Monkey, Airplane, Rocketship
a collection of things, curated by Jason Barry.
Nov 6, 2009
Nov 1, 2009
Oct 29, 2009
Oct 28, 2009
Oct 26, 2009
Oct 23, 2009
"They’re willing to pass on anything they hear without regard to reliability — to the point where I automatically and studiously ignore the first day or so of news coverage on these events because, given how these things are “reported,” it’s simply impossible to know what is true and what isn’t. In fact, following initial media coverage on these stories is more likely to leave one misled and confused than informed."
Glenn Greenwald, taking the words right out of my mouth.
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Nov 4, 2009
Nov 3, 2009
View →Papercraft Self Portrait by Eric Testroete (via waxy)
Eric’s costume has to be one of the most original and absolutely terrifying that I’ve seen in years.
- That’s $680 billion for ONE year.
- As Ezra Klein points out: “That $680 billion, incidentally, doesn’t count the cost of the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan”
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Okay, seriously, when can I move to the sane world? I’ve about had it with this crazy one.
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Saturday Evening Post, “The Beautiful Beatnik” (1960) Joe Bowler (via merlin from steampoweredmedia)
Michael Bierut: 5 Secrets from 86 Notebooks.
Simply put, the man is brilliant. Thanks for giving me permission to admit that I seldom have my own ideas and my own personal design work. I’m creative when I have a client’s problem to solve.
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Average Internet Speeds and Costs Around the World
Makes me weep for the sorry state of US broadband. But at least we don’t pay as much per MBPS as Poland or Mexico…
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