January 2010
30 posts
“Supposing we made a pact with a painting and agreed to sit down and look at it,...”
– Jeanette Winterson, Art Objects (via sherry)
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Nude Beach = Tourism Incentive: Brunswick (S.C.)...
“In an e-mail to county commissioners and staff, one Brunswick County visitor requests that the board allow Bird Island to be a nude beach. He says it will bring in tourist dollars. He says he would be more inclined to buy a house on the beach if sun bathing in the buff was allowed. He said now he has to go to Haulover Beach in Florida.”
My former co-editor is doing some crack...
The Future of Designed Content →
soupsoup:
fimoculous:
Read this, really. The conclusion (Gawker Media as the future of designed content) is speculation that seems unlikely, but as an alternate history, it should be exhilarating for both designers and content creators.
(Robin is on such a roll lately, it’s amazing.)
There is a lot of “designed content” out there, but it’s underappreciated. The average web viewer doesn’t...
“A number of community groups, homeless advocates and political leaders will go to [terrible movie director and Atlantic Yards developer] Bruce Ratner’s office on Wednesday, January 27th at high noon to perform a citizen’s arrest of Mr. Ratner.”
Oh yes, there’s a news release about this.
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caro:
“The best way to counter the Tea Party movement, which is all about stopping things, is with an Innovation Movement, which is all about starting things. Without inventing more new products and services that make people more productive, healthier or entertained — that we can sell around the world — we’ll never be able to afford the health care our people need, let alone pay off our debts....
“But here’s something even dedicated students of the 4th estate may not fully...”
– Hah.
must read: Rich People Things, with Chris... →
(via jaimeleigh)
Some unused templates for titles of instructional...
mrgan:
(Where the blank is filled with ”make websites”, “lose weight”, ”play piano”, etc.)
Jesus, You still Can’t ______?
______, Sort Of
Mr. Brown Can ______, Can You?
Read About How To ______ Then Do Nothing About It
Just ______ Already
______? ______?? I’D LOVE TO!!!
______, starving hysterical naked
So… You ______ Much?
______, Monkey, ______!
My Three-year-old Can ______ Better
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“In these controls, known as “unmotivated mosque checks,” the police are not...”
– Oh my.
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Apparently, Grand Central Terminal In NYC Has Been...
Update: Or maybe someone made it up entirely?
“Workers at the Shady Lady set their own rates and share a percentage of what...”
– The still-forming economics of male prostitution, now legal in Nevada.
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(RAH)² (AH)³ + [ROMA (1+MA)] + (GA)² + (OOH)(LA)² →
Proof for The Laws of GaGa > Solving world hunger. (via natashavc)
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“And she makes millions doing it. Day says major corporations and hedge funds pay her $10,000 per month not for her business acumen — she’s the first to admit she knows nothing about the market or the economy — but for her gut feelings.”
So this is what it’s come to.
Fimoculous' 30 Best Blogs of the Year →
This listicle is quite good.
anastasiafriscia:
I helped write the blurbs for 29, 20, 19, 18 and 11.
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formspring.me
If you could take your brain out, stick it in a blender, and blend that shit for people to eat, what fruit would you mix in?
I had no idea my last job interviewer would find this so quickly!
(Raspberries!)
I can answer questions about pro basketball and/or foreign affairs, and not much else. So have at it.
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formspring.me
If you and Matt Caldecutt were in a cage match, who would win?
Is there any real winner after those things? Whatever. I’d be the one walking away.
(#burn)
I can answer questions about pro basketball and/or foreign affairs, and not much else. So have at it.
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formspring.me
How does this thing work?
You register one of these pages and then people can ask you questions anonymously. It seems, to me, like a throwback to how blogging used to be — more personal and less newsy. (You can delete questions you don’t feel like answering, so not every question asked appears.)
It’s pure overshare and a remarkably lazy way to blog. But, this...
'[W]hy are people who want to write for money,...
This is me, taking notes:
spiers:
Q: What’s with all these people writing for free at HuffPo or Mediaite…specifically people who hope to be paid to write regularly?
I can only speak for myself, but when reviewing someone’s clips, if they had regular contributions at either site…at best, I would immediately skip right past them. At worst, I might catch their name before skipping right past,...