Dice Stacking with a Cup:
Simply amazing (via Kottke.org).
What a Croc:
Bill Maher spells out why I don’t own a pair of Crocs.
"Do we really need clothing we can hose down?"
Bumper Sticker Wisdom:
Seen on a bumper sticker this afternoon…
2008: The End of an Error
Amen to that.
Gleanings:
Observations from this past week…
- 20×200, an online art auction where limited edition prints are sold via the Internet for $20 a piece, has launched. It’s the fabulous idea of gallerist and all around fabulous person Jen Bekman.
- The legendary online storytelling magazine Fray is coming back.
- WireTap observes why college newspapers are neither progressive nor racially sensitive.
- Technology Review: A new magnetic-cooling system could lead to more-energy-efficient refrigerators.
- "Pincus and the Pig" is Maurice Sendak’s klezmer take on "Peter and the Wolf".
- LA Weekly: Los Angeles was apparently an art hotbed in the late 1990s. Who knew?
Gleanings: Reading, Writing, Returning
In the reading queue this week. Done quite a bit of catching up on the pot.
- NPR asks why women read more than men (via Arts Journal).
- The Nation: Hilarious piece from Barbara Ehrenreich on the enormous cost of going to college called "Welcome to Fleece U."
- LA Times: A word on reclusive writers (via Arts Journal).
- The Economist: Who’s afraid of Google?
- Cyrill Neville had an essay in Counterpunch on why he is not returning to New Orleans.
- Quorum is an amazing art collective here in the Bay Area. Check out some of this work.
Gleanings: University Publishing, Car Sales, and Harleys…
- Inside Higher Ed his this look at a new report “University Publishing in a Digital Age.” (via GalleyCat).
- Are Brands Dead? (via Business Pundit).
- Confessions of a Car Salesman (via Adam Goldstein)
- NY Times: Harley-Davidson’s fastest growing market share: Women.
8 Things:
Mr. McNally nabbed me on this one.
The Rules:
1. We have to post these rules before we give you the facts.
2. Players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
3. People who are tagged write their own blog post about their eight things and include these rules.
4. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged and that they should read your blog.
5. 8 is a magic number. Not three.
Eight Obscure Things About Me:
1. I have to roll over at least once before I can fall asleep.
2. 8 was my lucky number as a child.
3. I am great with names, not so much with faces.
4. When I was 12, I won a popcorn popper by guessing how many jelly beans were in a jar. It was at a Bar Mitzvah so I guessed 1313.
5. I’m kinda sensitive about my weight.
6. Since I think all day and way too much, I find manual labor and mindless tasks a blessed relief.
7. My first and middle names are Irish. I don’t have a drop of Irish blood.
8. I believe that ice cream in a cone must be eaten outdoors.
Tag. You’re It.
Wendy McClure
Andrew Huff
Erica Olsen
Jason Toney
George Kelly
Liane Baskin
Jennifer Crane
Heath Row
Least Shocking Headline. Ever.
This morning I came across perhaps the least shocking headling ever this morning on Arts Journal.
Canada Gives Big Boost to Culture Funding.
Right up there with…
Mood After Summit is “Cautiously Optimistic”
and
Hurricanes Predicted for August and September
Door Prize: Can you come up with a believable yet painfully obvious headline?
Gleanings: I.F Stone, Kindess, and the Myths of Los Angeles
On my mind and in the reading queue this week…
- New York Times: Harry Potter has had limited effect on children’s reading habits.
- Bloggers and the lessons of I.F. Stone (via George Kelly).
- ‘It ain’t what it used to be’ and other myths of Los Angeles
- Forbes.com: Kindness in business, it seems, is profitable.
- San Jose Mercury News: Why are there so few female leads in kids movies? (via Social Media)
- Mule Design on How to Visit San Francico (via Andre Torrez).
Gleanings: UFO’s, Libraries and Kinetic Art
- International Herald Tribune: How the Toyota Prius became the stand-in for “hybrid car.”
- Wired: The 60th anniversary of the term “flying saucer.” (via my friend Carla).
- Garrison Keillor’s pays tribute to public libraries.
- The Kinetic Art Organization is a group representing kinetic artists. Which I love.