July 2011
1 post
Awesome →
February 2011
1 post
“If we only wanted to be happy it would be easy; but we want to be happier than...”
– Montesquieu
December 2010
1 post
Urban Science →
September 2010
1 post
Lost World's Fairs →
August 2010
1 post
Skybarn: Are New Yorkers suddenly starting to... →
Are New Yorkers suddenly starting to believe that they are angry even though they are not, in fact, angry. It reminds me of my twins when they were infants. One would cry and then the other would cry because they thought they were the one that was upset. It’s no fault of New Yorkers who have never…
June 2010
2 posts
Fighting Flags →
Was Israel A Mistake? →
April 2010
1 post
Lost Languages of New York City →
March 2010
3 posts
A Bridge Over Musicians' Barrier Into the U.S. →
“Offices are either the theatres of our ambition or the prisons where we were...”
– Christian Lorentzen, Question time
Trippy Burger Maps →
January 2010
2 posts
“I didn’t set out to write a great Brooklyn novel, or a Brooklyn novel at...”
– Jonathan Lethem in the Guardian
When the Swiss Voted to Ban New Minarets, This Man... →
December 2009
1 post
“Not to follow the West is to fall behind; to copy it is to lose one’s soul.”
– Wanting to Be Something Else
Review of Orhan Pamuk’s The Museum of Innocence, by Adam Shatz
October 2009
1 post
http:// →
De-pressed
September 2009
1 post
30 Mosques in 30 Days →
August 2009
3 posts
“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Social History of the MP3 →
I didn’t know pitchfork published this kind of stuff
July 2009
2 posts
Dustin McLean, Literal Video Mastermind →
My hero
Last Links from Old Office
What Makes Us Happy?
Conspicuous, but not consuming
How does language shape the way we think?
June 2009
7 posts
Could I be a Herbivore? →
"Left of the Dial" by The Replacements
Such a sad song.
Architecture Review - A Fresh Outlook on High -... →
Architecture - Demise of Gehry Design for Nets... →
“Everyone is rightly concerned about economic growth on the one hand or...”
– The Case for Working With Your Hands - NYTimes.com
For the 'funemployed,' unemployment is welcome -... →
Yes please.
Foreign Policy: What Muslim World? →
May 2009
4 posts
The Putting Lot →
I lurve mini golf. Bushwick not so much.
Geography! →
In Los Angeles, a New Breed of Drive-By Art -... →
Then again, maybe cars aren’t so bad.
Germany Imagines Suburbs Without Cars -... →
Great idea.
April 2009
12 posts
Informed Comment: Pakistan Crisis and Social... →
Its nice to see someone asking critical questions about the media’s hype about Pakistan.
Reinventing America’s Cities: The Time Is Now →
India's Muslims See Bias in Housing -... →
Aimée Wilder - Wallpaper and Designs →
Cool wallpaper.
“Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his...”
– Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
Johann Hari: You are being lied to about pirates -... →
Two sides to every story.
FT.com / Weekend / Reportage - Is the west... →
Really great rundown on (relatively) recent evolution of Islamic thought on modernity and democracy.
Matthew Bloch - portfolio of web maps and graphics →
My hero.
Maps - Density of Cultural Events in New York and... →
Buzz moves fast. Really, Manhattan?
Nina Katchadourian
I am intrigued by her work.
March 2009
4 posts
Wikipedia - Exploring Fact City - NYTimes.com →
CR Blog » Blog Archive » Harry Beck: The Paris... →
Cool
Is time an illusion? →
Whoa.
Wall Street on the Tundra | vanityfair.com →
Fascinating account of the Icelandic financial meltdown.
February 2009
2 posts
“It was like we missed the biggest Middle East peace opportunity of the decade,...”
– globeandmail.com: Iran: the enemy that almost isn’t
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