January 2012
18 posts
“There is not a single new manned combat aircraft under research and development...”
– The Future of War (From Jan., 1993 to the Present) | John Battelle’s Search Blog
“And coming up just behind them are those who, presented with a hamburger, reach...”
– Noisy eaters are my idea of hell | Life and style | The Observer
“We read books of narrative history and biography and get the impression that...”
– “Apocalypse Soon” by Daniel Baird | The Walrus | January 2012
“Today one often hears that politics is a dirty business, incompatible with...”
– Is the World Really Safer Without the Soviet Union? | The Nation
“In The Night Garden – beautiful and subversive. I get a great sense of...”
– Menk, by John Doran - No Way to Control It, It’s Totally Automatic | VICE
“There is a hole in my heart dug deep by advertising and envy and a desire to see...”
– Fever Dream of a Guilt-Ridden Gadget Reporter
“A few months later, I read an interview with the perennially cutting-edge...”
– The Joy of Quiet - NYTimes.com
“Since 9/11, Islamic terrorists have killed just 17 people on American soil, all...”
– Does Airport Security Really Make Us Safer? | Culture | Vanity Fair
December 2011
14 posts
“The restaurant was once a place for men, a place where men ate, held court,...”
– The Best Food Books of 2011 | Brain Pickings
“The Internet is dispatching everything in our globalised mega-city. People are...”
– The Quietus | Features | Escape Velocity | Adventures On The Far Side: An Interview With James Ferraro
“The odd thing is that all this techno-utopianism came from men who would...”
– Why doesn’t Britain make things any more? | Business | The Guardian
“Further reflection revealed that it’s quite impractical—nearly impossible—to...”
– Waldo Jaquith - On the impracticality of a cheeseburger.
“Information analysts IDC claim that the internet doubles in size every eighteen...”
– Warren Ellis » GUEST INFORMANT: Jim Rossignol
“self-knowledge is surprisingly useless. Teaching people about the hazards of...”
– The Book Bench: Is Self-Knowledge Overrated? : The New Yorker
November 2011
14 posts
“In rural China I asked this guy whether he had heard of McDonald’s and Kentucky...”
– From ‘Made in China’ to ‘Bought in China’ - Ideas - The Boston Globe
“Mark E Smith, one of the few figures in the music business who can legitimately...”
– Life lessons: Mark E Smith on bullying, the occult and why Stalin had the right idea - Features - Music - The Independent
“He has a weird accent: half American, half Australian, half English, if that...”
– James Murdoch: never has one man known so little, and so often | Politics | The Guardian
“People often ask me what role technology plays in music, and whether I think...”
– Brian Eno on bizarre instruments - Telegraph
“It was the choice of a washing machine, however, that proved most vexing....”
– Steve Jobs’s Real Genius : The New Yorker
“In general, German bankers were paid peanuts to run the risk that sank their...”
– It’s the Economy, Dummkopf! | Business | Vanity Fair
October 2011
19 posts
“How much authenticity is too much? It’s an oddly philosophical question, given...”
– All That Authenticity May Be Getting Old - NYTimes.com