December 2010
23 posts
“If you think your co-workers are a handful, take a good look at the characters...”
– ‘30 Rock’ biggest ethics violator on TV – The Marquee Blog - CNN.com Blogs
Um, I think this is the point of the show.
Anonymous asked: Is there a difference in coffee made using a French press compared to a pour over filter? I really like pushing the plunger down.
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So A.O. Scott wrote an e-mail to A.O. Scott from... →
And I daresay that the review could prove more entertaining than the moving picture itself.
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gifparty:
Had to do it.
The Hazards of Nerd Supremacy: The Case of... →
I actually take seriously the idea that the Internet can make non-traditional techie actors powerful. Therefore, I am less sympathetic to hackers when they use their newfound power arrogantly and non-constructively. This is an interesting difference in perception. How can you tell when you are the underdog versus when you are powerful? When you get that perception wrong, you can behave quite...
Master of Play →
Whatever the interface, a great game invites and rewards obsession, and Miyamoto’s games are widely considered to be among the greatest. He has been called the father of modern video games. The best known, and most influential, is Super Mario Bros., which débuted a quarter of a century ago and, depending on your point of view, created an industry or resuscitated a comatose one.
Recommended...
This is Why You Shouldn't Be Out Til 5am
Because there are no shoulders to cry on, and you just have to sleep it off til the sun comes up and try not to wonder why you continue to drag out that horrible dead rotting narrative for which only fools entertain a happy ending.
First arrest made in WikiLeaks revenge attacks →
The first to go down is a Dutch 16-year-old boy, who has been arrested by the Dutch High Tech Crime Team and is being held for interrogation.
The troubling thing about this is that the attacks were the equivalent of defecating on a doorstep. A DDoS attack on a meaningless website (credit card processing wasn’t affected) is just Internet vandalism, and 16-year-olds committing vandalism...
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Human Things
Coffee: Hey! Eating this plant makes us feel more awake. We can soak it in water and drink the water, and that works, too! You know what, though - this isn’t complicated enough. Let’s pick the fruit, let it dry out (we can make a drink from soaking the dried fruit, too, but even that’s too simple), strip all the fleshy bits off, let the seeds dry more, THEN put the seeds above...
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Impossible Queues
When one begins rereadingThe State of Exception on an L car at 2am despite having 3 concurrently unfinished books and a plie of stuff that one supposedly wants to read after those, one starts to think silly things like, “If a girl evers utters ‘anomie’ in normal conversation I will have to ask her to marry me on the spot.”
I need to start reading more fiction.
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“The regulatory environment in London doesn’t do much to explain why, when...”
– Aaand now I want to go to London. And buy a new coat.
The Politics, Culture, and Economics of Pubs | The Atlantic Wire
SPIEGEL Interview with Umberto Eco: 'We Like Lists... →
Oh, and.
I’M grumpy when I’m forced to read a text electronically because it’s not as convenient. I can’t write in the margins, and most implementations of note-taking are useless.
And physical books can’t be deleted remotely on a publisher’s whim.
“Bezos calls the Kindle a response to “the failings of a physical book.” He told...”
– Besides inspiring blind rage (forced to read a physical book - ooooh so TERRIBLE, Bezos), I will counter with this: Italian books. Italian books seemed to be designed specifically for convenient reading. I would not be surprised if printers knew the average dimensions of a jacket pocket by heart....
“With the ascension of Ronald Reagan to the presidency in 1981, the rules for...”
– Guernica / Public Disinterest
Another thing Reagan fouled up.
“The Radio Act of 1927 declared the airwaves a public resource. Broadcasters paid...”
– Guernica / Public Disinterest