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...
Jan 26th
_why the lucky stiff on The Setup →
Holy crap amazing
Jan 24th
Jan 24th
WatchWatch
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)
Jan 22nd
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“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
Jan 21st
“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
Jan 20th
“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
Jan 19th
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“The people who are consuming software now are a vast superset of the people who...”
– Kickingbear» Blog Archive » Software Sea Change
Jan 14th
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…
Jan 13th
“WALTER In sooth, then, faithful friend, this was a rug of value? Thou wouldst...”
– Two Gentlemen of Lebowski
Jan 7th
“If a city doesn’t have sufficient density, as in L.A., then strange things...”
– David Byrne’s Perfect City - WSJ.com
Jan 3rd
“I propose instead that one ask “What have you been thinking about lately?”...”
– The Smalltalk Question (Aaron Swartz’s Raw Thought)
Jan 2nd