December 2008
19 posts
Dec 26th
The 50 Best Albums of 2008 | Pitchfork →
Every year I go through Pitchfork’s Best list for the year (as well as some other lists but Pitchfork’s is usually best) and try out the stuff they recommend. I’ve found a lot of really great stuff in recent years that I would never have found without the list.
Dec 24th
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Dec 17th
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks...”
– Thomas Edison via Tim O’Reilly: RT @hollyrhoffman
Dec 15th
WatchWatch
MAKE: Blog: How an Eames shell chair is made
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Sam Jordison: The tyranny of the to-read pile |... →
(via 52Books) I’ve been thinking of confronting what I used to call my Unread Shelf but now I’m forced to call my 2 Unread Shelves Plus Random Unread Books Laying Around All Over The Place. I’ve been steadily reading through a lot of the more recent “classics” I bought but I think 2009 will be The Year of Cleansing Of The Books (if you’ve read Infinite Jest you...
Dec 9th
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Dec 5th
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“But hey, it’s The Flaming Lips. They pretty much are the masters of brilliant...”
– okayplayer - Review of the The Flaming Lips “Christmas on Mars”
Dec 5th
“A company of programmers produces code. A company of managers produces meetings.”
– Greg Knauss (via merlin)
Dec 4th
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Dec 4th
More on No Country For Old Men
Spoilers ahoy. One thing I have yet to see in any analysis of the movie is the mental state of the Chigurh character. I mean, obviously he’s off his nut, he kills people semi-randomly with a cattle stunner. But in terms of his “career” and this movie, I think he’s breaking down in a curious manner. I would imagine in the world of this movie he’s killed people...
Dec 3rd
2008 Gift Guide - Salon.com →
Lots of good stuff here in lots of price ranges.
Dec 2nd
“All I want to be, is someone that makes new things. And thinks about them.”
– Maeda’s SIMPLICITY: Think-Make-Think
Dec 2nd
On No Country For Old Men
Finally watched No Country For Old Men after having the Netflix envelope sitting around for months. Wow. I read the book when it first came out and thought it was good but not great. It read like a screenplay treatment honestly, lots of action I figured was put in to help the more meditative stuff go down easily in film form. Blood Meridian is one of my favorite books though so I might be biased...
Dec 2nd