Author: David Beilinson
21 Dec Thanks
At Storyofpain.com we are going to start posting a lot of stories and information about pain in relation to our work in progress documentary about chronic pain and the work of Dr. John E. Sarno. To kick off the site I'd like to start with a short meditation on the idea of giving thanks. As the Christmas season swings into high...
04 Jun Who is Dudu Topaz?
You can't write this stuff. "The Ratings King" will stop at nothing to get re-upped....
18 Apr War Propoganda by Doctor Suess
Before Ted Geisel wrote about Green Eggs and Ham and The Cat in The Hat, he was in the army making short hype films. Thanks to noted film preservationist Dennis Nyback you can now see them...
25 Mar Project Update: Gehry Says It’s Over
Frank Gehry, lead architect for the embattled Atlantic Yards development, thinks his dream project is over. With the financial markets in turmoil, their project finally seems too expensive. No shit!...
22 Jan Congratulations to the team Behind Man on Wire
Man on Wire was one of the five great docs to get nominated for an Academy Award this morning. Incredible story....
21 Jan Change: Obama Goes From Open Source to Microsoft
At noon yesterday, Whitehouse.gov was taken over by Obama's web team, and it's running on Windows ASP. How ironic that Obama's campaign site and change.gov had been running on an open source LAMP stack. Now that he's been officially sucked into the abyss of government, it's back to closed source systems. Let's hope the new tech czar shifts to OS....
19 Jan Bush is Gone… Finally!
It took eight years but we finally got him out ;-). In honor of Dubya, we're wishing him a fond fairwell with free streaming, downloading and burning of Horns and Halos. If only more people had seen it 4 years ago....
17 Jan A Miracle: When Everyone Does Their Job Well
The survival of all those aboard Flight 1549 certainly was a miracle, but not because of an otherworldly force fating those passengers and crew to live. Rather, it was that rare and beautiful thing: a group of people unexpectedly come together and do their jobs extremely well. The pilots, the flight attendants, the ferry Crews, the EMS, the FDNY, the...
12 Jan Blackberry Users: T is for Top, B is for Bottom
This is for all you rookie Blackberry users who can't figure out how to quickly scroll to the beginning or end of your messages. Press T to get to the top and press B to get to the bottom (this also works when you're reading an email). You're welcome....
07 Jan Project Update: Sketch Artist on America’s Most Wanted
Acclaimed forensic artist Samantha Steinberg, the subject of Miami Manhunt, was recently featured on Fox's America's Most Wanted where she created a series of age progression composites of a wanted fugitive. I'd be worried if I were that guy. Her drawings are that good....