December 2008
2 posts
November 2008
5 posts
“On Undecided Voter:
I look at these people and can’t quite believe that they...”
– David Sedaris (The New Yorker) (via randomacts)
“I was struck by how big a factor the desire for revenge for 9/11 seemed to be. I...”
– Sex and War co-author Thomas Hayden, interview with Wired magazine
“An Olympic gold medal is not merely a route to fame and fortune; it is also a...”
– Sex and the Olympic city
June 2008
7 posts
“Over the next four years, we are likely to witness the greatest mass exodus of...”
– My favorite quote from an excellent CIBC economic report on the impact of the recent spike in oil prices (via fred-wilson)
“the reason governments decide to ban photography or video cameras in...”
– UnBeige
“Practice living honestly. In my book, that means being honest with yourself...”
– Leif Smith
“Whilst the plot is somewhat thin, a combination of sensual photography and great...”
– James Travers, in reference to Jacques Deray’s le piscine (pictured above)
May 2008
16 posts
“Americans should be celebrating rather than shuddering over the arrival of...”
– Eight reasons you’ll rejoice when we hit $8-a-gallon gasoline
“Promoting the bike as a clean and efficient alternative to the personal...”
– The Cleanest Line
Better Street Layouts Encourage Walking, Cycling,... →
Too much Vitamin A = a nasty, painful death
Sir Douglas Mawson provides an excellent example of hypervitaminosis A in an arctic environment and the excruciating pain and horrible death it can cause. On Nov. 11, 1912, Mawson and two companions, Ninnis and Mertz, left their base camp to explore a large area on three sleds. They had stashed some food on the path of the journey but only carried small quantities with them. On their return, they...
“Everything is destined to reappear as simulation. Landscapes as photography,...”
– Jean Beaudrillard, America
“Why do people live in New York? There is no relationship between them. Except...”
– Jean Baudrillard, “America,” trans. Chris Turner. Verso, 1988.
“There is additional evidence of those qualities associated with humanity at the...”
– Compassion in Homo erectus
“Listening to the almost-ridiculous, toytown-beepy synthesiser introduction to...”
– Review of “Replicas Redux” from Gary Numan/Tubeway Army by Phil Sutcliffe, eMusic