May 2012
22 posts
The first NY Times restaurant review (1859) →
“Bluesmen were clever, ambitious, and quick to adapt to changing conditions. And...”
– How Sears, Roebuck & Co. midwifed the birth of the blues
Can beer save America →
Let’s hope so. America has the hard-nosed determination to try this and see it through. It’s just a matter of when.
“The typical instance of Somali piracy isn’t that different from what a...”
– via the atlantic
Also, a post script: Oh, and one more thing about Caesar. Plutarch tells us that after he was ransomed he got some ships, raided the pirates, and had them all crucified.
“The matter [of horse domestication] has been hotly contested by scientists.”
– the whole story is here.
Spoiler alert: horse domestication originated in the western part of the Steppes (Ukraine, southwest Russia and west Kazakhstan) 6000 years ago and that the spread of domestication involved lots of integration of wild horses, probably because the horses wouldn’t...
Americhrome →
An investigation into how America elects to paint itself.
Ancient map gives clue to fate of 'Lost Colony' →
A new look at a 425-year-old map has yielded a tantalising clue about the fate of the Lost Colony, the settlers who disappeared from Britain’s Roanoke Island in the late 16th century.
Stay Classy Cambridge →
Stripping, vomiting, and drinking themselves unconscious: Cambridge students’ annual summer party
•Undergraduates seen urinating in the flower beds •Revellers vomited just metres away from where young children played •Blood shed between rival college drinking societies •Girls held upside down as alcohol poured into their mouths
Dropbox for Kindle? →
kinda
What are your perfect albums? →
via metafilter.
I love when something like this pops up. I also wonder how tied to your high school years answers like these are. I like the blue album, nevermind, and in the aeroplane over the sea. Did you have any?
April 2012
17 posts
Why Kenyans Make Such Great Runners →
Meetings.io →
Apart from pretending to be Chris Trager sometimes, meetings.io is literally my favorite thing on the internet so far this year.
Free video conferencing on just about any platform. I’ve played with it some, and it is pretty well done.
(Possible) Stockholm Syndrome (Large Scale?)
A French couple recently told me that they would feel more affiliation for a king than a president or premier. Asking around I found that many others feel similarly. Which is curious because you might expect people to feel more affiliated with leaders they can choose.
From the always interesting Robin Hanson.
The most intimate phone app thus far? →
thumbkissing? Interesting…
Daiquiri on American Drink
interesting history of the drink, and how the one you’re thinking about is nothing like the original.
Learn to read Korean in 15 minutes? →
그럼, 왜 아닙니다.
Snapguides →
fun little “How To” app. Curious about the signal to noise on this one…
“This is worth your time. (But me, I’m on to the next thing)” - on...”
– Robin Sloan in Fish: a tap essay
Korean Tourism Videos →
These are great. Almost like magic. Hard to reckon that they are specifically Korean though.
Where there is no doctor →
field medical guide that you really hope you’ll never need to use. A free resource that is sure to benefit someone.
Quotes from - The Righteous Mind: Why Good People... →
I’m about to start reading Haidt’s book in hopes of being more informed of things that aren’t exactly the issues being debated.
Total Recall →
scary. The things we read that are not in books turn out to be more temporary?
March 2012
5 posts
Universal Principles of Design →
I recently got this. It’s great.
M. Ward - "A Wasteland Companion" →
After listening to this 3 times through, I recommend it to you. Continued growth from an artist I already like very much.
February 2012
1 post
January 2012
1 post
Gutted
I am absolutely gutted that I’m not going to be in “Manehattan” this summer for Bronycon
C’est la vie :(
July 2011
7 posts
Nice coverage of Groupon →
Groupon is essentially holding a portfolio of loans backed by the receivables of small businesses. Perfect storm…
