July 2008
“women can do anything guys can do and do it better, and do it in heels.”
– barack obama (via sarazucker)
Quadruple bleh. I much prefer the original quote, which was neither so damning to guys nor such a mind-bogglingly gross generalization. Did my future president really say that?
June 2008
Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and... →
How to be a criminal.
Black 15th C. Book of Hours →
Holy moses! This is beautiful.
105 Homer's view of the earth (900 B.C.) →
World globe.
The Guardian and Conservator of a Gated Urban... →
Clearly the author is biased against Harrison, but I am too! That’s a curmudgeonly old lady.
I've Had Enough
jlarchive:
But going forward, Jakob Lodwick, the person, is withdrawing from the public web. You will see the results of my efforts through Normative and other companies. I just cannot deal with these animals any longer.
I’m not exactly a huge fan, but I really do think that is a shame. Very few people deserve to be reviled so much, so often. I doubt Lodwick is one of them.
Web designer needed | MetaFilter Jobs →
Look later.
“I wonder if at some point during the filming of “Labyrinth,” David...”
– A twitter I could not make because it’s over 140 characters.
30 seconds of nothing →
I always wanted to do this! (Although on a larger scale: blank billboards and pages of newspapers, too.)
bullshit:
I want to see an ad on the super bowl next year that advertises nothing. Nothing at all. It will feature no product, it will involve no celebrity cameos, and no one will go out and buy another thing they don’t need because of it.
Miyajima travel guide - Wikitravel →
“Which might sum up “The Love Guru” in its entirety but only at the risk of...”
– [ Just Say ‘Mariska Hargitay’ and Snicker, in the New York Times ]
SitePoint Blogs » Simple Clearing of Floats →
WHAT! Overflow:auto ?????????????????????
Lichee Garden knows family-style cooking -... →
Sounds delish.
“The average age of a LinkedIn user is 41, the point in life where people are...”
– [ At Social Site, Only the Businesslike Need Apply, in the New York Times ]
I have no idea what the Times is talking about here.
“But there is no such man: for, brother, men
Can counsel and speak comfort to...”
– [ Leonato, from Much Ado About Nothing, Act V Scene I ]
Match Made in Heaven: Dynamo Donut and Coffee →
Gourmet donuts! Hoorj.
Proper Potion Consulting →
Jonny Raglin’s amusing personal site.
“It pains me to see good wine being sloshed into the glasses of those who have...”
– [ Handling the Pour, in the New Yorker ]
I did not know there were Rules about which gender got to pour the wine. What do gay couples do?
“So what’s the perfect drink for a meaningless romance? Joe Hargrave, owner...”
– [ 10 ways to drink in summer, from the Chronicle ]
“From Maggie Mason: “When I was single, I decided I wouldn’t marry a...”
– [ The Three Best Bits of Relationship Advice I’ve Ever Been Given via Sarah Brown on Dooce.com ]
Oh, my god! Why have I never thought of this?
Phillips de Pury & Company →
If this website was a dude I would marry that dude.
“[Daphne Guinness’s] friends at the time were Steve Rubell and Ian...”
– [ Heiress apparent, in the Times Online ]
Many things are very funny, but the descriptions of the lives of the rich and famous in the Times/New York Times/New York Magazine are consistently hilarious.
Amazon.com: Charles Moore's review of The Shadow... →
I am extra-giggly today and this incredible review didn’t help anything.
“Nicholas Carr started noticing the change in the way he thinks a few years ago,...”
– [ Is teh InterWeb Making Us Stupid?, from Neatorama ]
Yes. Yes, the way you think has changed. Does that mean you can never read War and Peace again? No. You’re simply out of the habit.
It mystifies me how people do make the connection between their physical well-being and their habits...
The Paragraph in Web Typography & Design — Jon Tan... →
Beautiful site, and he does sidenotes EXACTLY LIKE I WANT TO DO THEM.
Levi van Veluw →
His face, over and over, with different materials.
“New research that makes creative use of sensitive location-tracking data from...”
– [ Cellphone Tracking Study Shows We’re Creatures of Habit, in the New York Times ]
…And this is why I’ll probably never be excited about sites like Brightkite, no matter how easy to use or well-executed.
