October 8, 2012: Morning
- Chávez wins reelection after 14 years in power; turnout among 19 million registered voters was record 80.4%.
- Aaron Sorkin imagines dialogue between Obama and Jed Bartlett about the debate.
- Although golf is a way for the President to disappear, Republicans attack his well known love for the game.
- Educational reform sometimes boils down to high-schoolers who can't employ the word "although."
- Life of a New York "jumper" detective, talking down potential suicides.
- Good survey of the appeal and recent history of clandestine work.
- Plans afoot for a gun you can download, "print," and shoot.
- Machine uncannily creates nearly anything from scraps found lying on the floor.
- Entertainment Weekly print ad contains actual smartphone.
- In-theater iPod commentary offered for repeat showings of Looper.
- Animated GIFs from Sunday's pro football games.
- Field recordings obtained in various retail environments.
- Map: "Spatial Distribution of Americans in Relationship to Starbucks."
- Ode to the thriving contemporary art scene in Kansas City.
- See also: Photographs from inside the studios of a dozen top contemporary artists.
- Portraits of artists—Basquiat, Kahlo, Rembrandt—as they appear in films.