January 2010
27 posts
Richard Youngs “Collapsing Stars” from...
“YouTube has made us think that all shows, all videos, should be brief. Why watch...”
– YouTube: Online Fame For Everyone - Monitor Mix Blog : NPR
Carrie, don’t mind me being in love with you just a little.
It's Ben Kreimer's Mix! Vote for It! →
Google vs. China Round 3: Chinese Human Rights Web... →
“All that is clear is that a suite of cyberattacks seem to be responsible, for the first time, for stirring up a geo-political conflict on a truly international level.”
Is it just me, or does this feel epochal to anyone else? The rules are changing, or perhaps becoming clearer in light of recent events, and two stubborn rivals (not to touch on the characteristics of the rivalry) are...
Meanwhile, somewhere at the Chinese soft-power... →
“Western countries have long indoctrinated non-Western nations on the issue of freedom of speech. It is an aggressive political and diplomatic strategy, rather than a desire for moral values, that has led them to do so. The free flow of information is an universal value treasured in all nations, including China, but the US government’s ideological imposition is unacceptable and, for that...
The music of The xx : The New Yorker →
“It’s even more surprising how ascetic and disciplined the band is when it comes to presenting information… You don’t think of people this young being masters of restraint, but the album works like a visit to the optometrist, with instruments dropping in and out every four or eight bars: Is that clearer? How about that? How about now?”
Croissants! →
Holy cow! I can make them! Whoa! In high school, when I was first trying to get into cooking for myself—baking wasn’t as central as it has since become—I became interested in making croissants….
Language from Ben & "Redes" →
Here is a link to my friend Ben’s recent update. His comments articulate some of my own thoughts about language, but succeed better than I have managed before in clarity and concision. Brazil was a…
Julie Doiron's Tiny Desk Concert for NPR →
What I listened to again and again on the final leg home.
Supermarket – Our Next Savanna « NextNature.net →
Review of Plenty (from GoodReads.com) →
Note: Minor spoiler alert; some comments refer to events that some readers may not be interested in before hand. Such comments are brief and ought not to diminish the pleasure of reading the book if…
Tumblr →
So, I created a Tumblr account. All posts on this blog will end up there, but this blog will remain for the more prosaic types of posts. What Tumblr allows/supports/does is allow me to…
Immanent in the Manifold City: A Newspaper for... →
Huh.
On my way to Spain (a mere four days ago) I began writing a story about an urban wanderer who stumbles onto the shy gateways through the cosmos. I think I might need this.
The story has a bit of inspiration from Lovecraft’s Dreams in the Witch-House, but will more or less lack the weird and macabre subject material to which he is so fascinated.
Philosophy that Bakes Bread: Tumblr →
So, I created a Tumblr account. All posts on this blog will end up there, but this blog will remain for the more prosaic types of posts. What Tumblr allows/supports/does is allow me to link/post/reblog various other forms of media (music, photos, quotes, etc.) and doing so quickly and easily from my iTouch if I so choose. I have attempted to synthesize my Google Reader with Blogger, but it...
“On the subject of .rss feeds…
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Frankie Thomas: A Eulogy for "Flight of the... →
Oh you Conchords, you will be missed.
A wonderful analysis of Flight of the Conchords as the purest of porn for the ladies.
Philosophy that Bakes Bread: Review of Plenty... →
Note: Minor spoiler alert; some comments refer to events that some readers may not be interested in before hand. Such comments are brief and ought not to diminish the pleasure of reading the book if you so choose. 4 of 5 stars Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally by Alisa Smith & J.B. MacKinnon My expectations for Plenty were high and, having read a number of...
Philosophy that Bakes Bread: When In Spain: Report...
A windstorm blows outside and I have already had to barricade a window that broke. Up until I heard it break, I had not touched it in the least. It acts as a painful reminder of the door that shattered on me in Brazil in my host-family’s home. This, at least, was not my fault. It does say a little something about Spanish design, at least in Castellon. In the apartment, the floors are nearly...
