u can't write about downton abbey every week max
― mookieproof, Friday, 14 October 2011 21:16 (twelve years ago) link
Wood's way of pinpointing good sentences and bad ones, and explaining how they work, is sublime.
Loved the Andrew Stanton profile - much more revealing than Anthony Lane's Pixar piece.
― Science, you guys. Science. (DL), Friday, 14 October 2011 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
nussbaum is a much better choice than franklin but cmon yall i wouldve KILLED IT
― max, Friday, October 14, 2011 10:52 AM (1 hour ago)
can you please start sending them stuff on spec every week?
― ⚓ (gr8080), Friday, 14 October 2011 22:27 (twelve years ago) link
haha my mom is always like 'you're a good writer! why don't you submit something to the new yorker?'
i don't think it works that way mom . . . unless you're david brooks i guess
― mookieproof, Friday, 14 October 2011 23:22 (twelve years ago) link
<3 parents
― 2001: a based godyssey (dayo), Friday, 14 October 2011 23:23 (twelve years ago) link
"you always fix our computer! why don't you become a computer scientist?"
Jeff Foxworthy did the same routine, but when I was doing public announcements for the portrait studios inside a Coon Rapids Wal-Mart, my mother suggested that maybe some hotshot radio executive would hear me over the speakers and hire me away on the spot.
― Pleasant Plains, Friday, 14 October 2011 23:30 (twelve years ago) link
Couple not so current ones:Susan Orlean on Jean-Paul Gaultier (accompanying chat is pretty cute too)Dyson Vacuums (paywall; 2011/09/20)
― foxes freud (Leee), Friday, 21 October 2011 04:31 (twelve years ago) link
whoa this article on bitcoin is pretty fascinating, much of this had managed to pass under my radar
― MODS DID 10/11 (k3vin k.), Sunday, 23 October 2011 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
otm!!
― foxes freud (Leee), Sunday, 23 October 2011 23:21 (twelve years ago) link
Its funny how that came out, I was enthralled by it, and bitcoin immediately lost 90% of its value
― Brakhage, Sunday, 23 October 2011 23:39 (twelve years ago) link
link?
― iatee, Sunday, 23 October 2011 23:40 (twelve years ago) link
The <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/10/10/111010fa_fact_davis">bitcoin NYer article</a> is behind paywall for the Oct 10 issue, the <a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/10/bitcoin-implodes-down-more-than-90-percent-from-june-peak.ars">drop in value</a> is all over the place <a href="http://www.google.com/search?rls=en&q=bitcoin+implodes">on the internet</a>
I'm hoping the new Stuxnet variant is some super villain trying to corner the remaining bitcoins
― Brakhage, Sunday, 23 October 2011 23:43 (twelve years ago) link
guuuuh
The bitcoin NYer article is behind paywall for the Oct 10 issue, the drop in value is all over the place on the internet
― Brakhage, Sunday, 23 October 2011 23:44 (twelve years ago) link
aw darn kinda sad to hear that. otoh the whole thing kind of sets off a lot of libertarian alarms in my head but still
― MODS DID 10/11 (k3vin k.), Monday, 24 October 2011 01:29 (twelve years ago) link
otoh the whole thing kind of sets off a lot of libertarian alarms in my head but still
Yeah, in the article, the people who are ideologically all over it are the ones who are against fiat money, but, like, from my layperson's understanding, bitcoin doesn't have a fixed value/isn't backed by Ron Paul bucks??
― foxes freud (Leee), Monday, 24 October 2011 01:33 (twelve years ago) link
bitcoins are like, if money was backed by gold but we could magically conjure up a pound of gold every few days or so
― dayo, Monday, 24 October 2011 01:55 (twelve years ago) link
Enjoyed thing about Lexicon, the naming agency, although a lot of the 'insights' seemed kind of obvious and intuitive.
― pass the duchy pon the left hand side (musical duke) (Hurting 2), Monday, 24 October 2011 04:30 (twelve years ago) link
some1 transcribe the whole article itt
― J0rdan S., Monday, 24 October 2011 04:34 (twelve years ago) link
which one, bitcoin?
