Thursday, February 25, 2010

ON PERVERTS

SCIENCE, with the aid of its little brother, PIE CHART, explains everything again:


chat roulette from Casey Neistat on Vimeo.

Friday, February 12, 2010

FRIDAY LINK PARADE


I always knew Oliver Stone was a beautiful human being

RIP Lee

Fleshbot or Facebook? You figure it out. I'm not going near this.

Even though I can't see how this will work, these guys get a free pass. Not you, Lucas.

Bet you didn't know he was one of the good guys.

Creative: Unblock thyself.

Daily blogging quota achieved. I claim my prize.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

ON GRASSY KNOLLS

"Here's my argument in a nutshell. People are too much at cross purposes with each other, too stupid, too self absorbed to ever effectively conspire to do anything."

- originally published in The Believer

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

ON THE PERILS OF FREE TIME

Putting pictures of books online is almost as good as writing one. Certainly, they're more satisfying in the short term. So here are a few examples of how I spent my free time in January:

BOOKS ABOUT THE TRUTH, MAN















BOOKS I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T ADVERTISE, IF I WANT PEOPLE TO THINK I AM DEEP AND MEANINGFUL











BOOKS I FINALLY GOT AROUND TO READING AND WAS IMPRESSED/INTIMIDATED BY

























BOOKS I HAVEN'T FINISHED READING YET




























BOOKS I HAVE BEGUN TO READ TO MY ALMOST NINE YEAR OLD SON. THUS FULFILLING MY PURPOSE ON EARTH (SOMEONE ELSE CAN SHOW HIM HUNTER S.).















BOOKS WITH GREEN COVERS














BOOKS ABOUT MATHEMATICS















COMIC BOOKS. OR, THE BEST BOOKS I HAVE READ THIS YEAR

























BOOKS I AM WRITING

Are at just over 40,000 words.

ON BEAKER

I've been thinking of making some internet videos in my copious spare time, but I fear public humiliation. I probably shouldn't have watched this, then:


Tuesday, February 9, 2010

ON DISTRACTIONS

Want to write a screenplay? Wondering what's the next few years of films might be like?

Preparing for disaster

Stepping over your grandmother's grave: Oscars 2010.

The scaredy-cat guide to success: Gladwell on entrepreneurs.

You shouldn't be reading this. I shouldn't be typing it. Oh, man, I'm so depressed.

No, actually, now I'm depressed.

Monday, February 8, 2010

ON ADVERTISING

This ran during the Superbowl last night. It is (apparently) the first time the 'Don't be evil' gang have advertised on TV.




All I'm saying is: if you changed the soundtrack to the Arcade Fire and had the tagline: 'from the mind of Spike Jonze', you'd be in hipster heaven.

Or if the camera pulled back and John Hodgman was typing on the screen, we could be looking at the new Apple iPad ad.

I'm not saying you should, or that every advertiser chasing the hipster dollar is doing the same thing. I've just got too much time on my hands.


Thursday, February 4, 2010

YOUR DAILY WODEHOUSE


"A melancholy man, [he] had the appearance of one who has searched for the leak in life's gas-pipe with a lighted candle."

- PG Wodehouse, (from The Man Who Disliked Cats in The Man Upstairs)

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

ON INFORMATION

Too tired and too behind to write a blog post tonight. You know what that means, ladies and gentlemen...

EMBEDDED VIDEOS! LINKS! LOLCATS! PRON!

Productivity Corner
Here's a great talk by Clay Shirky on why our problem is not too much information, but our inability to filter effectively:







Some people might say: 'Hey. This is just a loose collection of impressions.'

To which I reply: 'So's your face.'


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