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The Lost Supper

Posted on 4 February 2010 by Geoff

The promo image for Lost’s final season shows the cast sat around a plane wing in the style of The Last Supper. Battlestar Galactica did exactly the same thing for its ultimate season, and fans analysed the picture looking for clues. I’m sure the same will happen here. This scene is oft parodied.

The Lost Supper

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Posted in Illustration | Tagged inspiration, television, wallpapers

Dan Gillmor’s 22 new rules of news

Posted on 4 October 2009 by Geoff

I think this is an excellent list (slightly ironic, given rule 11) about how journalistic practices should be reformed for the web age. This article from the Guardian is Creative Commons licenced, so I’ve taken the liberty and reproduced below Dan Gillmor’s list of 22 things that he’d insist upon if he ran a news organization:

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Posted in Web | Tagged inspiration, journalism, news, rants

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