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Portable cathedrals.
Perhaps the only mobile phone review I’d consider essential reading includes “Roland Barthes” among its tags and this choice paragraph: Each mobile phone handset is not a mere product, perhaps like the other products that have traditionally adorned the pages … Continue reading
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A cheeseburger today.
Not-possible-before-the-20th-century writing usually opens my eyes – especially when the product in question is widely available for around $1 – and this is no exception: A cheeseburger cannot exist outside of a highly developed, post-agrarian society. It requires a complex … Continue reading
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A unified theory of why we hate traffic and why rent in the city is so high.
Let’s get this out of the way: nobody loves traffic, right? We take for granted that when someone talks about traffic, they do so with some disdain. This morning, I came to think about how that disdain is caused, at … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture
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…with an ice cream maker and Steve Buscemi.
Steve Buscemi stood ahead of me a couple places in line. I didn’t recognize him from behind, but once he came to a bend in the line, I could not mistake the translucent blue eyes that hung over his smirk … Continue reading
Posted in Ice cream for everyone, Travel
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Whalegaze.
So I accidentally synchronized this video of a kayaker encountering a blue whale with this song and it turns out to match up quite nicely. Open two browser tabs, play video full screen, and have a snack. (Video via The … Continue reading
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Return to form.
Using the phrase return to form to describe the state of one’s artistic production seems a tacit admission of irrelevance, like R.E.M. or The Simpsons in the 21st century. And I am demanding exactly that of myself this morning, with … Continue reading
Posted in Introspection
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Almost retarded.
Screencap via The Awl. While I wanted to believe the study, it was clearly a hoax. Still, I begrudge its believers – that Internet Explorer is such an awful brand name these days is what gives the ApTiquant (née Sokal) … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Web Browsers
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The deathly hallows, part 2.
(Much like the movie described herein, this post will make a lot more sense if you read the first part.) So I live-tweeted my viewing of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. I was hesitant to even watch … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema, Humor
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Ten names of countries that could also be names of reggae or funk bands.
Stemming from a conversation at work and in descending order of likelihood. St. Vincent and the Grenadines Cape Verde Ascension Island Democratic Republic of the Congo El Salvador Trinidad and Tobago Wallis and Futuna Central African Republic Montenegro Oman
Posted in Humor, Politics, Travel
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The deathly hallows.
Spoiler alert: at midnight, I will watch my first Harry Potter movie. Before tonight, I have never read a Harry Potter book or watched a Harry Potter movie. Until a couple weeks ago, I didn’t know the full name of … Continue reading
Every letter counts.
2011 June 2, 8:46 pm As my live-tweeting of last week’s National Spelling Bee finals attests, my misspellings outnumbered my correct guesses by a factor of five, which led me to the realization that I am not a good speller. … Continue reading
Posted in Academics, Design, Food, Nostalgia, Typography
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And you already know how this will end.
Tetris used to be a fixture of my mornings, a harbinger of the day ahead. It starts empty, builds rationally, and is led to disarray and disaster through series of unexpected events. There is almost always something left to clear. … Continue reading
Posted in In case you missed it, Nostalgia
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