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eric | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 26 2007 | video, Apple, commercial, 1984, George Orwell
click to playBehind the scenes on the famous "1984" commercial by Apple. It's a 3 minute behind the scenes look followed by the final cut of the commercial. I think this still must be one of the most effective commercials ever, still garnering viewers and describing the positioning of Apple.
You should watch this just for the silly '80s music.
Quoted: This is a rare video clip I restored, which shows 'behind the scenes' of Apple's famous 1984 commercial. Enjoy this trip back in time -- ...
eric | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 20 2007 | writing, George Orwell, Harold Pinter, Charles Dickens, news, thepugetnews
Henry Porter at the Guardian pining for a writer or two to step up and serve as opposition to a Labour Party he feels has dulled the community into silence.
Quoted: This may seem harsh, but where are the novelists with their indictments of government and society? Where are exposés of some unregarded part of the termite heap? Where are the dramatists who can barely speak for their anger?
eric | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 16 2006 | George Orwell, reference, ebooks, freeFree George Orwell library.
eric | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 31 2006 | politics, art, George Orwell, writing
eric | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 28 2006 | news, big brother, 1984, panopticon, Michel Foucault, psychology, science, George Orwell
eric | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 22 2006 | IRS, tax, identity, George Orwell, news
The IRS proposed a change under the following title:
"IRS Issues Proposed Regulations to Safeguard Taxpayer Information."
In a wonderful tip of the hat to Orwell, the IRS really should have said that the proposal is to allow tax preparers to "sell" taxpayer information to interested parties. How's that one for honesty?
Quoted: The IRS's proposed rule change will allow tax preparers to sell -- uh, 'safeguard' -- your data.
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