The New Yorker: Best of The Talk of the Town, 2011

[Alexandra] Janelli calls herself a “WiFi detective,” stalking the fragmentary consciousness of the city. “People are taking it to the next level in terms of being able to be really cryptic and send a message,” she said. Her site is a treasury of passive-aggressive messages to neighbors (Stop…

(Source: newyorker.com)

Arab Spring: One Year On

An article I wrote about the Arab Spring.

London Riots: Broken Lives At Christmas

An article I wrote about an 89-year-old barber from the East End whose shop was attacked in August.

Higgs Boson: Stranger Than Fiction (Just)

An article I wrote about science.

irishboyinlondon: Some cool old London Transport posters on Creative Review! This message is still relevant today! Photo: Heinz Zinram (photographer) via Creative Review/ TFL

irishboyinlondon:

Some cool old London Transport posters on Creative Review! This message is still relevant today!

Photo: Heinz Zinram (photographer) via Creative Review/ TFL

Chinese View Of Occupy Wall Street

A cheeseburger cannot exist outside of a highly developed, post-agrarian society. It requires a complex interaction between a handful of vendors—in all likelihood, a couple of dozen—and the ability to ship ingredients vast distances while keeping them fresh. The cheeseburger couldn’t have existed until nearly a century ago as, indeed, it did not.
On The Impracticality Of A Cheeseburger
Yes please. (Steve McQueen Triumph Bonneville)

Yes please. (Steve McQueen Triumph Bonneville)