23 February 2010: Afternoon By The Morning News — 23 Feb 2010 Denmark introduces harrowing new tourism ads directed by Lars Von Trier. Profile of a McDonald's chef. Rendering of table objects after a dinner party: both absurdist theater and a study in user experience. Pictures of an abandoned Japanese island. Winning photographs and illustrations from the 2009 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge. Why you're better off winning a bronze medal than a silver: upward thoughts. Website where you can rate churches and comment on service quality. See also: Organ plays websites. The making of Raging Bull as a story of Scorcese's bleeding, Scorcese's anger, and De Niro doing more than eating. Brief account of calling Hunter S. Thompson. Notes on the myth of Altman, and how he exploited it. Researchers say nine-year-olds can tell the difference between irony and sarcasm, they just can't explain it. Study finds that email addicts check messages at weddings, funerals, and during "intimate moments."
