April 2010
3 posts
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.
10 More Common Faults in Human Thought →
10 Simple Google Search Tricks - NY Times →
March 2010
6 posts
David Mamet's Master Class Memo to the Writers of... →
Gladwell article: Most Likely to Succeed →
How do we hire when we can’t tell who’s right for the job?
New Yorker. whats in the david foster wallace... →
Interview with screenwriter Russell Gewirtz →
Post about the Hunterian museum →
February 2010
6 posts
Download link: Richard Herring's radio series... →
Watchthesophie:
Stephen Fry against Catholicism (via @RufusHound)
Incredible.
Watchthesophie:
flidby:
An unseen sketch from The Peter Serafinowicz Show.
Possibly my favourite character
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January 2010
6 posts
In praise of the sci-fi corridor →
The Silver Thief; The Story of a Burglar Who Was... →
Richard Dawkins: the truth dogs reveal about... →
“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
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...
October 2009
1 post
September 2009
1 post
July 2009
3 posts
June 2009
5 posts
UNIQLO CALENDAR →
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.
May 2009
1 post
Hayao Miyazaki: Modern movies are too weird for me... →
April 2009
3 posts
The 10 Biggest Intellectual Fights Of All time →
March 2009
1 post
February 2009
1 post
December 2008
1 post
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.
“WASHINGTON—In a press conference held this morning on the White House lawn,...”
– Bush: ‘Can I Stop Being President Now?’ | The Onion (via glinner)
October 2008
16 posts
Tikal, The temples of doom →
Vimeoland →
unalone:
Holy shit, I’d never seen this before. This is excellent.
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.
“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)
How to draw anything (in 1 step) →
unalone:
I love Aviary.
Stephen Fry´s gadgets for travelling →
