July 2010
31 posts
Absurdonomics -- beat the market using the web's... →
My new and highly-dubious weekly finance column.
People in the 1950s believed they dreamed in black... →
“By the late 80s, with no support from MTV or radio, the Big Four, with a...”
– Heavy metal’s dream-ticket Big Four tour | The Guardian
Nice mini-history of metal in The Guardian today. Love any article that namechecks both Municipal Waste and Stormtroopers of Death — that’s how you name a band.
WatchSuperKool art pysique de Computer
"Scientifically proven ways to improve creativity" →
Um?
Tony Hawk is 42 and can still do the 900. Hero. →
“GQ — There have been stories about you sneaking up behind people in New...”
– Bill Murray in GQ
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“Young journalists who once dreamed of trotting the globe in pursuit of a story...”
– In Online Journalism, Burnout Starts Younger - NYTimes.com
Inside An Abandoned Tube Station →
What’s Really Going on Behind Murdoch’s Times... →
Space and Dinosaurs? Or Killers and Cures? →
World Wide Telescope →
See Mars better than most NASA scientists ever have. Jaw dropping.
The Average Colour of the Universe is "Cosmic... →
“Many people who end up in J-School might just as easily have gone to law school....”
– Entrepreneurial Journalism -How To Make It Work | Rosenblum TV
Further Reflections on North Korea's World Cup...
I wrote a column earlier this month in which I wondered whether North Korea’s live World Cup broadcasts would result in a more open and globalised nation. Well, it seems to have worked. Want proof? American teen man-child idol Justin Bieber is set to tour the reclusive Asian country after an Internet vote demanded that he visit there ahead of Israel, eastern Europe or South America.
True,...
“Bob Dylan has been on his so-called Never Ending Tour since 1988, playing about...”
– Review of Bob Dylan at the Hop Farm festival
Alas.
Best Fan Site For Any Band, Ever →
June 2010
28 posts
“The experience of a medical and scientific education is transformational. It is...”
– Atul Gawande, who gave the commencement speech at Stanford’s School of Medicine last week. The Velluvial Matrix : The New Yorker
The Times Gives Away The Stupidest Book in the...
Last summer The Times newspaper gave away free copies of classic Penguin novels, from Austen to Tolstoy. That was very nice of them.
This year they’ve pulled the same trick, but the quality of the giveaway has dipped a little.
Today’s offering, which I can confidently assert is the stupidest book ever published, is good evidence of that fact.
Alastair Maclean’s UNACO: Hostage...
Live map of London Underground trains →
100 Years Of Propaganda: The Good, The Bad and The... →
Why I Continue To Support The North Korean...
Despite my enthusiasm for the black comedy of North Korea’s Politburo-Brand (TM) Football, I had fully expected the People’s Democratic Supermen to fall over and crumble like a poorly constructed statue of Stalin in the rubble of Leningrad. Not only is there no reason for their team to be any good — virtually none of the players are pros, since the concept of professional sports...
“We already know something about what motivates and prevents people from engaging with the news - whether in a call-in radio show or an ambitious crowdsourced project online. When newsrooms are planning these initiatives, it is worth considering if we have given people a reason to contribute - beyond simply contributing.”
— BBC Journalism Blog
“If you found a self-replicating organism living inside your computer, your first...”
– First replicating creature spawned in life simulator: New Scientist
“One of the biggest cancers in Internet-era writing is this tireless need to...”
– Weingarten’s advice to eager young music writers. (via zoya) (via fascinated) (via seaninsound)
