Yesterday was a great one, unlikely to be repeated, for computer and helicopter nerds. The front page of the New York Times carried
- an article about cowboys in Robinson R22 helicopters herding cattle away from flood zones (of course the reporters couldn’t be bothered to learn or write anything about the helicopters per se, nor identify the manufacturer.
- “Calhoun Who? Yale Drops Name of Slavery Advocate for Computer Pioneer” about Yale naming a college after a software engineer.
I would have been able to die happy if they’d also run a Canon versus Nikon piece…
The confederate army used cannons, so it looks like Canon needs to change its name.
The NYTimes ‘front page’ on my iPad seems mostly nonsense. Anywhere from 6-10 stories about the American presidency (with later articles including references to the phenomena). Recently that has changed with coverage of the Houston floods occupying a dizzying array of ‘column’ and graphical presentation formats. The Guardian does a much better job of ‘live’ reporting by having an list of what new developments have taken place. I’d happily continue to subscribe if one could set the main page to almost any other subsections – books, photography, ‘World’ etc. Alternatively, they could restrict themselves to one story a day about the Presidency (at least above the digital fold). The NYTimes seems to have abandoned international editions. but they must be pleased as digital subscriptions are way up. Maybe I just need to read the stories as really being about helicopters and computer scientists to see through the window dressing/click bait!