February 2011
January 2011
‘How to Die in Oregon,’ Documentary About Assisted... →
Most screenings at the Sundance Film Festival here are mob scenes — half-frozen film lovers in a mad dash for limited seating, reporters skittering around in search of news nuggets, agents pacing the aisles.
None of that hubbub was on display at the Sunday premiere of what is without question one of the most difficult-to-watch movies of the festival, this year or any year: “How to Die in...
TGIF
Studies have shown that any job can give your happiness if it utilizes your signature strengths and does four things:
stretches a person without defeating him
provides clear goals
provides unambiguous feedback
provides a sense of control
Read more: The Art of Manliness
Imaginary Lines From an Imaginary 9/11 Sex and the...
“Meanwhile uptown, Samantha was having a few explosions of her own.”
“It was at that moment Charlotte resolved that if her fellow countrymen were brave enough to revolt against knife-wielding hijackers, the least she could do was take off her bra during sex.”
“Ooooh! Oooh! New Blahniks! AL BUYDA!”
“Later that day I got to thinking about Muslims and relationships. If I couldn’t even tell...
BlackBook: Imaginary Lines from Sex and the City... →
bbook:
“Meanwhile uptown, Samantha was having a few explosions of her own.”
“It was at that moment Charlotte resolved that if her fellow countrymen were brave enough to revolt against knife-wielding hijackers, the least she could do was take off her bra during sex.”
“Ooooh! Oooh! New Blahniks! AL…
Dog Rescues Another Dog Stuck In CA Drainpipe →
Huffington Post
Etsy to Open Office in Hudson, New York →
The Register Star -
Etsy will open offices in the Cannonball Factory at 359-361 Columbia St. The web commerce company currently employs 175 people at its Brooklyn headquarters, where chief Etsy operations will remain.
Documentaries to Look Out For in 2011 →
The Documentary Blog
Curating Social Media From Tunisia's Jasmine...
soupsoup:
Impressive use of Storify to cover Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolt by Andy Carvin of NPR. I need to play around with Storify more.
Click here to see Andy’s curation using Storify.
ccbayer:
D.R.I. - Thrashard
“Like a wild Indian...
Rare 1770 Map of New York City Is Restored -... →
t was rolled up among other yellowed maps and prints that came off a delivery truck at the Brooklyn Historical Society’s stately office near the East River. Carolyn Hansen, the society’s map cataloguer, began to gently unfurl the canvas.
“You could hear it rip,” said Ms. Hansen, 29, still cringing at the memory. She stopped pulling. But enough of the map, browned with age and dry and crisp as a...
WatchNo one on the corner has swagger like us.
If you're not listening to HOT 97 right now, you...
frangry:
The DJ just made a shout out to ‘Martin Luther The King’ and then played a series of gunshots.
Nice, considering the dude was assassinated.
“Imagine it’s 1995: almost no one but Gordon Gekko and Zack Morris have...”
– The First Decade of the Future is Behind Us | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine
WatchThe Shoes - “Stay the Same”
Directed by Daniel Wolfe