August 2010
1 post
“There’s nothing more fun than being good at what you do”
– Christina Hendricks, aka Joan of Mad Men
July 2010
3 posts
“Only two countries allow companies to advertise prescription drugs directly to...”
– Michael Specter, Denialism, page 38
Avoid disputes and money if you want to get real work done. Paul Graham on the top Idea in your mind. (via df)
“It isn’t the speed of Tripp’s groundstrokes that impresses me; it isn’t his pace...”
– In Tennis, Love Means Nothing by Nic Brown - The Morning News
June 2010
4 posts
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.)
Interviews with magazine editors are fun. This one with The New Yorker’s David Remnick is delicious.
Sorrow, a great track, from the National’s...
An online introvert doesn’t @ much on Twitter, or like much on Facebook. Count me in.
May 2010
5 posts
The Black Keys - Tighten Up is a delicious music video about, among other things, hipsters and kids.
You never know what you will need to know. →
An essay by Paul Wells on the liberal arts.
Imaginary Conversations with American Apparel Models by Kevin Nguyen
Television, a pretty cool video.
Pools in foreclosed California homes. A beautiful short film, via daring fireball.