October 2008
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“When he wrote about his process, the hairs on my neck stood up, so palpable was...”
– Jonathan Lethem, The Ecstasy of Influence
“ACORN took pains to screen its registrations and cull out those it considered...”
– Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Cry at the end of the episode, then go have sex.”
– Matthew Weiner, creator of Mad Men
via peterwknox
WatchSynchronized Talking Points from the Presidential Debates
via ben
Beirut - My Night with a Prostitute from...
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“Being Republican is the new gay, especially in New York. Sometimes I feel like...”
– Karyn Plonsky
Christian Science Monitor Ending Print Publication →
I wonder what they’re going to do with all their reading rooms? Free wifi?
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“But it’s better for us not to know the kinds of sacrifices the...”
– David Foster Wallace, The String Theory
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Email & the Growth of the Web
Recently, I’ve become interested in the following question:
How much did email contribute to the growth of the web?
I have a pet theory that sites that use messaging or aggregated messaging, such as Twitter, drive a huge amount of mobile web traffic. I know that when I’m using my iPhone, I frequently use m.twitter.com and the only random webpages I end up on are ones that get bubbled...
Neil Young - Cowgirl in the Sand
via...
Tilly and the Wall - Too Excited
I think every...
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Nobody Will Ever Believe You
Walking down the street in San Francisco’s Chinatown, unaware of the crowd—until I see Bill Murray, passing by me in the opposite direction. We make eye contact. I can’t look away from those eyes and the moment lasts until he’s right beside me. Then he puts me in a headlock. And gives me a crazy noogie.
It all happens quickly. And as he finishes, he whispers into my ear,...
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There have been no masterpieces.
jacecooke:
Some weeks back, Jonathan Harris (of We Feel Fine fame) delivered a controversial talk lamenting the state of creativity within the Flash development community:
I define a masterpiece as a beautiful idea, fully realized, taken as far as it can go. In my view, there have been no masterpieces yet in the online world, my own work included. Time might prove me wrong, as masterpieces...
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“Which brings me to the deeper reason you will need not simply to address food...”
– Michael Pollan, An Open Letter to the Next Farmer in Chief
Chromeo - Momma’s Boy
via langer
Late...
“Geekdom has value in a lot of ways. And it’s particular value is in its...”
– John Hodgman, Wired Interview
This is an amazing interview with far too many good bits to quote them all. John Hodgman talks about geek culture, quality, humor, and the literary business.
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“Prep school, from what I could tell in college, weans its students on a cocktail...”
– magic molly
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“And it was an extraordinary edifice. Instead of paying for advertising, the...”
– Why Should Rockstars Expect to Be Rich?
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FishPhone Text Messaging Utility →
One of Mobile Commons’ customers, Blue Ocean, just got Cool Hunted for one of the programs they’ve been running with us. It’s brilliantly simple, you text in the name of a fish and get back health and environmental information on that species.
More on the Mobile Commons blog.
“Sadness is: a voter with hand tremors asking my gay co-worker to help mark her...”
– chris has been volunteering for Obama in Florida
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“[Sinatra] seemed now to be also the embodiment of the fully emancipated male,...”
– Frank Sinatra Has a Cold, Esquire April 1966
“When I was 10, we went to England. My mother was shooting a miniseries there… My...”
– Gwyneth Paltrow, Parade - January 17, 1998
This is overwhelming sweet—but more like an almost overripe fruit than saccharine.
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“I keep looking forward to the day when music is a liquid they pour into your...”
– Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips
in the NY Times. Context: his lack of an impressive LP collection or vintage guitars like other musicians.
“Nearly 8.2 million people are on the voter rolls in Ohio, including 665,949...”
– Ohio Dispatch via Matt Lockshin
If these numbers are right, and 80% of Ohioans turn out to vote as the Ohio Secretary of State predicts, I will be absolutely thrilled with Americans—it would be a landmark moment for American democracy. Normal voter turnout is considered a huge success at 60%. ...
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Florence & Kid Harpoon - Going Down (covering...
“There’s no way a smart person can go broke except through borrowed money.”
– Warren Buffett
“I metabolize experiences fast.”
– Arianna Huffington on her lack of long-term friendships.
CocoRosie - Ohio
Out from my window, please hear...
Dear Old Love →
I’ve really been enjoying these, courtesy of autobhan.
Okkervil River - Lost Coastlines
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Chuck Klosterman's "23 Questions I Ask Everybody I... →
6. At long last, someone invents “the dream VCR.” This machine allows you to tape an entire evening’s worth of your own dreams, which you can then watch at your leisure. However, the inventor of the dream VCR will only allow you to use this device if you agree to a strange caveat: When you watch your dreams, you must do so with your family and your closest friends in the same room. They get to...