There’s nothing more fun than being good at what you do
Curious Fish
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2010-08-02
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2010-07-25
Only two countries allow companies to advertise prescription drugs directly to consumers: New Zealand and the United States
— Michael Specter, Denialism, page 38
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2010-07-22
Avoid disputes and money if you want to get real work done. Paul Graham on the top Idea in your mind. (via df)
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2010-07-08
It isn’t the speed of Tripp’s groundstrokes that impresses me; it isn’t his pace or serve. It’s his consistency.
— In Tennis, Love Means Nothing by Nic Brown - The Morning News
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2010-06-16
Zonal Marking is an excellent blog for World Cup analysis. It’s about tactics and strategies, which escape from the headlines of dumbed-down game commenting. (CBC’s commenting is particularly atrocious.)
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2010-06-10
Interviews with magazine editors are fun. This one with The New Yorker’s David Remnick is delicious.
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[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]Sorrow, a great track, from the National’s decent new album, High Violet.
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2010-06-01
An online introvert doesn’t @ much on Twitter, or like much on Facebook. Count me in.
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2010-05-28
The Black Keys - Tighten Up is a delicious music video about, among other things, hipsters and kids.
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2010-05-21
You never know what you will need to know.
An essay by Paul Wells on the liberal arts.
