November 2011
2 posts
July 2010
1 post
“Somebody who just knocks our socks off is Gerhard Richter,” said Michael D. Fay,...”
– from With Sketchpads and Guns, Semper Fi
February 2010
2 posts
“GW: Basically, I mean, ah—well, let’s say that for me anyway when a...”
– A Collective Interview with Garry Winogrand
“These pastors say the marriage of faith and fighting is intended to promote...”
– Flock Is Now a Fight Team in Some Ministries
September 2009
4 posts
“Right away, Jonze told me, he could see that the heads were absurdly heavy. Only...”
– Bringing “Where the Wild Things Are” to the Screen
July 2009
6 posts
“The early 90s called and they want their device back.” The comments on...”
– Can the Kindle really improve on the book?
“Their relationship — the rooster and Ms. Sandrow’s, that is — followed the usual...”
– An Artist Feathers Her Nest
“The trick,” he yelled in a heavy Greek accent, “is to use certain forces, like...”
– Where Do Gyros Come From?
“The trick,” he yelled in a heavy Greek accent, “is to use certain forces, like...”
– Where Do Gyros Come From?
June 2009
3 posts
“Before approaching me, Penn apparently made himself a nuisance to the California...”
– Confessions of a Non-Serial Killer
“This part happens all the time: A construction crew putting up an office...”
– Metro Dig at Tysons Stirs Underground Intrigue
“The program lasted eight weeks and participants were followed for an additional...”
– Mindfulness Training Busts Stress
May 2009
7 posts
“Instead of making the starting chemicals form a sugar and a base, they mixed...”
– RNA Can Be The Starting Point For Life
“Today, mainstream print and electronic media want to be neutral, presenting both...”
– Newspaper Narcissism
“I have read many of the notes and letters sent to my office, and I have weighed...”
– Main Governor Signs Same-Sex Marriage Bill
“Most cable breaks go unnoticed by users. Maybe a YouTube clip will take someone...”
– Who Protects the Internet?
“By the time Epyx got around to publishing the commercial version of Rogue,...”
– The History of Rogue
“In other words, humans have been striving to make their lives better for a very...”
– Singularity 101 with Vernor Vinge
“These devices from Amazon and other manufacturers offer an almost irresistible...”
– Big Screen E-Readers to the Rescue
April 2009
12 posts
“Dr. Parviz says he is moving a step at a time in testing the lenses. Rabbits...”
– Eyeglasses with a Digital Dimension
“The skeleton is a multipurpose organ, offering a ready source of calcium for an...”
– Bone, a Masterpiece of Elastic Strength
“The hottest ticket in London this weekend is not for a pop singer or a football...”
– Communism Conference Sells Out
“Until recent years, the Secular Humanists of the Lowcountry were local pariahs....”
– More Atheists Shout It From The Rooftops
“Unlike their Western counterparts, the Tarahumara don’t replenish their...”
– The Painful Truth about Trainers
“Such competitive anxieties are already being felt in the workplace. Recently, an...”
– Brain Gain
“Elizabeth Warren, chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel in charge of the...”
– BoingBoing on Warren on the Daily Show
“It is so strange that billboards exist at all that the current controversy about...”
– How To Look At Billboards
“Full disclosure: this is not one of those over-the-top, gooey,...”
– One Smart Cookie
“But this is a lie. The sheikh did not build this city. It was built by slaves....”
– The Dark Side of Dubai
“Being Jewish in the conservative Persian Gulf region still presents challenges,...”
– Bahrain Embraces Its Jews
“In this field we are merely at the foothills of an enormous mountain range,”...”
– Brain Researchers Open Door to Editing Memory
March 2009
13 posts
“One large cement producer, the Italcementi Group, adds titanium dioxide...”
– New Concretes with Environment in Mind
“Grim though the economic spur may be, some scientists see a slim silver lining...”
– The Biggest of Puzzles
“Society doesn’t need newspapers. What we need is journalism. For a century, the...”
– Clay Shirky
“Triple-A in the end is probably going to be left for the Treasury when it’s all...”
– Berkshire Hathaway Has AAA Rating Cut
“It takes no great perception to recognize how closely this plot tracks the basic...”
– How Science Fiction Found Religion
“The secret behind this technology is the use of nano-magnets to induce an...”
– Spin Battery
“I think capitalism will be different, and the financial system will be...”
– Tim Geithner
“The two collaborations earlier had reported preliminary results on the search...”
– Singleton Top Quark Found
“‘Nonsense’ has become the hinge of Wittgensteinian interpretative discussion...”
– Wittgenstein
“Try as he might, he could not this last week help envisioning the inward lives...”
– Wiggle Room
“Nardil, an antidepressant developed in the late fifties, is a monoamine oxidase...”
– Life and Letters: The Unfinished
“But Coppola fought hard for him, and finally the executives agreed to consider...”
– The Godfather Roles
“Sanders responded: “Let me just say this, Mr. Chairman. I have a hard time...”
– U.S. Senator wants Fed to name loan recipients