Dive into the archives.

• here’s a distraction

  I have a list of about 20 hours of work I want to do to my site, because I’m too proud to start a Tumblog. In the meanwhile, here’s one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard in a podcast. The Sound of Young America—Matt Braunger

  13 Jul 2010 & Cetera, Nerdery & Sundry; no comments. permalink   

• still not vignelli

  The MTA is releasing a new New York City Subway map. Next month, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority will unveil a resized, recolored and simplified edition of the well-known map, its first overhaul in more than a decade. Manhattan will become taller, bulkier and 30 percent wider, to better display its spaghetti of subway lines. Staten [...]

  29 May 2010 design; no comments. permalink   

• flame of the year, thus far

  I loathe the fusion jazz that Pat Metheny excels in, but I will say this for the man: he knows and respects his over-genre. Thus, his takedown of Kenny G is simply astounding. On KG’s necro-duet with Louis Armstrong: But when Kenny G decided that it was appropriate for him to defile the music of [...]

  20 May 2010 Music; no comments. permalink   

• why i never post my photos to facebook

  With Flickr you can get out, via the API, every single piece of information you put into the system. Every photo, in every size, plus the completely untouched original. (which we store for you indefinitely, whether or not you pay us) Every tag, every comment, every note, every people tag, every fave. Also your stats, [...]

  19 May 2010 Technology; no comments. permalink   

• die hard index

  Russ Maschmeyer, a student at the School of Visual Arts in New York, created this beautiful visualization to find fans who martyr themselves to root for their team: The Die Hard Index determines the quality of a sports team’s fans, or more specifically, the degree to which fans will continue to buy tickets, even when [...]

  11 May 2010 Sport, design; no comments. permalink   

• crushing entrepreneurs’ capital

  Or, “toldyousotoldyousotoldyouso.” For years, James Taranto quoted novelist and journalist Mark Helprin in a running gag called “Homeless Rediscovery Watch”. In that quote, the latter (correctly) predicted the media would suddenly, magically, rediscover social problems that mysteriously disappeared from 1993 to 2001. Similarly, I’d like to introduce a new segment on this blog which will [...]

  10 May 2010 Economics, Politics, Technology; no comments. permalink   

• josh ritter, 930 club, 8 may

  Josh Ritter says DC is the new Ireland. I’ll accept that.

  10 May 2010 Music; no comments. permalink   

• mapping america’s netflix rentals

  Great interactive graphic from the NYT mapping the top Netflix rentals of 2009 to various zipcodes in major metro areas. New York is predictable: Manhattan watches artsy crap, Jersey and Westchester County watch crap they heard was sophisticated from people at the last wine tasting, and the outer boroughs watch action flicks and minority-targeted fare. [...]

  11 Jan 2010 Nerdery & Sundry, Pop Culture & Memes; one comment. permalink   

• in india

  I’m finally settled in India, and have my first set of photos up on Flickr. There are quite a few shopping photos, as a colorful, brightly lit sari shop makes for a good test stage for iPhone photography. My cousin Rohit’s impending doo—er—wedding will make another good stage. My family has arrived at my grandmother’s [...]

  23 Dec 2009 photos; one comment. permalink   

• a refreshed evening telegram

  I promised I’m not dead, and indeed, I’m not. It’s been eight months since I last posted (not counting my ‘not dead’ post five months ago). In that time, I tried to accomplish a number of things on the site, including integrating my Google Reader account (so I could actually start contributing articles from my [...]

  20 Dec 2009 Nerdery & Sundry; one comment. permalink