Category: words

  • Dr. Manhattan reads Borges

    Dr. Manhattan reads Borges. Made with Paper

  • How To Make Panels Not Suck

    stoweboyd: Panel session at conferences are very uneven, and often they suck. Why? The primary blame can be laid at the feet of the moderators, who often don’t do enough to make the panels great. Charlie O’Donnell offers details in a great post: Charlie O’Donnell,  Why do panels suck and how can we make them better?…

  • newyorker: We asked Chris Ware, who drew this week’s cover, “Mother’s Day,” to discuss the New Yorker covers that inspired him. Since I draw more or less like a robot, it’s good to have something human to inspire me every once in a while. While I dutifully admire the manly, punchy gags of Peter Arno…

  • good:  I envied my yoga teachers, who seemed to be these rich, serene deities who lived in pajamas and had legions of followers. I wanted that life. I mean, sweatpants to work? (I’d sworn off khakis and blazers my first year out of college.) My childhood goal was to become a known philosopher. To me,…

  • towerofsleep: jessicaeaton: timelightbox: Congratulations to Jessica Eaton — she was recently awarded the grand prize in photography for the 2012 Hyères awards. “The series Cubes for Albers and LeWitt explores the possibilities of manipulating time, space, perception and, in particular, the additive system of colour. The images from this series are constructed onto single sheets of 4 x 5…

  • everything-creative: A great idea to connect the future with the past, seal your digital secrets with an old-school wax-sealing. The Top secret usb.

  • kottke.org: Welcome to the NFL, here’s your new life

    kottke.org: Welcome to the NFL, here’s your new life jkottke: Former NFL player Nate Jackson writes an open letter to future top NFL draft picks Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III about how their lives are going to change. After negotiating your contracts, you both will surely buy a house in an affluent suburb where…

  • Dr. Manhattan in a Martian sand storm

    Dr. Manhattan in a Martian sand storm. Made with Paper

  • The band has derived their success — and scorn — by turning contemporary punk culture on its head. Where punk was once relegated to musky basements, squats, and other shabby makeshift venues, Pussy Riot makes all public spaces — the streets, the metro, the church — their stage. While punk bands play for punks, Pussy…

  • Dolores Huerta turns 82 today and is awarded one of the nation’s highest honors

    nbclatino: (Photos courtesy Dolores Huerta Foundation) Dolores Huerta, the civil rights, workers and women’s advocate who co-founded the United Farm Workers of America in 1962, was named one of 13 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Friday. The Medal of Freedom is the nation’s highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made…