Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Evidently this is the saddest movie ever made (scientifically). Once again, the Onion has called me out. Weird French Nouveau islands. Pneumatic tubes are pretty neat. Holy cow whale sharks!
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Bombay v. New York: A Very Short Q&A with Photographer Nisha Sondhe
Sometimes I walk through my city and think, “there’s no place like home.” I’m a native New Yorker and there are still things about the city that amaze me, such…
All Over Coffee #544
Bowery & East 1st
Click image to enlarge: … All Over Coffee is published in the Sunday Datebook section of the San Francisco Chronicle, on SFGate.com, and in two book collections by City Lights…
Writers Should Go To Prison
“Today, however, being chained to the desk, as the expression goes, is no longer a guarantee of productivity. Who can stick with the blank page when the click of a…
More Google, More Problems
“A striking number of Google+ accounts have been deleted in the last 24 hours as the new social network struggles with its community standards policy around real names…” Over at…
Chandler Meets Fleming
“Your hero, Philip Marlowe, is a real hero. He behaves in a heroic fashion. My leading character, James Bond, I never intended him to be a hero.” — On the…
The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
And it’s official: the word hipster finally means absolutely nothing now that it has showed up as a shelving category in a bookstore in the Hamptons. The Supreme Leader in…
If You Want To Know Why We Moderate Comments Here…
Anil Dash has a really good semi-ranty piece out called “If Your Website’s Full of Assholes It’s Your Fault” which really is a must-read, I think. We moderate comments here…
Alan Moore on Superheroes
Actually, there’s a lot more to this interview with Alan Moore than just his view on superheroes–it’s largely about The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: 1969, which should be released next…