November 2011
3 posts
October 2011
8 posts
“So what’s the solution? How do we reclaim our sacred spaces?
Soon...”
– Fast Company on digital distraction
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September 2011
5 posts
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August 2011
16 posts
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“Brands including Burberry London, Hickey Freeman, and Dolce & Gabbana are...”
– Wall Street Journal on reintroducing the F/W suit to the mainstream. What they fail to mention is that the trend is leveraging the sense of homage and nostalgia in order to make money, rather than just transform menswear.
“What about someone like a sculptor in some small town in the middle of nowhere?...”
– From the New York Times story on Kickstarter.
The story underscores the democratization that the Internet has had and the breakdown of barriers to entry based on regional proximity.
“All my family has is Five Guys,” he says. “We don’t want to screw it up.”
– An endearing profile of the Five Guys Burger chain. I didn’t realize before that it was a small family run business that flying by the seat of their pants, when it comes to expansion.
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“All of this makes for a gripping read. Too gripping I thought to myself. As it...”
– Joshua Foust, who brings up questions regarding the New Yorker’s bin Laden story an its reporting.
“I see the importance of working in politics – it makes a difference. I see CNN...”
– tinytomato on life as a fashion writer.
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“Nine years, seven months, and twenty days after September 11th, an American was...”
– From the excellent, definitive, incredibly reported New Yorker account of the bin Laden mission. The whole story is fantastic in it detail. The ending will give you goosebumps.
“Like so many Daunte Culpepper heaves, the Hall of Fame is incomplete without...”
– Chad Finn with the best line on Randy Moss.
July 2011
13 posts
“I’m sick of seeing 30-year-old men in New York look like toddlers, wearing...”
– Zach Condon of Beirut (via seanfennessey)
Preach.
(via howtotalktogirlsatparties)
Truth.
“You’ve got to get close to the victim - it’s not like throwing an...”
– On why pie-ing someone in the face is such a strong protest.
“““I will fight, of course, but I mustn’t be dishonest,’’ Voeckler said...”
– Is yellow-jersey wearing Thomas Voeckler sports’ greatest reverse psychologists?
From here and here, respectively.
“Steve Sax is arrested on suspicion of being responsible for all the unsolved...”
– -I really need to re-watch the “Homer at the Bat” Simpsons episode. The AV Club breaks down how the episode was departure from the poor-family-encounters-regular-problems format of the show to one that focused on a poor and stupid man who finds himself in increasingly unbelievable...
“But I do have typewriters, I still have them, I still use them. I know a man who...”
– Gay Talese kicks it old school, and tells you to read, in his edition of The Atlantic’s Media Diet.
just tristan.: two years ago, today.... →
tristanwalker:
today marks two years since i sent my very first email to dennis and naveen (wow i was such a nerd! ha). naveen sent a reminder to team foursquare today and i thought i’d share it on my blog. Man, how times have changed:
Hey Dennis and Naveen How’s it going? Hope all is well! My name is…
Just go and get it. Good story.
“For Manhattan, a place where evening matters more than morning, that special day...”
– Looking forward to Manhattanhenge tonight.
“Writing about the Dallas Cowboys in order to take money from Ford and give it to...”
– -The always excellent and insightful Clay Shirky.
The real problem of the newspaper industry is that there was such competition for so long, that they needed to lower their prices to compete (since advertising was flush). Since then, people have been accustomed to not paying a lot (relatively) for...
“But only about 1% of jeans sold in the U.S. over that year cost more than $50.”
– From WSJ story on how jeans can cost $300. As someone who spends a fair bit of time reading menswear and men’s style blogs, I guess i’m surprised by just how little the over $50 jeans market is.
I recently bought my first two over $50 pairs and have been eyeing the over $100 barrier...
“Samoa’s parliament has confirmed a plan to switch timezones so that it lies to...”
– Words can’t describe how much I love this story. I’m a huge fan of any kind of anomaly as well as unconventional thinking. I’m not sure if it’s better that they’re willing and able to switch time zones.
I also love that the prime minister just assumed that since he...
June 2011
14 posts
“When people use your tints on your car service as a mirror to fix their hair or...”
– (via cudlife)
Happens on my bike too.
“Zabriskie’s Vegan Menu
Here’s what the cyclist plans to eat on...”
– American David Zabriskie is going to ride the Tour de France - probably the most grueling top level athletic competition - with a vegan diet. Incredibly, his performance has gotten better since he went vegan-ish.
“The first area of emphasis is information access, which addresses the digital...”
– From Mashable’s How New York City Is Going Digital in 2011.
While we so often focus on how to best use iPhones, Androids and other technology, we can’t lose sight of the fact that not everyone has access to the Internet. It’s refreshing to hear the NYC government reminding us that...