Over the summer, we launched a location-aware iPhone app we called Bike Box. The goal in developing this project was to use smartphone technology to enhance rather than replace a user’s experience of physical space.
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Chai Boys, Nipples and “Breaking”: Meta-Humor on 30 Rock
Self-referentiality is a staple of 30 Rock's satire. Yet, I almost needed a "drop" and a spinning top to resurface from this live episode's multi-layered meta-humor.
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Mr. Draper’s Wild Ride: “Tomorrowland” and Mad Men’s Season in Review
As Mad Men's fourth season comes to a close, we look back on what Antenna contributors have had to say, and how it reflects on the eventful finale.
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What Do You Think? The Chilean Mine Rescue
The rescue of a group of Chilean miners this week has become a media phenomenon. We want your opinion on it all.
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Anti-Social? The Classic Aesthetic of The Social Network
The biggest fiction in the popular press about the film dubbed "the Facebook movie" is that it is, in fact, about Facebook.
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A Practical Magic: Christine O’Donnell’s Invocations of Witchcraft
By now you've surely heard the news: Christine O'Donnell is not a witch. Merely scoffing at her response to this brouhaha, though, means passing up an opportunity to understand how she constructs herself and her appeal as a righteous outsider.
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The Much(?) Anticipated Return of Caprica
Despite an appealing sense of inevitable narrative momentum, a long but more importantly uncertain wait makes it hard to feel excitement and anticipation for the mid-season return of this Battlestar spin-off.
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Over the Rainbow: Selling the National Lottery in Post Celtic Tiger Ireland
In a cultural climate in which many now pick up a newspaper or turn on the nightly news with a strong sense of foreboding, a distinctive new ad has appeared in cinemas, run before every feature film I’ve gone to see in recent weeks.
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Glee as Integrated Musical (Finally!)
“Grilled Cheesus” is one of the few Glee episodes to not only establish, but also to play with, the opposition between dream world and real world in the musical.
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End of an Era: NBC Post-Zucker?
Zucker never managed to balance a love for the potential of television with a love for the bottom line. Indeed, his job description only expected the latter, but the great ones have managed to do both.
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Arthur Penn and Live Television Drama
Director Arthur Penn, who passed away last week, is best remembered for his Broadway plays and Hollywood films, but his impressive work in television's live anthology dramas has been neglected.
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“Listen. Do You Want to Know a Secret?”: Mad Men, Episode 10, “Hands & Knees”
The British invasion of Sterling Cooper at the end of season two has resulted in a noticeably different firm and a noticeably different direction to the series. This has also meant moments of audible change.
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Handle With Care: Computer Games, Noise, and the Fragility of Play
Computer games are noisy because computer game play is fragile; it dissipates far more readily than it coheres.
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Action Scenes in 1990s Bond Films: A Modest Reply to David Bordwell
The action scenes in some Bond films go for "less is more."
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A Summer of Over-Hyped Films and Box-Office Duds
Summer 2010 can be summed up in two words for Bollywood watchers - hype and disappointment! With just a few hits, a couple of average earners, and a long list of flops, the industry’s scorecard has been nothing but dismal.
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