― mookieproof, Monday, 24 October 2011 04:35 (twelve years ago) link
ya
― J0rdan S., Monday, 24 October 2011 04:36 (twelve years ago) link
bitcoin dot pdf
― mookieproof, Monday, 24 October 2011 04:44 (twelve years ago) link
o wow
― J0rdan S., Monday, 24 October 2011 04:46 (twelve years ago) link
It took me a good two or three weeks to notice that my subscription had run out. Tsk on you, New Yorker, for being off your game!
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 24 October 2011 17:45 (twelve years ago) link
not new yorker but for fans of the grann article about the guy who was executed for arson in texas
http://discovermagazine.com/2011/nov/12-spark-truth-science-bring-justice-arson-trials
― dayo, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
there was an amazing frontline or some pbs show ep years ago abt arson investigation, i wont say more for fear of spoiling it but its truly amazing
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 03:28 (twelve years ago) link
not the recent one abt the guy
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 03:29 (twelve years ago) link
ah it was actually nova
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 03:32 (twelve years ago) link
In the vein of Midwest pharmacist, here's an article about an Indian cow broker (paywall).
― hounds heidegger (Leee), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 03:34 (twelve years ago) link
NOVA: Hunt For the Serial Arsonist << recommend
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 03:37 (twelve years ago) link
― hounds heidegger (Leee), Tuesday, October 25, 2011 11:34 PM (7 minutes ago)
just started reading this actually, seems promising
― MODS DID 10/11 (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 03:43 (twelve years ago) link
i liked that one - the part where his family admits they partially blame his line of work for his son's death was kind of heartbreaking
you seem to be a few weeks behind too, what's your excuse?
― MODS DID 10/11 (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 04:20 (twelve years ago) link
my issues have been arriving hella late
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 04:21 (twelve years ago) link
my excuse is i lost my mail key and haven't seen the inside of my mailbox in 2.5 weeks
― MODS DID 10/11 (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 04:23 (twelve years ago) link
ipad, bro
― loads of personality, loved to chase chickens (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 05:03 (twelve years ago) link
Some choice: do I want to pay a $400 premium to make sure I read each issue of my $40 New Yorker subscription on time?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 12:05 (twelve years ago) link
yes, it is a shame there's so little you can do with an ipad except read the new yorker, but what can you do?
― loads of personality, loved to chase chickens (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 12:27 (twelve years ago) link
in any case, my point is that it tends to release on the pad the day before they distribute by mail.
― loads of personality, loved to chase chickens (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 12:28 (twelve years ago) link
forks takes time out from polishing his monocle and lighting cigars with hundred dollar bills to frown grumpily at those of us unable to drop $400+ on an iPad
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 13:21 (twelve years ago) link
There's a lot that you can do on your iPad ... that I can also do on my phone ... that I can also do on my computer ...
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 13:59 (twelve years ago) link
or you can get a kindle for $100 and pay $3 a month and get the issues the day before they mail also
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 14:38 (twelve years ago) link
That is so cart before the horse to me.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 14:40 (twelve years ago) link
Or you could already own a Nook and be kinda fucked on that front, so continue reading your hard copies as they come in.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 14:40 (twelve years ago) link
So for the cost of approximately a three year subscription to the New Yorker, you can get it a few days early?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 14:41 (twelve years ago) link
FYI you're only screwed if you have a Nook Color; the New Yorker is available for the original Nook.
― he carried yellow flowers (DJP), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 14:44 (twelve years ago) link
I do have the Color so, yeah, still screwed. I do sometimes regret the Nook because of missing out on a few things like this, but otoh I love it because it worked out perfectly for me by being sort of a midpoint between a reader and a table - i.e. I can still access the internet and use apps with it.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 14:47 (twelve years ago) link
or you can go work in the printing press where they actually MAKE the new yorker and read it really quickly as it comes down the line
this option actually EARNS you money
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 14:50 (twelve years ago) link
aw nook color reminds me of game boy color /lolyoung
― MODS DID 10/11 (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 14:58 (twelve years ago) link
I had a game boy color and a game boy pocket and a game boy advance and a DS boy nintendo really got a lot of money out of me
― dayo, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 15:04 (twelve years ago) link
I only ever had the original Game Boy. Played the shit out of some Mario Golf on that thing.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 15:08 (twelve years ago) link