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Antoine Wilson’s Notes on “Hack”
lareviewofbooks: The Dial is an occasional column that will sometimes serve as my soapbox, but more often feature guests whose work is either closely personal, experimental, or otherwise off our usual diet of book reviews and review essays. H.L. Mencken once said that “a professor must have a theory, as a dog must have fleas,”…
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newyorker: Kelefa Sanneh’s Perfect Cup of Coffee In this week’s Food Issue, Kelefa Sanneh writes about Aida Batlle, “a fifth-generation coffee farmer and a first-generation coffee celebrity.” Sanneh maintains that “brewing a proper cup of coffee is a lot harder than uncorking a bottle of wine and a lot easier than cooking dinner.” Which leads…
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Oh, sure. Oh my God — knowing what I know now, just in terms of the publicity, and the goodwill … Even taking Parnassus and Nashville and that bookstore out of the picture. Just the fact that I have had the chance to be a spokesperson for books — to stand up for all my…
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interactivestuff: we just got this book at home and it is an amazing book about interaction. PRESS HERE by Herve Tullet — Book Trailer (by ChronicleBooks) (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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changed theme today.
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This paper describes a formalism for the justification of texts written in an Arabic alphabet‑based script, within some approved calligraphic rules, that would produce better typographical quality than current publishing systems. Specifically, we improve the optimum-fit algorithm by taking into account the existence of allographic variants and stretched forms with kashida (a feature in some…
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peterfeld: You have to watch the whole 8:34. I didn’t at first, because I couldn’t take any more of seeing UC Davis Police Lt. John Pike (530-752-3989, japikeiii@ucdavis.edu) pepper-spray a row of peaceful students like they were cockroaches. But watching the nonviolent crowd (I never believed that nonviolence is a morally superior tactic, but it is…
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climateadaptation: This is a military perspective on adaptation and sustainability. Fantastic, fast-paced talk. Naval Captain Wayne Porter and Col. Mark Mykleby of the Marines, military strategists working at the highest level of government, present highlights from their paper, “A National Strategic Narrative.” Their ideas—less military force, more social capital and more sustainable practices in energy…
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sexismandthecity: Sts. Sergius and Bacchus(martyred ca. 303) Sts. Sergius and Bacchus are ancient Christian martyrs who were tortured to death in Syria because they refused to attend sacrifices in honor of Jupiter. Recent attention to early Greek manuscripts has also revealed that they were openly gay men and that they were erastai, or lovers. These…
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The designer fills many a waste-basket in order to produce one good idea Paul Rand (via gregmelander)