February 2010
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That’s the second uninspired meal I’ve had at Bar Boulud. I think that may get it crossed off list, despite the fun interior.
That LSD-inspired Friskies ad they’ve been playing during the Olympics is one of the most inspired pieces of crazy I’ve seen in a long time.
“The invocation of “the people” sounds inclusive, but it is a technique of...”
– The People’s People | The New Republic
Palin’s stubburn refusal not to go down in flames leaves me in a lingering depression. After the exhausting effects of the Great Recession, I really don’t have the energy to deal with this. Can’t Tina Fey just permanently take over...
Just saw a montage from last night’s men’s figure skating. Those costumes are so absurd they make Blades of Glory look simply conservative.
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The new 96th St IRT station is looking more and more like a baseball hat. Or a colossal toenail. Neither association does it any favors.
I think my Apple rumor-mongering sites have lapsed into post-partum depression now that the whole upas thing is old news. It’s lonely!
I’m at 202 Cafe in New York, NY http://gowal.la/s/TFh
Did you just see the Swiss luger Hoerner just fall off and then get back on his sled at 60 miles an hour?!?
Where do you get tap-soled Doc Martens? Oh yeah, Canada.
A surprising number of empty seats in the stadium at the opening ceremony.
Canada appears to have a surfeit of hair wax.
The Olympic cauldron is a giant Pop Rock!
Is it some kind of self-commentary by Canada that there are only 45 people dancing in the Olympic opening? Where are the Chinese millions?
This man’s neck beard is totally out of character. Much like slam poetry about saying please and thank you.
Anybody tried Squarespace?
Also—can you all keep the TED updates to a dull roar? I’m starting to feel pretty left out … #notascoolasyou
Bob Costas, if I wanted to know what you thought, I would have asked for your scripted bromides earlier.
Electric fiddle is never badass, no matter how many plaid hoodies are involved.
Oh, the confetti cannon filled with mae leaves, how I need you in my apartment.
Let’s list the similarities between the Vancouver Olympic rostrum and the planet Crypton …
So when you take an oath in French, chances are that NBC will cut away for an important commercial from a bank.
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Who supplies, who demands? The answer is...
The question of how to price the transition of a media from its traditional medium to an electronic one is so great when it is being done by several parties simultaneously. Taken together, the three articles below spell trouble for the publishing industry as they try to avoid the missteps of the music industry while moving twice as fast.
The Cost of an E-Book Will Be Going Up - NYTimes.com
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Snowy opera! — at The Metropolitan Opera House http://gowal.la/s/uNC
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“Since so much information is compiled, it is important to identify what kinds of...”
– Edward Tufte pitches in his two cents in response to today’s NYT article about the Feltron Report. The article, by the way, lit up my various information sources like no other—all over Twitter and RSS, tags, links, and nods poured in. Coming away from the NYT article, one gets the...
Fantastic! Someone finally figured out that dead-end residential ‘hoods have real costs. The Cul-De-Sac Backlash | TNR http://bit.ly/aNPVBa
We are, to say the least, fascinating modern machines. Maybe we’re people too. The American Diet: 34 Gigabytes a Day - http://nyti.ms/734smk
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‘“District 13: Ultimatum” is rated R. Pow! Bang! Splat!’ - The #NYT has quite a way of explaining why a movie is rated the way it is, no?
It’s starting to smell a bit like a hospital in here-not very attractive. — at Apple Store, Fifth Avenue http://gowal.la/s/4J8
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“Writing doesn’t actually take that long. It’s the long stretches of...”
– Mark Pilgrim on The Setup
Once again, Merlin Mann points the way to some really interesting material on getting creative work done and being honest about why you don’t.
“And you know how to make [authors] absolutely incandescent with rage? Keep...”
– All The Many Ways Amazon So Very Failed the Weekend « Whatever
Given the rather desultory coverage of the whole Amazon/Macmillan (I have to find out about this from AppleInsider?), a recounting with a bit of vim and vigor certainly helps start the week off right.
The thing is, though, that I...