April 2012
41 posts
“The Twenty-first century is invisible. We were promised jetpacks but ended up...”
– The New Aesthetic and The New Writing : Kenneth Goldsmith : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation
Vatican City ATMs use Latin
jkottke:
ATMs in the Vatican City have Latin as one of the language options:
Anyone know what that means? Google Translate spits out a bunch of jibberish… (Photo by Seth Schoen)
“Federally-funded research of dog urine ultimately gave scientists and...”
– Why ‘the sex life of the screwworm’ deserves taxpayer dollars - The Washington Post
“At posh restaurants with short menus, he advises, order whatever sounds least...”
– This column will change your life: restaurant rules | Life and style | The Guardian
“Yet they also embody a far more romantic modernist fantasy of Europe after the...”
– Kraftwerk-Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | Blog | Frieze Publishing
“It has become a cliche to look back through rose-tinted glasses at the world of...”
– BBC News - Why does the 1970s get painted as such a bad decade?
“The total absence of sound outside your body makes you keenly aware of what’s...”
– Twin Cities Business Magazine
“But the steakhouse is a relic of a time that has passed, and we as a people need...”
– The Problem With The American Steakhouse | TIME Ideas | TIME.com
“Which makes it all very curious to me that those most eager to self-desribe as...”
– Matt Langer · Stop Calling it Curation
“First, to understand this deal it’s important to understand Facebook....”
– Facebook and Instagram: When Your Favorite App Sells Out — Daily Intel
“The best reason to ask a question is to contribute to the quality of the...”
– How to Ask a Question - Innovations - The Chronicle of Higher Education
WatchView from the top of The Shard. Click the link to get the whole story…
(via The Shard Of Glass | Silent UK – Urban Exploration & Underground Photography)
“Trying to explain ‘pop’ in a half-paragraph is like decorating an Airfix model...”
– ‘Golden Touch’: why Electronic Dream is the ultimate pop record – FACT magazine: music and art
Mother Jones
fluxmachine:
“There were two problems with this. The first is that this “passion” ideal didn’t...”
– Bring back the 40-hour work week - AlterNet - Salon.com
“In its raw form, pork takes on a lightness that’s really unexpected...”
– Los Angeles: On The Subject Of The Pork Sashimi At Pigg | Food Republic
“Diplo’s engagement with the music he champions seems to typify the worst in...”
– The eternal backpacker: Diplo, Master-D and musical theft in the internet age – FACT magazine: music and art
“To my eye, the purebred American action film can be identified by three...”
– How the American Action Movie Went Kablooey - NYTimes.com 