Saturday Morning Links
Let’s begin with some cool art. Here’s a selection of extraordinary early 20th-century book covers from Japan, courtesy of A Journey Round My Skull. Benjamin Franklin advises: don’t start flamewars.…
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Morning Coffee
The best thing about being alive and on the internet in 2009 are photoblogs of diy urban archaeology. The Kingston Lounge is one such site, focusing on decaying old hospitals.…
An Oral History of Myself #7: Fat Mike
In 2005 I began interviewing people I grew up with and transcribing the interviews, creating a kind of memoir but in other people’s words.
Harvard Study ‘Punctures Twitter Hype’
That’s the claim of a BBC News article which quotes the study’s lead researcher, Bill Heil, as follows: “Twitter is a broadcast medium rather than an intimate conversation with friends,”…
Zach Galifianakis Is Absurd
John Wray, author of the novel Lowboy, recently wrote “The Making of Zach Galifianakis” for The New York Times Magazine. Wray takes a long look at how the scruffy comedian,…
Paul Madonna’s “Small Potatoes” Exhibit, June 12 in San Francisco
Paul Madonna & The Rumpus Celebrate “Small Potatoes” Opening art exhibit of large multi-panel cartoons Ritual Coffee Roasters June 12, 2009 7-9pm For the Ritual Roasters exhibit, Madonna has made…
Food Party (No, You Will Not Learn How to Cook)
It’s hard to overstate how endearing Thu Tran is. I mean basically when Pee Wee’s playhouse came to end, so did surrealism in TV. But now it’s back, and Thu…
Morning Coffee
Whoops — Mattel names new American Girl doll after alleged ‘eco-terrorist.’ A better New York City Transit Map (you’re welcome, New Yorkers). Bookstores worth browsing. Skaters perform tricks. Catch? They…
Morning Coffee
Start your day off right with a little Japanese library design porn. “Man is not to end his days on Earth,” Gyula Kosice’s space architecture is on display in Houston.…
Dogfishing
Those of you with long memories may recall the Monkeyfishing hoax of 2001 in Slate. This was a piece by Jay Forman which revealed the existence of a illicit sport…