February 2011
49 posts
My Top Ten Things About Lists
tomewing:
This is spinning out of this v good post by Sabina, aka minimoonstar.tumblr.com. I would have reblogged but I don’t think you can “read more” a reblog and I fear I may need this function.
10. I dunno about essentialism but I do know that the first thing I ever did with music beyond listen to it was make a list of it, filling a sheaf of computer paper my Dad brought home with a kind of...
January 2011
40 posts
Subdee's review of Scott Pilgrim (movie + comic... →
My typically ridiculous failure to be timely has had this reblog sitting in drafts for… well, since the movie was in theatres and vol.6 was fresh in bookstores. September 2010! Amazing! Upon reread, Subdee’s reviews make even better points than I remembered, as well as obliviating any need I have to make my own XD (I am quoted a lot because this post closely followed one afternoon...
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Women, Men, and Music: the XY Factor, Part 2 →
Reposting my comment which is awaiting moderation (wrapped my big work projects at 5PM yesterday? How can you tell???):
Subdee linked to me to this (I’m the friend she mentioned in her comment). I’m also quite wary of gender essentialism – for one, I tend to be tremendously analytical in my approach to art I like! – and, going back to the “this is how it is for me” thing, equally wary of...
Davos, Cairo, and Rome →
For years, with my system dynamic modeller’s hat on, I have been fascinated by the systemic forces behind the paths history takes (apparently this branch of study now has a name - Cliodynamics) and my instinct - not provable yet, but bear with me - is that we are potentially moving towards a situation last seen before the 1930’s move to Totalitarian states. To explain - the West has...
Egypt Leaves the Internet - Renesys Blog →
troisroyaumes:
Link via skg on Twitter.
Confirming what a few have reported this evening: in an action unprecedented in Internet history, the Egyptian government appears to have ordered service providers to shut down all international connections to the Internet. Critical European-Asian fiber-optic routes through Egypt appear to be unaffected for now. But every Egyptian provider, every...
How did Six Apart screw up (on Quora) →
charmian:
minimoonstar:
A very good overview of what we (…in my head this ‘we’ is, like, Charmian and I XD;) know already, I guess. My eye was drawn by the suggestion toward the end that Six Apart should
[build] out a social platform that can be accessed from self-hosted or hosted MovableType, and building out the platform so that corporations can self-host their own intranet social...
Tristan wins at language
cureforbedbugs:
…Because he used the word “fricative,” which I did not know existed.
YOOZH it is!
There is a Jesse Somfay track called “Fricative White” IIRC that’s like 20 minutes of pleasant white noise.
How did Six Apart screw up (on Quora) →
A very good overview of what we (…in my head this ‘we’ is, like, Charmian and I XD;) know already, I guess. My eye was drawn by the suggestion toward the end that Six Apart should
[build] out a social platform that can be accessed from self-hosted or hosted MovableType, and building out the platform so that corporations can self-host their own intranet social networks (this...
Meanwhile, In Davos... →
tomewing:
rocketsandrayguns:
tomewing:
Your correspondent’s economy was on the verge of a Chinese-style episode of overheating when another panellist, with a marginally lower boiling point, went over the top. This discussion is taking place “on the moon”, he colourfully observed. The 10m additional unemployed workers in developed countries would be surprised to hear that all was for the...
Anonymous asked: HOW CAN YOU USE 'CURATE' UNIRONICALLY? IT'S LIKE THE TINY FLAW IN THE HAND-WOVEN CARPET OF YOUR OTHERWISE PERFECT BEING.
How Rich Is Fitzwilliam Darcy? →
From the blog archives of Brad DeLong: an annotation I’d always hoped some economist might make to Austen (Heyers, what have you). Halfway down the comments someone proposes the “microjeeves” as a unitary measure of the utility of labour-saving household devices.
(Colin Firth has appeared on my tumblr feed approx 4,891 times in the past 48 hours)
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What's Happening in Tunisia Explained →
honestlyisay:
What’s Happening in Tunisia Explained
so-treu:
leftliberty:
Want to know what’s happening in Tunisia? Let me explain:
What is Tunisia? Tunisia is a mostly Arab, mostly Muslim country in North Africa. It is on the south side of the Mediterranean sea, east of Algeria and west of Muammar Gaddafi’s Libya. Its capital is Tunis, and it has been ruled by dictators since it won...
Just North of Something Important: Imaginary... →
tomewing:
cureforbedbugs:
blackbeardblog:
MORITURI
Morituri is an online forum which in look, feel and functionality works in the same way as other fora. The difference is that the length of one’s membership is strictly limited. On arrival in Morituri a new member is given an allowance of 999 posts. Each time they…
Someone please find money for Tom Ewing to write the Mr. Palomar of online...
stop moving: A Spoonful of Cocoa, Ishikawa... →
stopmoving:
ココアのひと匙
われは知る、テロリストの かなしき心をーー 言葉とおこなひを分ちがたき ただひとつの心を、 奪はれたる言葉のかはりに おこなひをもて語らむとする心を、 われとわがからだを敵に擲げつくる心をーー しかして、そは真面目にして熱心なる人の常に有つかなしみなり。
はてしなき議論の後の 冷めたるココアのひと匙を啜りて、 そのうすにがき舌触りに、 われは知る、テロリストの かなしき、かなしき心を。
A Spoonful of Cocoa
I know it, the terrorist’s sad heart— that sole heart …
Don’t want to say anything about Congresswoman Giffords, as my instinctive...
Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior →
cherrylet:
thatluciegirl:
What Chinese parents understand is that nothing is fun until you’re good at it. To get good at anything you have to work, and children on their own never want to work, which is why it is crucial to override their preferences. This often requires fortitude on the part of the parents because the child will resist; things are always hardest at the beginning, which is...
troisroyaumes asked: Favorite caffeinated drink to pull through all-nighters?
Anonymous asked: What are your thoughts on feminism? And David Villa?
cherrylet asked: Hi Sabina! Where do you normally shop for trousers/dress pants? I need to start building up my nonexistent business-casual/formal wear. /g
redlanterns-deactivated20110305 asked: What's your favorite Chinese film, if you have one?
Anonymous asked: What was the best thing you’ve eaten recently? What are your thoughts about hot chocolate? What about turtleneck sweaters? It’s snowing outside and I’m in the mood for warm things.
Ask me anything →
It is Friday and I am probably about to pull an all-nighter at work :///
The Web Is a Customer Service Medium (Ftrain.com) →
charmian:
WHY WAS I NOT CONSULTED????!!!!1111 [see article for explanation XD]
[…] The web is not just some kind of magic all-absorbing meta-medium. It’s its own thing. And like other media it has a question that it answers better than any other. That question is:
Why wasn’t I consulted?
This is really excellent. Forwarding!
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Kanye West, "Runaway"
The other thing about music thoughts is how many of them fall under the category of “wait would this make me look terrible on the Internet if it were out loud”. For instance - and this is a serious question, hence I have turned answers on - is this song meant to sound like Natalie Imbruglia? It doesn’t matter that I can easily construct a mental scenario whereby this is a sort...
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Gorillaz - Amarillo
Oh God, Damon Albarn, I can...