Tag: crime

  • The Rape Tunnel

    This isn’t actually a tunnel somewhere in NYC where a lot of women get raped, but rather a piece of art. The artist plans to place himself in a room, the only entrance or exit being a 22 ft long plywood tunnel constructed by Whitehurst himself. Then he says that for the duration of the…

  • The Polanski Furore

    The Observer on the divide between Hollywood and the rest of America about their reaction to Polanski. This led me to Kate Harding’s post. Her original post that went viral was for Broadsheet. Harris from The Observer remarked at how Hollywood’s reaction had united different American factions, from feminists to right-wing activists. I also liked…

  • Gizmondo’s Blow Up

    A strange and interesting story in Wired about fraud and crime, including the crash of a Ferrari Enzo which led investigators to unravel a web of deceit.

  • La reine dans le palais des courants d’air

    Easter basically resumed itself by me reading the Millenium trilogy by Stieg Larsson. I was a bit disappointed that the 3rd volume was simply the second part of La fille qui rêvait d’un bidon d’essence et d’une allumette. It’s sad that Larsson is dead, because his opus seemed to be only the beginning of the…

  • La fille qui rêvait d’un bidon d’essence et d’une allumette

    At exactly 1AM last night, I finished Les hommes qui n’aimaient pas les femmes, the first part of Stieg Larsson’s Millenium triolgy. There are many things I like about this book and there are a few questions that I have. Mainly, I have a hard time understanding why this series of books is so popular.…

  • Les hommes qui n’aimaient pas les femmes

    Män som hatar kvinnor is the title of Stieg Larsson’s first Millenium book, which roughly translates into Men who Hate Women. The French title, Les hommes qui n’aimaient pas les femmes, is a bit longer but a lot more accurate than the English translated title, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The English title refers…

  • Midnight Man S01E01 (ITV)

    Midnight Man is a British TV serial on ITV. It stars James Nesbitt as Max Raban, a journalist gone wrong with a strange phobia and a gift for seeing conspiracies everywhere. After having named a source and being disgraced as a journalist, Max Raban is left going through people’s rubbish in order to find new…

  • The Wire -30- S05E10 (HBO)

    The Wire is an American television drama set and produced in Baltimore, Maryland. Created, produced, and primarily written by author and former police reporter David Simon, the series is broadcast by the premium cable network HBO in the United States. The Wire premiered on June 2, 2002, with 50 episodes airing over the course of…

  • The Wire Late Editions S05E09 (HBO)

    The Wire is an American television drama set and produced in Baltimore, Maryland. Created, produced, and primarily written by author and former police reporter David Simon, the series is broadcast by the premium cable network HBO in the United States. The Wire premiered on June 2, 2002, with 50 episodes airing over the course of…

  • The Wire Clarifications S05E08 (HBO)

    The Wire is an American television drama set and produced in Baltimore, Maryland. Created, produced, and primarily written by author and former police reporter David Simon, the series is broadcast by the premium cable network HBO in the United States. The Wire premiered on June 2, 2002, with 50 episodes airing over the course of…