July 2008
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This is me, had I been drawn by Sandro Botticelli: by Amedeo Modigliani: by Alfons Mucha: and by a manga illustrator: Courtesy of Face of the Future.
Jul 1st
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Prince Charles's Aston Martin Runs on Fuel from... →
Jul 1st
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Jul 1st
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Jul 1st
June 2008
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Well Known Author Seeks Assistant →
Jun 30th
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Listen“Proven Lands” by Jonny Greenwood for...
Jun 30th
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Jun 29th
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Jun 29th
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Listen“DwarfStar,” by Rasputina.
Jun 28th
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NY Times Fact-Checkers Embarrassed by... →
Jun 28th
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Jun 28th
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Jun 27th
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“What we choose to call the libido was denounced by the medieval church as...”
– Walter Gibson
Jun 27th
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Jun 26th
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Jun 26th
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“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems...”
– Gilda Radner
Jun 26th
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Jun 26th
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Jun 26th
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Jun 25th
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"Has modern life killed the semicolon?" →
nostrich: It seems strange that people can find so much to write about an item of punctuation (remember that NYC Transit employee and his sign?). Nonetheless, this is a pretty interesting article; lots of things you probably didn’t know about the semi-colon’s sordid past.
Jun 25th
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Jun 25th
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Jun 25th
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“Il faut choisir entre le visage et le derrière.”
– Catherine Deneuve.  Fact.
Jun 24th
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Jun 24th
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“If there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of...”
– Albert Camus
Jun 24th
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Jun 24th
Conan O'Brien's Commencement Speech at Harvard →
Courtesy of Peet.
Jun 23rd
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It’s all I can think about, whether or not I got that job. The suspense is killing me.
Jun 23rd
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Jun 22nd
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Jun 20th
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Listen“Leather,” by Tori Amos. Haven’t...
Jun 20th
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Jun 19th
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Trent Reznor: A History →
Jun 19th
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It looks like the old Hugo Hotel, that odd, decrepit landmark on Sixth Street at Howard Street, has finally reached the end of the line. Last week the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency announced it has begun the process of taking over the Hugo through the use of eminent domain. It will probably be demolished for space for affordable housing. Locals will recognize the Hugo, which has been...
Jun 19th
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Jun 19th
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Statetris →
Tetris in map format. Fun.
Jun 19th
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Jun 19th
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Complaint #232
whitewhine: “Why give me all this brie if you aren’t going to give me enough crackers to spread it on? Stupid Au Bon Pain.” -Whine by Lish
Jun 18th
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“It sucks to be an Arab/Muslim living in the U.S. these days. When you go to the...”
– Raed Jarrar, via NPR
Jun 17th
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“If every artist in the American workforce banded together, their ranks would be...”
– (Source: NY Times, 6/12/08, citing a new NEA report) (via crushingquiet)
Jun 17th
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Jun 17th