August 2010
1 post
WatchTesting video posting.
January 2010
1 post
Open Letter From OK Go →
Damian K. on why you can’t embed Brian’s new video
August 2009
2 posts
Infinite Summer » Blog Archive » That’s... →
Infinite Jest and video games.
Unconscionable Math « Taunter Media →
Health insurance, rescission, and the Monty Hall Problem.
July 2009
41 posts
Brain Power - In Battle, Hunches Prove to Be... →
NYT story on the power of hunches on the battlefield.
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan →
‘Wrongly arrest a Harvard professor and the press corps asks the president to comment. Wrongly imprison for years on end a black man without celebrity and the press corps continues to ignore it.’
Musicians Find New Backers as Labels Lose Power -... →
An interesting approach to replacing obsolete record labels.
Political metaphors hit bottom | Steve Chapman →
‘Where does this link between Obama and anal violation come from?’
Sonia and The Man: Why Her Wise Latina Defense... →
‘No one should be surprised that she is both an A-One judicial thinker and also a member of La Raza. Welcome to Accomplished Middle-Aged People of Color, Twenty-First Century.’
Against Judicial Irony →
Sonya Sotomayor: fool or knave? Neither!
Poor, Persecuted Sarah Palin - WSJ.com →
‘If political figures stand for ideas, victimization is what Ms. Palin is all about. It is her brand, her myth.’
I Pushed My Soul in a Deep Dark Hole and I... →
Kevin Guilfoile on how Infinite Jest bears on social networking.
Want to keep your wallet? Carry a baby picture -... →
Want to keep your wallet? Carry a baby picture.
The Crack Cocaine of Auction Sites: Swoopo.com is... →
Introducing Swoopo—’the evil bastard child of game theory and behavioral economics.’
Notes on blogging for journalists →
Felix Salmon gives blogging advice: ‘Not everything you write will be good; some of it will be downright bad. And you’ll get called out for that, and it won’t feel very nice. But publish anyway.’
Achewood § June 28, 2009 →
Achewood: ‘He was your Elvis, and when your Elvis dies, so does the private lie that someday you will be young once again, and feel at capricious intervals the weightlessness of a joy that is unchecked by the injuries of experience and failure.’
When Will The Recovery Begin? Never. | Robert... →
Scary, plausible economic pessimism from Robert Reich.
Pitchfork: Interviews: Dirty Projectors →
Interview with Dirty Projectors’ Dave Longstreth:”We imagined whole subdivisions would get colonized by these kids who paint the houses like these beautiful, crazy murals and work on their funny escapist utopian art projects in McMansions. [Laughs] So the song is sort of about that.”
The Man Behind Wednesday Comics - 7/6/2009 2:29:00... →
Interview about Wednesday Comics, which btw is out and awesome.
Dissent Magazine →
Martha Nussbaum: The brief for gay marriage.
Why Small Payments Won’t Save Publishers « Clay... →
Shirky: Why micropayments won’t save newspaper publishers.
TIME Blogger: The Politico Is Transforming Our... →
How Politico is transforming the news.
Who's Sorry Now →
From 1995: Mickey Kaus takes down Robert McNamara’s bullshit contrition.
White Sox’ ‘Disco Demolition’ Promotion Still... →
Thirty years ago next week: the great Comiskey Park disco bonfire.
Not Calling In to WFAN Anymore, but Short Al From... →
Why Short Al from Brooklyn has stopped calling….
Why Do The Rich Keep Working? - Forbes.com →
Forbes addresses something I’ve always wondered about: Why do rich people keep working?
The Charms of Wikipedia - The New York Review of... →
Nicholson Baker on ‘The Charms of Wikipedia.’
Overcoming Bias : My Favorite Liar →
Pedagogical technique of the day: lying.
Photographers Gallery - Photographs by Harold... →
The erotic photography of silent film star Harold Lloyd.
A genetic theory of homosexuality. - By William... →
If you are gay, your sister is probably a slut. Science!
TheDieline.com →
Essential blog on consumer packaging, with hott pixx.
cabel.name: Yay! Fireworks! 2009! →
Yay! Fireworks! Happy America Day, everybody!
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan →
‘No four-year-old boy had ever addressed me without an introduction before.’
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan →
“No democracy has been nearer the fire and survived than was Britain in that long winter…. And one reason for survival was that the nation did not betray the things in which it believed.”
Subtraction.com: Typography in Doubt →
Khoi Vinh has an example of great movie typography.
BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | If everyone's at it... →
Groupthink and moral norms.
Girl Who Does Not Age, Brooke Greenberg Baffles... →
Doctors baffled by girl who doesn’t age.
M.T.A. Sells Naming Rights to Brooklyn Subway... →
How many more ways can Atlantic Yards ruin the neighborhood?
http://bramcohen.livejournal.com/67449.html →
Rubik’s not hard enough? Try Bram’s cube….
Pitchfork: R.E.M.: Reckoning [Deluxe Edition] →
Reckoning’s been remastered.
Newsarama.com : The Eve of Blackest Night: Geoff... →
Geoff Johns on the forthcoming DC crossover Blackest Night.
Shaking Off a Phantom AOL Bill - The Wallet - WSJ →
The AOL account that wouldn’t die — and might cost you a hundred bucks.
What if Paul Krugman was a Japanese woman? - By... →
Paul Krugman as a Japanese woman.
Amid the Subway Shtick, a Panhandler’s Appeal -... →
NYT on a talented subway panhandler.
WALL·E end title sequence + Jim Capobianco & Alex... →
Interview about WALL-E’s incredible end titles.