February 2010
43 posts
January 2010
34 posts
how to spin yarn out of newspaper
cakeface:
Yarn Recently a commenter asked what they could do with all the old newspapers they had piling up With enough time, patience, and newspapers you can create newspaper. From the design studios of Greetje van Time and Her “indruk” project she can purportedly spins 20yds of “yarn” from a sheet of old newspaper.
“He’s changed the conscience of America in a highly constructive way. I...”
– Noam Chomsky, the left-wing activist and MIT professor, on Howard Zinn. RIP.
WatchA small radio station in Brooklyn becomes a focal point for New York City’s Haitian-American community as they desperately seek information about family and friends in earthquake ravaged Haiti.
“This “change-yourself-to-fit-in” advice has been given to pretty much every...”
– Jezebel’s response to Clay Shirky’s response. (via jennydeluxe)
“I think initiative is sorely lacking amongst would-be journalists. The one thing...”
– NY1’s Pat Kiernan (<3)
“But the books you like must also be read with shudders and gasps… Literature,...”
– Vladimir Nabokov, in his rather critical lecture on Dostoevksy, arguing that while there is pleasure to be taken in dismantling mediocre literature it is just as necessary to interrogate and re-imagine one’s favorite works. (via mills) (via ljm)
quick reaction to a rant about women
brighter:
Quote from Clay Shirky’s “A Rant About Women” blog post:
It’s just that until women have role models who are willing to risk incarceration to get ahead, they’ll miss out on channelling smaller amounts of self-promoting con artistry to get what they want, and if they can’t do that, they’ll get less of what they want than they want.
Really? These come to mind right off the top of my...
Humanity →
Home Tool (or Virginia Heffernan tries to explain... →
There’s so many things wrong with this, I don’t know where to start.
For real. The dishwasher, the washing machine and the pill were supposed to liberate us from something, but the superduper Internet, alone among the great 20th-century technologies, has really nailed it. A woman of any ideological disposition or domestic arrangement must answer her e-mail. Therefore, a strategically...
re: Vampire Weekend post on Gawker
leoncrawl:
http://gawker.com/5444492/rockonomics-the-california+prep-style-rebranding-of-vampire-weekend
But also, aren’t we done being mad at artists for not being poor and/or not REALLY from Africa? At least Vampire Weekend are happy to be exactly who they are (white, privileged, from New York) and like exactly what they like (indie rock but also Lil’ Jon). But in the end I find...
All your Netflix data is belongs to us →
An interactive map of Netflix rental patterns in a dozen cities.
Mad Men, Obsessed and Last Chance Harvey have “distinct patterns” among the movies (and all of which have helpful links to Times reviews).
The least rented DVDs in New York (among the top 100 rented overall):
5. Happy-Go-Lucky (HAHAHAHAHAHAHIASDBABDI)
4. Julie & Julia
3. Adventureland
2. True Blood: Season 1
1....
Lost fans vs. the Obama administration, a play in...
ACT I
A Friday afternoon at the White House’s press briefing room with press secretary Robert Gibbs.
Journos ask Qs about Secretary of Deference Robert Gates’ intentions, concerns over a “double-dip recession,” and Qais Khazaali, a leading Shiite Muslim militant, who was set free by Iraqi officials in exchange for a British hostage.
Then they get to the serious stuff.
...
I don't want to see pictures of girls on bikes...
Edited.
iaminlikewithmybike:
(via inevitablefragments)
“New York is the city where the future comes to rehearse.”
– New York City Mayor Ed Koch at his third inaugural address, January 1, 1986 (via bobulate) (via katykelley)
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Reigning Sound - If You Can’t Give Me...
“A woman in the military is more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than...”
– Representative Jane Harman, a Democrat from California, said at a Congressional hearing this year, repeating an assertion she has made a refrain in a campaign of hers to force the military to do more to address abuses.
A Peril in War Zones: Sexual Abuse by Fellow G.I.’s from the NY Times
(via...
“I’m much better at raising money for other people and other causes than I...”
– Hillary Rodham Clinton, who raised close to $54 million in just nine months for a U.S. PR pavilion at a Shanghai Expo. She was quoted in a front-page article, just below the story about six million Americans who live on zero income and food stamps.
