I so want to give the @nytimes slack when it comes to ads in their apps, but this ad has frozen the app which I pay for
I assume this wouldn't happen with the paper version of the @nytimes
Improvised recording studio for Not About Wine. I believe this is how Ira Glass recorded the first 2 TAL seasons.
Permanent traffic jam kottke.org A traffic jam in China's Heibei Province has been going on for nine days now and may last a month. The traffic jam has sparked some entrepreneurial spirit...
Permanent traffic jamDispatches from a Public Librarian (8/27/10) McSweeney's (null) Sent with Reeder
Dispatches from a Public Librarian (8/27/10)Dowling Duncan Redesign the US Bank Notes Daring Fireball I kind of love it. (Via Jonathan Hoefler, who doesn’t like the choice of Helvetica.) ★ Sent with Reeder
Dowling Duncan Redesign the US Bank NotesThe invention of communication allowed life to evolve from globular organisms into fantastic beings, just as networks allow place-based firms to blossom into fantastic spaces.http://feedproxy.google...
People will inhabit places...The Tiger Oil Memos Daring Fireball Hilarious collection of memos from 1978 by Edward Mike Davis, the CEO and owner of the Tiger Oil Company in Houston. A personal favorite: Do not speak...
The Tiger Oil MemosConfessions of a Tea Party Casualty Daring Fireball Fascinating piece by David Corn for Mother Jones, on Bob Inglis, a very conservative South Carolina Republican who lost the primary election...
Confessions of a Tea Party CasualtyPrint TV's Crowning Moment of Awesomehttp://www.esquire.com/print-this/price-is-right-perfect-bid-0810 (via Instapaper)
Article: Print TV's Crowning Moment of Awesomevia kottke.org
Jewel does undercover karaokeResearchers are reporting preliminary success in using psilocybin to ease the anxiety of patients with terminal illnesses. Dr. Charles S. Grob, a psychiatrist who is involved in an experiment at U.C...
Existential MedicineInstead of talking about their drinks and food,” Mr. Raglin said, “we want to try to get people to think about what’s really important in life, like history and life. via nytimes.com A cocktail...
Instead of talking about their drinks...via nytimes.com From the super genius's in the NYTimes interactive dept.
How close are the races in the Olympics? WELL: Fractions of a Second: An Olympic Musical
Newest "Stained Teeth: A Column About Wine", up on good old McSweeney's Internet Tendency