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.
"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
“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.
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