July 2008
21 posts
Jeremiah's Vanishing New York a.k.a. The Book of... →
Still hunkered down in the East Village, waiting for the wrecking ball of gentrification to find me. Until then, I’ll write this ongoing obituary for my dying city.
“Douglas Haddow writes, “the hipster represents the end of Western civilization—a...”
– Jeremiah’s Vanishing New York (via lezbehonest)
Last Call, Bohemia →
It isn’t possible to quantify the extent to which society and culture are indebted to Bohemia. In every age in every successful country, it has been important that at least a small part of the…
Carrots, Sticks, and the Paradoxes of Motivation -... →
when threats and rewards enter the picture, they tend to destroy the inner drives. Add the right incentive, and you can encourage better output; add the wrong incentive and you risk removing the…
the Monsoon has hit the Island.
prefers his yoghurt (“curd”) in a biodegradable raw clay pot. - http://bkite.com/010OT
Pygmalion at the Old Vic.
weather in London not dire today, hence getting lost in the Heath.
Italy’s communist party is taking over Piazza Trive.
being picked up by pretty Italian girls in Roman cafes … how odd, just another always welcome egoboost.
Can someone please send me twitter’s international number (non-shortcode). Thanks!
now leaving Ottawa. YOW —> IAD —> FCO in Rome at 8h50 (tomorrow?).
going to rome tomorrow. happily accepting ideas et cetera
WatchMUTO by BLU on Vimeo
An ingeniously self-fulfilling plan
Calvin: When I grow up, I’m not going to read the newspaper and I’m not going to follow complex issues and I’m not going to vote. That way I can complain when the government doesn’t represent me. Then, when everything goes down the tubes, I can say the system doesn’t work and justify my further lack of participation.
Hobbes: An ingeniously self-fulfilling plan.
Calvin: It’s a lot more fun to blame things than to fix them.