Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Indie Rock T-Shirts That Would Never Sell - yes please.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Drug Addiction and the Open Society - provocative essay/review of two books challenging the conventional wisdom of drug policy. I don’t think I agree with it, but some good points in here.
Open societies cannot be open to everything. Even if it were possible to draw with great precision the line between what is harmful […]
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Root and Branch
Unfortunately, anti-Darwinism keeps playing minor variations on the same negative themes and adds nothing to our understanding of life. Many scientists who are upset by the ongoing lobbying insist that it is bad science or pseudo-science. . . . Philip Kitcher[] . . . very rightly disagrees. Anti-Darwinism is, he says, dead science, […]
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Delocator - find independently owned coffeeshops, theaters, bookstores, and so on nearby. It has a call phone interface (that I have yet to try) too.
Monday, September 24, 2007
Job Market Wanes for U.S. Lawyers - I think I need to carry a printout of this around for when I meet people who tell me they are thinking about going to law school.
Friday, September 21, 2007
I will not eat it in a brief? - judge writes Dr. Seuss-style order when a plaintiff includes a hard-boiled egg with his filing.
I do not like eggs in the file.
I do not like them in any style.
I will not take them fried or boiled.
I will not take them poached or broiled.
I will not take […]
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Maple Dijon Glazed Bacon - name says it all. Which is to say: delicious.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Second Ally To The Right, And Straight On ‘Til Morning - see how many you can spot!
Monday, September 17, 2007
Me, My Suit, and I - aka “One Man’s Unintended Detour Into the Cult of Bespoke”. I think this could be me. Maybe. If I win the lottery.
Friday, September 14, 2007
CraigStats - Housing statistics in San Francisco, gleaned from Craigslist data. Pretty cool. Also it seems that median rent per room is spiking in SF. This sucks.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Geostationary Banana Over Texas - no further comment.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Mission Stencil Story - wow, this is so cool. I want to try to walk it, if it’s still up. More here.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
This is Me in Less Than a Year - except, you know, a guy. And more in debt.
Monday, September 10, 2007
Beer Belly - Myth - hurrah!
Monday, September 10, 2007
Pitchfork Gives Music 6.8
Schreiber’s semi-favorable review, which begins in earnest after a six-paragraph preamble comprising a long list of baroquely rendered, seemingly unrelated anecdotes peppered with obscure references, summarizes music as a “solid but uninspired effort.”
Sunday, September 9, 2007
Popcorn-lung patient inhaled from bags - mental note: eat less artificial stuff
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Tube Map for Miss South Carolina - I am mean. And this is funny.
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Maps For Us - The children of the US America are in deep trouble. Because some people out there don’t have maps. Such as South Africa. And the Iraq. Such as.