February 2012
3 posts
1 tag
“Here’s the other problem with Facebook and Twitter and even The New York Times....”
– William Deresiewicz, in a lecture titled “Solitude and Leadership” that was delivered to the plebe class at the United States Military Academy at West Point in October 2009. Truly moving, but also heavily guilt-inducing, I implore you to devote 30 minutes to reading it in full.
January 2012
3 posts
1 tag
December 2011
1 post
“How do you have so much time to discover 31 albums, let alone listen extensively...”
– Me, over on my music blog The Bacon Review, where I’m currently counting down my Top 31 albums of 2011, in case you’re interested. You should be. http://baconreview.com
October 2011
6 posts
“Arrange to be carried around by ankles.”
– Tim Carvell’s Easy Halloween Costume Ideas from McSweeney’s is laugh-out-loud funny.
Giving a little love →
Frank Chimero, designer extraordinaire, gave an amazing talk at an AIGA conference recently. Enjoy.
“99 percent is a very large percentage.”
– Lemony Snicket, aka the brilliant Daniel Handler, from his piece, “Thirteen Observations made by Lemony Snicket while watching Occupy Wall Street from a Discreet Distance. Be sure to read it as you’re donning your protest clothes; it will give you a boost.
Generation X Doesn't Want to Hear It
An awesome monologue from a blog called emptyage titled “Generation X Doesn’t Want to Hear It”:
Earlier generations have weathered recessions, of course; this stall we’re in has the look of something nastier. Social Security and Medicare are going to be diminished, at best. Hours worked are up even as hiring staggers along: Blood from a stone looks to be the normal order of things “going...
I don't get why you're crying about Steve Jobs →
Kristina Halvorson, CEO of Brain Traffic, regarding the death of Steve Jobs, from her blog Work/Life Imbalance:
I’ve never had a religious experience with an Apple product.
I owned a PC and a Treo until 2009. The staff at my company Brain Traffic all use PCs. I don’t make fun of my friends with Androids. And I still don’t own an iPad.
When news of his death came yesterday, my online...
August 2011
1 post
June 2011
1 post
April 2011
2 posts
Cranking, by Merlin Mann →
Best thing I’ve read in ages. Seriously. Drop everything and read it right now, especially if you have or plan on having kids. Best thing. Ever. I love @hotdogsladies, and this post, more than anything else, sums up why.
December 2010
5 posts
WatchUnimpressive video of the blizzard I’m in.
November 2010
2 posts
30 Rock = The Muppet Show →
It‘s true. Read the blog post by Brian Lynch.
October 2010
4 posts
“People who shun new technologies will be viewed as passive-aggressive control...”
– Douglas Coupland, in an article for Canada’s Globe and Mail titled A radical pessimist’s guide to the next 10 years. /via kottke.org
September 2010
3 posts
“I’m sick of their crazy stuff and I’m not letting them get away with it in...”
– JCPOK, from his post “I got Obama’s Back at Starbucks this Morning” on Daily Kos, about a confrontation he had with some old, rich Republicans in Oklahoma. Thank Jebus there are people like him still living in Oklahoma.
/via Daring Fireball
Color, Photos, and One Fuzzy Little Boy in a Field
Beautiful photo, well-written observations from Merlin:
merlin:
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Jack Delano - Chopping cotton on rented land near White Plains, Greene County, Ga. (Farm Security Administration, 1941)
A lot of the color photos I’ve seen from before the 1950s strike me as stiff, over-worked, or so experimental as to be a “Hello, World.” They’re cool from a...
August 2010
12 posts
“Design is just a language, it’s not a message. If you say “retro” too much you...”
– One of many bits of knowledge shared by Frank Chimero in his comprehensive “What advice would you give to a graphic design student?” post.
Here’s the link, for the facebook people: http://j.mp/design_advice
“How someone chooses music to listen to in a given moment says a lot, he said....”
– Sam Hey, from the short story he posted on his blog today.
I couldn’t agree more.
WatchReblogging this AGAIN, because Merlin modified his post to respond to my original reblogging. The interwebs are fun today.
merlin:
The Swell Season covers Neutral Milk Hotel | Music | A.V. Undercover | The A.V. Club
Sweet maui onion, that motherfucker can sing.1
What an ambitious and revered song to cover, but, holy shit, does he ever hit the 3-pointer.
Sure, I’d probably listen to Glen...
WatchI’m reblogging this for two reasons: 1) Jeff Mangum live! and 2) I think Merlin found this because of me, and he just forgot because he’s a busy guy.
merlin:
The Swell Season covers Neutral Milk Hotel | Music | A.V. Undercover | The A.V. Club
Sweet maui onion, that motherfucker can sing.1
What an ambitious and revered song to cover, but, holy shit, does he ever hit the 3-pointer.
Sure, I’d...
“‘Is she dying?’ one of the sisters asked me. I didn’t know how to answer the...”
– Atul Gawande, in his article “Hospice medical care for dying patients” in The New Yorker.
Yes, the article is classically long. But it’s one of the best things I’ve read in all my years on this planet of ours. I beg you to do the same.
Draw online like you never have before →
Fun and easy to use, the DeviantArt Muro online drawing tool (created entirely in HTML5) is a sight to behold.
/via Swiss Miss and @consentino
July 2010
3 posts
Inside a Dead Skyscraper →
Very interesting. A music video “un-game,” for a song by Jesse Stiles called “The Building.” Game created by Molleindustria
From the FAQ:
The game and the song are based on Jesse’s brief tenure as a videographer in the partially destroyed buildings surrounding the World Trade Center site.
WatchPizza Hut: Incentivizing America’s youth to lose at sports.
Who are the ad wizards who came up with that one?
1 tag
June 2010
1 post
May 2010
8 posts
“Players may not fidget, sneeze, blink, or think about carefree moments from...”
– from Rules and Regulations for Benehmen!, the German Board Game of Discipline. I think we should play ASAP.
WatchThere is entirely too much good stuff on the internet.
Also, as I’m sure most of you parents out there can attest, once you have a kid, you become quite a sap. /via Coudal Partners