January 2010
14 posts
December 2009
14 posts
“The truth is we no longer want to live in Seattle or Denver or Ann Arbor. Our...”
– Final edition: Twilight of the American newspaper—By Richard Rodriguez (Harper’s Magazine)
“Like Rodney King said — Can we all just get along? Can we tolerate difference,...”
– David Byrne’s Journal: 12.13.09: The Limits of Multiculturalism
“Right at the moment the Church of Blues looks to me like a better long-term bet...”
– ongoing · Merry Christmas — Tim Bray
“After repeated instances of vandalism and abuse, I have taken the step of...”
– I Am Locking the Wikipedia Article On Our Sex Life: McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
Psycho Killer Live, November 17, 1977.
I should...
Hipsters repaint bike lanes in brush off to Hasids... →
“The sharing of art is a precursor to the sharing of other human experiences, for...”
– The death of uncool - Brian Eno « Prospect Magazine via @jonrosenberg
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There are times when the bay area feels more and more like the William Gibson novels that predict its future. I’m sitting on a double decker train nosing through miles of urban sprawl. There’s a woman across the aisle from me, seemingly homeless by the size of her dirty backback and dusty windbreaker. She’s staring at a battered netbook she holds on top of a cardboard box and periodically...
