April 2010
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Today - A world without planes - Alain de Botton →
misanthropolis: The philosopher, writer and recent writer-in-residence at Heathrow airport imagines a world without aircraft.
Apr 18th
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10 More Common Faults in Human Thought →
Apr 13th
10 Simple Google Search Tricks - NY Times →
Apr 12th
March 2010
6 posts
David Mamet's Master Class Memo to the Writers of... →
Mar 26th
Mar 23rd
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Gladwell article: Most Likely to Succeed →
How do we hire when we can’t tell who’s right for the job?
Mar 16th
New Yorker. whats in the david foster wallace... →
Mar 16th
Interview with screenwriter Russell Gewirtz  →
Mar 16th
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Post about the Hunterian museum →
Mar 16th
February 2010
6 posts
Download link: Richard Herring's radio series... →
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Feb 21st
WatchWatch
thesophie: Stephen Fry against Catholicism (via @RufusHound) Incredible.
Feb 10th
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WatchWatch
thesophie: flidby: An unseen sketch from The Peter Serafinowicz Show. Possibly my favourite character ?
Feb 10th
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Feb 10th
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January 2010
6 posts
In praise of the sci-fi corridor →
Jan 23rd
The Silver Thief; The Story of a Burglar Who Was... →
Jan 23rd
Richard Dawkins: the truth dogs reveal about... →
Jan 23rd
“BBC Four: What do you think the main themes were for Herzog? Graham Dorrington:...”
– http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/storyville/graham-dorrington.shtml
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Jan 11th
Portugal's alternative to the "war on drugs" →
Exactly eight years ago today, on July 1st 2001, Portugal decreed that the purchase, possession and use of any previously-illegal substance would no longer be considered a criminal offence. So, instead of police arresting users, at The End of the World, health and social workers now dispense the paraphernalia of heroin use. Fascinating article. I hadn’t heard anything about...
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UNIQLO CALENDAR →
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shrinkwrapped: RT @brokentv: Q: Why was Nick Griffin so furious after being pelted with eggs the other day? A: They hadn’t separated the whites first.
Jun 11th
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May 2009
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Hayao Miyazaki: Modern movies are too weird for me... →
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April 2009
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Apr 10th
The 10 Biggest Intellectual Fights Of All time  →
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March 2009
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December 2008
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Dec 30th
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November 2008
2 posts
Elegant Web Typography →
cubicle17: Anyone who needs a primer on typography, specifically as it applies to the web, should start with this phenomenal presentation given by Jeff Croft at Web Directions South 2008. (via Subtraction) If web typography is your thing, this presentation by Mark Boulton is also worth looking through.
Nov 4th
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“WASHINGTON—In a press conference held this morning on the White House lawn,...”
– Bush: ‘Can I Stop Being President Now?’ | The Onion (via glinner)
Nov 4th
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October 2008
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Tikal, The temples of doom →
Oct 27th
Vimeoland →
unalone: Holy shit, I’d never seen this before. This is excellent.
Oct 27th
Oct 27th
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If No One Sees It, Is It An Invention? →
unalone: Very nice article from the New York Times on a man whose concepts have reached millions of viewers on YouTube.
Oct 27th
Oct 27th
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“Shortly after midnight, the bunker’s computers reported that an intercontinental...”
– His reward? A demotion to prevent embarrassment to his superiors. Stanislav Petrov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via participo)
Oct 27th
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How to draw anything (in 1 step) →
unalone: I love Aviary.
Oct 22nd
Stephen Fry´s gadgets for travelling  →
Oct 18th
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Oct 18th
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