimmicks. Just great writing from students across the country. Subscribe to On Air, it only takes a minute.
Read More...The Best of 2012 on The Airspace
2012 has kept us busy. Since we formed last January we’ve been tracking the world of culture, technology and scholarship to tell you the stories that really matter. We’ve compiled a list of the most popular stories we’ve run in 2012—these are the articles that were most read, most shared, and most loved. And now, they’re all together in one place.
Read More...Upgrade Your iPhone and Your Life: How to Get Every Essential App for Less Than $10
This year alone, over 330,000 mobile applications were added to Apple’s App Store. With hundreds of thousands of applications available, it’s difficult to tell what’s worth downloading, what’s worth paying for, and what’s just crap. Many different people have put together guides that outline the best applications of the week or the month but the reality is that truly great applications don’t come along too often and most of the apps you download (and maybe even pay for) will never be used. To get down to the essential apps, I took my experience downloading and testing different apps so you don’t have to. The following list contains the applications that you will use the most often or will be the most useful when you use them. The great thing is that most of these applications are free. Combine that with some holiday sales going on right now, and you can supercharge your iPhone for less than $10.
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