January 2009
27 posts
“The film becomes more surreal as it progresses, with Goldstein’s face...”
– Two Minutes Hate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Weird” doesn’t cover it. No 5 Shaft, down which I am lowered 180 metres into...”
– The city underneath Cheshire - Times Online
“… one definition of modern consumerism is precisely that it consists of...”
– Is consumerism really dead? | David Aaronovitch - Times Online
Letters: On the English working class | Strong... →
Some Guardian readers’ responses to the Andrew O’Hagan article in my previous post, which neatly set his views in a broader historical and cultural context.
“A good nationalism has to depend on a principle of the common people, on myths...”
– Andrew O’Hagan: What went wrong with the working class? | Books | The Guardian
This is good on some of the negative aspects of English culture, though I don’t like the way that it puts forward a comprehensive collection of failings as the full and only story.
“There is no satisfaction. Just queer, divine dissatisfaction.”
– Boob Pencil: Divine Dissatisfaction
“From the little reading I had done I had observed that the men who were most in...”
– Henry Miller, Sexus
This Is Too Much Like Real Life
Hg: So basically, this game involves me having a huge stack of Monopoly money and then giving it all to you, bit by bit, in exchange for imaginary items of office equipment?
Niece #5 [grinning with evil intent]: Yeah, pretty much.
BBC NEWS | Magazine | What's with Google's new... →
The BBC News Magazine examines the way that Google’s new favicon reflects new trends in online branding. So far, so straightforward. But then in the comments things get interesting.
Offered the chance to submit their own favicons, readers respond enthusiastically. “I wanted to show someone using their hands to open the BBC and see inside,” says Steven in Coventry.
Tee...
“People who suffer from ingrained deficit thinking (and that’s just about all of...”
– Perfectionism is the enemy | Slow Leadership
“You have to be always drunk. That’s all there is to it—it’s the only way. So as...”
– Charles Baudelaire [via] (via anunreliablewitness)
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“The most important thing about this isn’t “hey, they printed stuff off the...”
– Infovore » Second Order Effects
BBC NEWS | England | Oldest rocker in town →
My new role model.
“[Bill and Ted fall into an abyss toward hell] Bill, Ted: AAAAAAAAHHHH! [they run...”
– Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991) - Memorable quotes
diamond geezer: What's that in the photo, Granny? →
Customary brilliance from DG.
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“The new media, which were supposed to put people in closer contact with each...”
– How society has lost its voice - Times Online
I can’t agree with this article’s conclusion (in most areas my views are almost completely opposed), but it does raise some very interesting issues - “popular music has changed in response to the new way of consuming it” - and...
“We might be told by enthusiasts that the new bulbs produce lovely light but the...”
– And the EU said: let there be cold, grey light | India Knight - Times Online
Revealed: the environmental impact of Google... →
In which The Sunday Times reveals that @stephenfry and @wossy are Killing Our Beautiful Planet tweet by tweet.
“For me, and people like me who might be a little shy or socially awkward – and...”
– Anna Pickard: Why is the idea of online friendships still treated with such disdain? | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
“Why are they still making guitars with “real” strings that are...”
– Blog: It’s time to redesign the guitar | Music | guardian.co.uk
10 Creative Lessons from Bowie in Berlin | Lateral... →
In general, I think I’ve read enough motivational/productivity blog posts to last me a lifetime. However, this summary of creative/entrepreneurial tips based on Bowie’s “Berlin period” provides a neat twist on a frequently tired genre.