October 2010
42 posts
Maya and I are going to watch 100 movies. →
Whuddup tumblaaaaaaahhhhh
“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us...”
– Killer words. Worth printing out.
Ira Glass (via healywu)(via caseydonahue)
Ira is wise.
(via aatombomb)
“A teenager who attracted national media attention after she couldn’t stop...”
– ‘Hiccup Girl’ charged with murder - U.S. news
Maine Paper Shuts Down Comments →
sasquatchmedia:
Yet another newsroom is killing or re-thinking story commenting. Below are Damon Kiesow’s core recommendations to journalists. Simple, direct stuff if they wish to retain comments:
* The community does need to be managed, and moderators need to be present, visible and involved. * A “real identity” mandate might seem like a solution, but requiring a ”persistent identity”...
“Converse is opening a recording studio in Williamsburg, and nobody seems...”
– Living in the Age of Art vs Content @ MBV
When will people get over the shock of finding a giant, sprawling shopping mall where New York City used to be?
Seriously though, as jaded as I am, this article really did have me aching with nostalgia for the days when music was a commodity that you saved...
Watchlonelysandwich:
Couch to 5K: an iPhone App from Lucius Kwok
Lucius is one of the greats. A brilliant developer, a snappy dresser, a hell of a businessman, and a real sweet guy. Making this with him in Portland a few weeks ago was what making video is supposed to be: just a pure good time.
Thanks also to Dan Wineman and the Mrgans for their assistance and love.
Lucius is a really nice guy....
“I give up. I fucking give up.
When I first started hearing right-wingers...”
– Gawker commenter on Christine O’Donnell not knowing, and then NOT BELIEVING that the first amendment contained the provision of separation of church and state during a debate with Chris Coons. Coons recited the text of the amendment “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of...
President Obama to Appear on "Mythbusters" →
3,500 hours of Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show making... →
The Best American Essays 2010 →
More for that Instapaper queue.
Out of Place →
A movie about surfing culture in Cleveland, Ohio.
This is a smorgasbord of violence →
Looks like much of what appears in the 2010 Best American Crime Reporting anthology is available for free online. You’re probably going to want to Instapaper the shit out of this list.
I like to log into Tumblr at least once a day to make sure the Dawson’s Creek theme song is still playing in here.
“Of course, none of this explains why, when coming into a crowded party, you are...”
– Why Do We Fall In Love?