January 2010
14 posts
Nil by mouth - Roger Ebert’s Journal →
“What I miss is the society. Lunch and dinner are the two occasions when we most easily meet with friends and family. They’re the first way we experience places far from home. Where we sit to regard the passing parade. How we learn indirectly of other cultures. When we feel good together. Meals are when we get a lot of our talking done — probably most of our recreational talking. That’s what...
_why the lucky stiff on The Setup →
Holy crap amazing
Lessig’s speaking and presentation style might be the best there is.
marco:
8 minutes on Obama’s first year, by Lawrence Lessig:
An analysis of what’s really accounts for the failures of this past year, and why regardless of your politics, you should be pushing for real change.
(via dalasverdugo, everyone)
I think records were just a little bubble through time and those who made a...
– Brian Eno — http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/jan/17/brian-eno-interview-paul-morley
A way to make new music is to imagine looking back at the past from a future and...
– Brian Eno — http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/jan/17/brian-eno-interview-paul-morley
It’s all a reminder to give anything you write a decent bullshit test before...
– http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2102-weasel-words-and-the-absurdity-of-corporate-speak
The people who are consuming software now are a vast superset of the people who...
– Kickingbear» Blog Archive » Software Sea Change
Official Google Blog: A new approach to China →
We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn, and so over the next few weeks we will be discussing with the Chinese government the basis on which we could…
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In sooth, then, faithful friend, this was a rug of value? Thou wouldst...
– Two Gentlemen of Lebowski
If a city doesn’t have sufficient density, as in L.A., then strange things...
– David Byrne’s Perfect City - WSJ.com
I propose instead that one ask “What have you been thinking about lately?”...
– The Smalltalk Question (Aaron Swartz’s Raw Thought)