Tag: EDITING

In honor of Wikipedia's 10th anniversary, designers Dean McNamee and Tim Burrell-Saward created an installation that, in their words, "would highlight the effort and value behind Wikipedia."They decided to suspend 18 printers from the ceiling of a West London building, where the site was celebrating its anniversary. Every time a contributor made an edit to any article on the site, one of the ...

Computers rarely offer up witty banter, rob banks or get stuck in trees, so they need a little help when it comes to looking good on local TV news. Alexis Madrigal at The Atlantic lists seven TV methods to make our binary buddies shine over the airwaves, ranging from the classic "typing in a suspiciously darkened room" to throwing a layer of 1s and 0s over serious button tapping. Sure, local news ...

After all the drama leading up to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the Tibetan demonstrations, the censorship, and the bogus tickets, it seems some news organizations couldn't let the amazing opening ceremonies themselves pass without trying to stir up a little more drama. The show went off without a hitch on Friday night, but some are complaining now that one particularly impressive portion of the ...

Whether you're the fanatic 'Star Wars' worshiper who dresses up for conventions, or the more casual fan who thinks he could have done a better job on the crappy prequels, there's some big news today that will no doubt have an effect on any Memorial Day Weekend plans you may have had. George Lucas is famously litigious when it comes to protecting his intellectual property. But in a complete 180, ...