Daily Archives: Tuesday, January 13, 2004

Asterisk clones

Asterisk clones? I was ready to give Time & Newsweek a break and declare them close-but-no-clone covers this week. However, upon further review and advocacy by some self-appointed members of the rexblog 2004 Clone Covers committee, I have agreed that … Continue reading

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So sue me

So sue me: In the waning days of Lingua Fraca, a literary magazine that closed and went into bankruptcy in 2001, it paid several free lancers. Now, according to the NYT’s David Carr (registration required), the bankruptcy trustee in charge … Continue reading

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Not likely

Not likely: According to the BBC (first reported in the magazine New Scientist), Microsoft is working on a project called MyLifeBits that would enable someone to download everything they ever experience (phone calls, documents created, etc.) onto a massive hard … Continue reading

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Focused on what?

Focused on what? Here’s all the proof one needs that teenage boys lie during focus groups. (via I Want Media)

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Vaporzine roundup

Vaporzine roundup: The NY Daily News’ Paul Colford (Hot Copy) rounds up a “lengthening list” of magazines that will may launch later this year, or, what on the rexblog, we call vaporzines. One of the titles, Reality Bites Check, a … Continue reading

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