December 2009
71 posts
RT @mattyglesias: Why Star Trek: TNG is the best: http://bit.ly/4ZiCZi
Climate Change Deniers vs The Consensus |... →
Packing to go home, stumbling around ineffectively from exhaustion
If Global Warming Is Real Then Why Is It Cold →
oh hey @aosivitz
I don’t know why it took me so long to start reading @ediblegeograpy http://bit.ly/6C6AHZ
ARCHITECTURE of INDIA & Takeo Kamiya →
This site “Architecture of India” shows various aspects of Indian architecture and activities of Takeo Kamiya, Japanese architect who has been studying World Architcture. The original text is in…
The Meek →
webcomic
The Year in Media Errors and Corrections | Regret... →
RT @mattyglesias: Robert Samuelson is rancid and dishonest, but he’s not even close to being WaPost’s worst columnist!
I keep reading this one person’s name as “Advil Junior,” which sounds like an old NES game.
That's Not Art →
People post ridiculous “art” to Tumblr. These pieces frequently make it into Popular. I reblog them here and call them out for being stupid.
Kickstarter - The Ghosts: http://bit.ly/7IHWfD via @addthis
Welcome to Cartography 2.0 →
Cartography 2.0 is a free online knowledge base and e-textbook for students and professionals interested in interactive and animated maps
One Drawing for Every Page of Moby-Dick by Matt... →
About as good as it sounds.
RT @TylerGreenDC: Hirshhorn, take note. RT @artwhirled: Schimmel: Priorities of a great contemporary art museum: 1 Artists 2 Art objects …
RT @ryancorazza: ESPN names the York Dukes the high school cross-country Boys Team of the Decade. Boom. — http://bit.ly/68RKca
Late to this post, but it’s a fun read: The City Is A Battlesuit For Surviving The Future http://instapaper.com/zUq2we6w
PlayaroundNYC →
PlayaroundNYC was created to help New Yorkers see how well their neighborhoods are supported by playgrounds and to see how this support is tempered by nearby conditions. The hope is that with better…
CUP - Making Policy Public - Predatory Equity →
During the boom, a new breed of speculator used private equity and oversized bank loans to buy up affordable housing. They tried to make a quick profit by converting it to luxury housing – putting…
Punched Out Font | dafont.com →
This font is a set of cut-out layouts with which you can build 3D pixel style letters. They should all work. Just cut along the solid lines, fold along the dotted lines, put some glue on the shaded…
Spillway: George Orwell, Modernist http://instapaper.com/zSgjuj7d
Fresh Photons →
An infinitely expanding collection of science imagery curated by image enthusiast and scientist Chris Ing.
If I won @steepster’s contest http://bit.ly/tea-contest, the first tea I’d make with @joeyroth’s Sorapot is genmaicha
A member came in complaining - she was fired for stealing a pie.
The Mike Wallace Interview →
“Whether you agree or disagree with what you will hear, we feel that none will deny the right of these views to be broadcast.”
Putting tinsel on the tree and listening to Leonard Nimoy tell the Hanukkah story.
About to start office secret santa, it’s made me more anxious than I expected.
high volume of bottle shaped presents under the tree
a few of my coworkers seem to get things done mainly by swearing at people over the phone. definitely gets results.
My subway read: Joseph Tainter on Collapse and complexity http://instapaper.com/zR8tzp82
RT @eqx1979: Funny to see people writing they are mentioned “on” the ny times rather than “in” #notyourgrandmothersmedia
Working my makeup shift (@ Park Slope Food Coop in Brooklyn) http://4sq.com/1atkiI
All is well in Non-orthagonal Grids « Free... →
Guanajuato, Mexico
Mitch Epstein - Photographer | American Power →
Mitch Epstein’s current work examines how energy is produced and used in the American landscape. Made on forays to energy production sites and their environs, these pictures question the power of…
Face Detection →
James Gurney on the power and limitations of face detection software
A Biological Homage to Mickey Mouse →
Essay by Stephen Jay Gould
Saw this morning: so windy a man’s hat blows off, he yells at his dogs for not retrieving it, then defiantly pulls it back on his head
that just doesn’t happen enough anymore
RT @hyperallergic: Brooklyn’s Answer to Performa Begins Friday http://bit.ly/5e7bp6
Dream last night: read history comics written by (and starring) @Danny_DeVito. Johnny Ryan illustrated.
Marc Ambinder takes down Sarah Palin’s nutty op-ed: http://bit.ly/5y5uSe
the story behind those BNE stickers (sort of): http://bit.ly/56zuqf
using @foursquare is really beginning to pay off: http://yipit.com/
very depressing look at unemployment: http://bit.ly/7UsSMt
RT @oberlin: {@eush} Things that would not fly @Oberlin: this on a course evaluation. http://twitpic.com/soaxa
RT @mattyglesias: The difference between a good newspaper and the Washington Post: http://bit.ly/6ajHyN
RT @qikipedia: The Antarctic is a continent entirely surrounded by oceans; the Arctic is an ocean almost entirely surrounded by continents.
I forgot my coop shift - no good
