Liars, Icebergs, and "Ugandan Discussions"

Another perfect day. Bookmark this and read it later. Go outside!

THE MEDIAThe moral of the story, the young woman explained, is "don't pose for stock photos or else 5 years later you could find yourself destroying entire neighborhoods according to the New York Post." Gothamist fleshes out the story, and it's a tragic tale:

So the pictures were entered into Getty's database, tagged with "hipster" or perhaps "smug beyond measurement" and that's that, forever.

Possible additional tag: "Hoverhand."

If you're wondering whether Getty Images has any connection to the J. P. Getty oil fortune, yes. One of the latter iterations of the Getty genome is the co-founder. Did you know that J.P. Getty was born in Minneapolis? He was. The family's first oil company was the Minnehoma Oil Company. But they moved to LA when the money really started rolling in, and that's why Los Angeles has the Getty Museum, and we don't.

Also in the media: Ryan Holiday, quoted by ABC, MSNBC, the New York Times, and who knows how many other places, turns out to be a liar, dispensing quotes to reporters who think he's an expert. Bonus: he wrote a book called "Trust me, I'm Lying." Check out this Forbes piece on him. Forbes notes he also writes for Forbes. Is it a stunt, or an experiment? If he had a grant it would be performance art.

And, this: Cable / Satellite on the way out? Reuters says:

When you scroll through the cable menu, you see channels you're paying for, but never watch. Access to a streaming library feels different: you're paying to get into the bookstore, not every book on the shelves. This will be the model eventually - everything on demand to any device. Kicking and screaming will ensue, but they have no choice.

In related news, Amazon now says that ebooks outsell physical books. Is there any old distribution model that will keep its dominance?

t's an interesting question - I've got a call in to Ryan Holiday.

OH CRAP As the clip's owner says: "I am from another town where glaciers are fairytales, I was as much of a tourist as the Australian tourist, so I decided to join the crew. The beautiful scenery was amazing, but the nature doesn't care about anyone. That day almost became our last day." I don't know how 1.8 million people got to this before I did; I have Google Alerts set up for monosyllabic reactions to iceberg tsunamis. If you haven't seen it, here you go.

And then there's the ice avalanches of Iapetus, which sounds like something Roy Batty saw.