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08/29/08 // Link:
Gas Goes Up, People Stop Driving. Jerry Brown was Right. From November to June, American driving dropped by 53.2 billion miles. Think about that. 53.2 billion fewer miles. That’s crazy. And kinda cool. Gasoline prices, which rose to a nationwide average of $4.11 a gallon last month, now average $3.69 …continue reading »
12/14/07 // Link:
The 53 Places to Go in 2008 The Times bills this with the line: “From Laos to Lisbon, the travel choices for global nomads have never been more varied.” Yes, Laos is number one, very disappointing, but luckily only 6 percent of Americans actually have passports so …continue reading »
10/15/07 // Link:
Doris Lessing Wins Nobel Prize in Literature Finally. From the New York Times: Ms. Lessing learned of the news from a group of reporters camped on her doorstep as she returned from a visit to the hospital with her son. “I was a bit surprised because I …continue reading »
10/10/07 // Link:
On Torture and American Values It’s not often that I agree with the op/eds from the New York Times, but this one is right on. This exactly why I’m embarrassed to be an American right now. If you think the dollar is at an all …continue reading »
09/23/07 // Link:
Monks in Myanmar Protest for Third Day The monks are challenging the military regime in Burma/Myanmar. From the New York Times: Hundreds of Buddhist monks marched through rain-washed streets for the third day in Myanmar’s main city yesterday, taking the lead in monthlong protests that the military …continue reading »
09/18/07 // Link:
No Thanks, Mr. Nabokov People always complain that there’s no good books being written anymore, but the truth is there’s no good books being published anymore. Ever since the publishing houses became multi-million dollar enterprises the level of risk taking dropped dramatically. Of course …continue reading »
08/14/07 // Link:
The Road to Clarity An excellent piece in the New York Times Magazine called about the U.S. transition from the age old Highway Gothic typeface to the more optimized Clearview font for road signs. I know, it sounds super nerdy and it is, but …continue reading »
08/03/07 // Link:
Summer Express: 101 Simple Meals Ready in 10 Minutes or Less The New York Times on quick and easy meals. Some of these aren’t half bad. Some of them, regrettably, are. Or at least I certainly hope people can come up with a lot of these without having the read it …continue reading »
06/18/07 // Link:
Forgetting May Be Part of the Process of Remembering Whether drawing a mental blank on a new A.T.M. password, a favorite recipe or an old boyfriend, people have ample opportunity every day to curse their own forgetfulness. But forgetting is also a blessing, and researchers reported on Sunday that …continue reading »
05/17/07 // Link:
A Sweet So Sour: Kool-Aid Dills Typical New York Times take on The South — a full article on a small store in Mississippi that sells Kool-Aid marinated dill pickels (which by the way is disgusting). Could the Times be any more patronizing? The whole quiant …continue reading »
05/17/07 // Link:
A No-Frills Kitchen Still Cooks Stuart Elliott the New York Times “Minimalist” writes what professional chefs have always known: all that expensive kitchen equipment is totally unnecessary. “The question I’m asked more often than any other is, ‘What kitchen equipment should I buy?’ Like cookbooks, …continue reading »
05/17/07 // Link:
Jonathan Coulton On How Musicians Ought To Use The Internet Here’s an interesting idea: “When he performs, he upends the traditional logic of touring. Normally, a new Brooklyn-based artist like him would trek around the Northeast in grim circles, visiting and revisiting cities like Boston and New York and Chicago …continue reading »
04/30/07 // Link:
New York Times Magazine: A Disciplined Business Interesting behind the scenes look at an internet porn company in this weekends Times’ magazine. Nice that it avoids some of the pratfalls of most porn articles I’ve seen, but then again it still buys the industry’s numbers which have …continue reading »
04/30/07 // Link:
You Are What You Grow Compared with a bunch of carrots, a package of Twinkies, to take one iconic processed foodlike substance as an example, is a highly complicated, high-tech piece of manufacture, involving no fewer than 39 ingredients, many themselves elaborately manufactured, as well …continue reading »
03/27/07 // Link:
Ain’t It Strange? Patti Smith on being inducted into the Rock and Rool Hall of Fame. “Should an artist working within the revolutionary landscape of rock accept laurels from an institution? Should laurels be offered? Am I a worthy recipient?”continue reading »