January 2010
53 posts
Interactive map of Holden Caulfield's New York →
Next up, an interactive map of Leah’s New York? ;)
Miss you,
A
Girl Wins Award (for being funny) →
Mad Men Beards →
Re: Growlers
Growlers have been all over New England for a lot longer than those silly Brooklyn hipsters will ever admit. Remember how we went to Mass MoCA and got a bottle of wine and forced it open on the bus ride back? Well the next year some of decided to drive up to North Adams, Massachusetts on our own. In the gas station on the way I saw growlers of beer in the cold cases (yes, although Rhode Island...
Shoe Box Living →
(via rroobbiinn:jhpearce)
The speech accent archive kinda blows my mind!!
So does I Got An Envelope. So many possibilities! I think I’ll try it!
xoxo
-A
A new old way to tote your beer. →
I just love this. Makes me want to be in Brooklyn, drinking, this very moment.
In Italy people do the same thing with used wine bottles and local wine. Just keep refillin’!
-A
Google Street View Sketches →
I Got An Envelope →
Internet Vices →
“Those who are to conduct a war cannot in the nature of things be proper or safe...”
– James Madison (quoted in NYT Book Review), arguing why presidents should not have sole power to conduct war, that Congress’s oversight is absolutely necessary. And he was one of those infamous “framers” of the Constitution.
I’m a little bummed this week about our country.
Speech Accent Archive →
You can dere-licte my balls →
Cute Things Falling Asleep →
via muppetpants:
Goodbye productivity.
This necklace will blow your mind →
Be sure to double click on the image to bring up the zoom capability.
-LKN
Pat Robertson Is No Joke →
From back before girls' Legos were only pink →
HAITI
mandr:
Haiti’s first lady has just said that most of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. It has a population of approximately 1.7 million people.
Ways to help:
From the State Department website: text “HAITI” to “90999” and $10 will be given automatically to Red Cross, charged to your cell phone bill.
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance set up a targeted relief fund.
American Jewish World Service has...
Swoon! George Clooney →
I accidently published this (a long time ago) to the obligatory personal tumblrblog that you set up for me so we could make this blog. Mistake. Meant to post it here.
-LKN
Old-timey goats, chickens, and cows! →
I had no idea these absurd and amazing animals were in Rhode Island when I lived there! Goddamnit!
-LKN
UPDATE: Quote from the article: Huge dreadlocked Cotswold sheep
The Madness of Crowds and an Internet Delusion →
Definitely too lazy to read this right now. -A
via newleft:
In the 1990s, Jaron Lanier was one of the digital pioneers hailing the wonderful possibilities that would be realized once the Internet allowed musicians, artists, scientists and engineers around the world to instantly share their work. Now, like a lot of us, he is having second thoughts.
Mr. Lanier, a musician and avant-garde...
Origami club →
Alphabet and more. Fun!
-A
Are we too connected to connect? →
“I am going to be glorious. I demand that my every utterance be force-fed to...”
– Ta’Nehisi Coates on the opportunity to be a Negro writer rather than a black writer
“The inky, rogue heart of hip-hop is bleeding somewhere out in Brooklyn, but here...”
– -Esquire article on Jay-Z as hand-built gangsta CEO
Update: some excellent takedowns of this article are here and here.
Random →
I got to use this site today to randomly select a winner for a $25 gift certificate to Barnes and Noble bookstore. The winner was chosen from among the people who filled out a survey we put together about how history teachers use the web. The winner is Ruth from West Virginia.
I felt so powerful. Being randomly selected to win things (or someday, I hope, to give my opinions in a political...
If you read only one thing today... even though... →
“Making love is simply put: poetry in motion. Stroke her to the beat of her favorite song. Strawberries, Champagne, a bubble bath, eye contact. Hearing her heart beat while slowly handling business.”
LOLing and LOLing
-A
25 Best Country Song Titles Of All Time →
(from Kurtis)
Re: Hopstop and Notakeout
These are both awesome. My coworkers recommended Hopstop immediately. My one complaint is that it’s hard to find a map of what the area looks like when you emerge from the subway…important for me to know whether to head uptown/downtown, east/west, since I’m a newbie.
Notakeout is the bomb.com! I am so into the idea of the complete meal. Thanks so much! By the way, this is...
HopStop.com →
I can’t believe I just now discovered this!
-A
No Take Out →
Fun, easy recipe site my friend passed along. I love how the to-do lists include things like, “Pour yourself a glass of wine and check your e-mail.”
-A
Tweeting the Civil War →
Mad Men Costume Designer Suggests Spraying Vintage...
via noraleah:
“Mad Men Costume Designer Suggests Spraying Vintage Clothes With Vodka”
More precisely, one part vodka, two parts water. Janie Bryant says it will get the damp, musty, grandma smell out of your vintage things.
What Makes a Great Teacher? - from The Atlantic →
Miranda July's Reading List →
(via crashinglybeautiful)
Curtis Allina Dies at 87; He Put the Heads on Pez →
(via amandalynferri)
Watchvia lukees:makingofmovies:
“The Karate Kid” Trailer
BOOM.