After this post and this post, it seems excessive to mention that passive-aggressive notes is up for a Webby Award in the “weird” category. Then again, maybe a little excess is what this blog needs. Plus, I’d hate to snub David Bowie).
Unfortunately, we’re up against such blogging heavy weights as icanhasceezburger, so despite our recent […]
Daniel Drezner considers the power of 25 word reviews. I’m reminded of Wired’s Collection of very short stories.
Hemingway’s:
For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
Via Techcrunch, the UK’s Society of Authors is expressing concern that internet-based book piracy may prevent more and more authors from writing. Before I try to quell their concerns, I’d like to congratulate them on being a cut above the music industry. Instead of simply whining about the potential drops in CD book sales, they […]
The best thing about SXSW Interactive is getting to hang out with other conference goers at well-funded parties throughout Austin. If you have the means, I highly recommend it.
Austin is home to an impressive number of spacious bars and music venues, and since it’s warm, many of these feature large outdoor spaces. Club de Ville, […]
Steven Levitt has posted a follow-up to yesterday’s controversial terror brainstorming session. Apparently yesterday’s post generated more hate mail than anything he’s produced since his famously controversial paper linking abortions to crime reduction. I dare say Levitt does a much better job responding to his critics than I did.
Many of the e-mails he received seem […]
First, freakonomics.com has moved to the New York Times, good for them. Second, as of next month we can all bring lighters on planes again. Good for us. Third, economist Steven Levitt (coauthor of the book Freakonomics) just wrote a post about how best to create a terrorist attack, good for him.
Like most blog posts, […]
Yesterday I wrote a post highlighting a soon to be released service for getting measurements from photos. A few hours later I was delighted to discover that one of the companies founders had left a comment, confirming what I’d written. I was then able to e-mail him and find out some additional information about their […]