January 2009
“I have spent the last fifteen years taking photos of old buildings, pop culture...”
– the new geoffrey ellis photography web site
“On any other network, ‘The Wire’ would not have been renewed after the first...”
– The Future of Please Shut Up « The New You Project: Limited Time, Infinite Possibilities
“Stress should also be irregular and ferocious – early men did not have bad...”
– Nassim Nicholas Taleb: the prophet of boom and doom
Twitter & Tumblr
“The way you make yourself valuable on the web is you edit the fucking web for people.” Yaaaay Jay! Be an intelligent filter! - via Rachel Sklar quoting Jay Rosen
On a daily basis there’s plenty of good photography related information floating around the web but most of it’s not really worth a full blog entry, especially if you’re only going to contribute to the...
“I think maybe what’s developing here is there are two kinds of young, alienated...”
– Why Do Young Male Writers Love Icky, Tough Guy Deadbeats? | The New York Observer
“The way you make yourself valuable on the web is you edit the fucking web for...”
– Twitter / rachelsklar: “The way you make yourself …
La Pura Vida presents 'Can't Pay the Rent'
“The recession is forcing more and more photographers to set up print sales just to pay the rent. You can’t go a week without a new blog post from one photographer pleading with their audience to support another fellow photographer whose struggling to pay the rent.”
Submissions are open to everyone and can be made through Flickr or via email. Limit is two. All styles...
“It’s an art project for him. He’s going full out. He probably has...”
– Hoaxes: Joaquin Phoenix’s Recent Craziness Is Really Performance Art
WatchFlickr Video Embed: Glowing Cities Under a Nighttime Sky
via Kottke
“At one point, another officer drags “Chappy” to his feet, while the officer...”
– Officer rapped for film of drunk man | The Australian (via betterwithbooze)
“Nothing shows the defeat of tyranny more thoroughly than its reclamation by...”
– Obama’s Socialist Connections - Obama, Socialism and American Culture - Esquire
“When you’re writing a book, you’re certainly not sitting there thinking, ‘And...”
– Essay - See the Web Site, Buy the Book - NYTimes.com
“Do not dismiss a book until you have written one, and do not dismiss a movie...”
– dave eggers. (via meaghano)
“AS the New York of today continues to look more like its unsavory 1973 self — a declining economy, upticks in violent crimes like murder and bank robbery and an ever more crumbling infrastructure starved for resources — it remains to be seen whether the romantic feelings of the “Life on Mars” creators (and its viewers) will endure. After all, who wants to turn on a television and be...
“Look out for this weekend’s New York Times Magazine cover story about what...”
– Horses Think » Blog Archive » What Do Women Want?
