September 2009
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Sep 30th
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Sep 30th
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Being Individuals in an Increasingly... →
It would be nice… if the career advice industry would frame their obsession with passion in larger sociological context, and reinforce how new a concept it really is.
Sep 29th
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Sep 28th
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Sep 28th
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Sep 28th
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Sep 28th
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Sep 27th
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How to Publish a Magazine in a Day and a Half →
Derek Powazek talks about gathering and publishing Photos from the Great Australian Dust Storm.
Sep 26th
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Sep 26th
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“If people have even a little understanding, it is better to move them than to...”
– Andrés Segovia. Inspire vs. impress.
Sep 25th
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Sep 25th
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Sep 23rd
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Awesome Tapes from Africa →
I’m not trying to be an exoticist here, but it’s often easier to find pleasant surprises in things that are totally unfamiliar. Also, there’s no fear of a nice groove being ruined by crap lyrics, because I don’t understand any of it.
Sep 23rd
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Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth... →
by Lewis Thomas
Sep 22nd
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“Remember too on every occasion which leads thee to vexation to apply this...”
– The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius - The Internet Classics Archive
Sep 22nd
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Sep 22nd
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“My heart goes is going ba bump ba bump ba bump.”
– Last Words - NYTimes.com
Sep 21st
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Sep 21st
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Sep 21st
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Sep 19th
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Sep 17th
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I'mma Let You Finish →
…but…
Sep 15th
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“There are three kinds of critics: those who have importance; those who have less...”
– A Hymn in Praise of the Critics: Those Whistling Bell-Buoys Who Indicate the Reefs on the Shores of the Human Spirit, by composer Erik Satie. Vanity Fair, September 1921 [pdf]. If you only know him via his Gymnopédies, you might not expect him to be such a goofball.
Sep 15th
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“Q. Does President Obama make for a good Auto-Tune? A. You know, what was great...”
– Interview with the Gregory Brothers of “Auto-Tune the News” fame.
Sep 15th
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Sep 15th
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Sep 14th
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Sep 14th
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Marginal Revolution: What is conservatism? →
Another attempt at a fair summary. Great stuff. See also commentary from Julian Sanchez.
Sep 12th
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Marginal Revolution: What is progressivism? →
An attempt at a fair summary.
Sep 12th
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Sep 11th
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Sep 11th
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Sep 9th
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Guy Dupuy’s ridiculous new dunk. Off the bounce, over someone standing, between the legs. I like seeing the whole crowd flip out afterward.
Sep 9th
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Sep 8th
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge →
Classic short story by Ambrose Bierce.
Sep 7th
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“The general glut of information and opinion makes it disconcertingly easy to kid...”
– Perils of pop philosophy.
Sep 7th
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Sep 4th
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“We had a few complaints that the MP3s of our last record wasn’t encoded at a...”
– Jonny Greenwood on digital music.
Sep 3rd
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Sep 3rd
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Nancy Pearl's The Rule of 50 →
austinkleon: When to give up on a book (from Book Lust): “Believe me, nobody is going to get any points in heaven by slogging their way through a book they aren’t enjoying but think they ought to read. I live by what I call ‘the rule of fifty,’ which acknowledges that time is short and the world of books is immense. If you’re fifty years old or younger, give every book about fifty pages before...
Sep 3rd
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Exclusive First Listen: Yo La Tengo on NPR →
Hear the band’s 16th album, ‘Popular Songs’ in its entirety.
Sep 2nd
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CANABALT →
I don’t much follow the Flash games scene, but this one-button jumping game is great. (via snarkmarket)
Sep 2nd