Vast and grand, monumental

What’s in the David Foster Wallace Archive?

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:05:00 -0600

What’s in the David Foster Wallace Archive?:

—The New Yorker

What do you think David Bazan is showing Damien Jurado in this...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:45:15 -0600

What do you think David Bazan is showing Damien Jurado in this photo by Sarah Jurado?

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & the Cairo Gang – The...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:48:00 -0600

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & the Cairo Gang – The Wonder Show of the World
Out 3/23 on Drag City (via MBV)

I hope this album is a return to form.

"The time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved."

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:44:28 -0600

“The time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.”

- Parkinson’s Law of Triviality

This is the basis of the Bike Shed Effect:

You can go in to the board of directors and get approval for building a multi-million or even billion dollar atomic power plant, but if you want to build a bike shed you will be tangled up in endless discussions.

Walnut-Bourbon Banana Bread

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:21:16 -0600

Walnut-Bourbon Banana Bread

"Writing is a way of organizing thought. Publishing is a way of receiving feedback."

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:27:16 -0600

“Writing is a way of organizing thought. Publishing is a way of receiving feedback.”

- Frank Chiremo

A guide to Conan’s many Twitter identities

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:17:41 -0600

A guide to Conan’s many Twitter identities

Conquest of the Useless: Reflections from the Making of...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:05:55 -0600

Conquest of the Useless: Reflections from the Making of Fitzcarraldo by Werner Herzog

"JavaScript, Flash, HTML5, tables, Shockwave, Unity—no one cares when people using it can do what..."

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:12:45 -0600

“JavaScript, Flash, HTML5, tables, Shockwave, Unity—no one cares when people using it can do what they’re supposed to.”

- Flash and Standards: The Cold War of the Web by Dan Mall

From A to Z: Words David Foster Wallace Circled in Dictionary +...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:29:23 -0600

From A to Z: Words David Foster Wallace Circled in Dictionary + a bunch of other great scans from the David Foster Wallace archive at The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin.

Sansevieria hyacinthoides by Jan Moninckx The advantage that...

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:34:00 -0600

Sansevieria hyacinthoides by Jan Moninckx

The advantage that houseplants have over other plants is that they are adapted to tropical areas where they grow beneath dense tropical canopies and must survive in areas of low light. These plants are thus ultra-efficient at capturing light, which also means that they must be very efficient in processing the gasses necessary for photosynthesis. Because of this fact, they have greater potential to absorb other gases, including potentially harmful ones.

Illinois is the beer belly of America.

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:25:39 -0600

Illinois is the beer belly of America.

Photo

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:04:40 -0600

Ali Spagnoli will paint something for you… for free. This...

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:17:33 -0600

Ali Spagnoli will paint something for you… for free. This is the one he did for me.

Photo

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:15:16 -0600

"It must be understood that as long as art stands aside from the problems of life it will only..."

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:57:53 -0600

“It must be understood that as long as art stands aside from the problems of life it will only interest a very few people. Culture today is becoming a mass affair, and the artist must step down from his pedestal and be prepared to make a sign for a butcher’s shop (if he knows how to do it).”

- Bruno Munari

Photo

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:31:21 -0600

Douk-douks

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:06:37 -0600

Douk-douks

“The collision in early February of the 60-mile-long B-9B...

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:15:00 -0600

“The collision in early February of the 60-mile-long B-9B iceberg with the protruding tongue of the Mertz Glacier in East Antarctica is captured here in a series of satellite radar images.” (via WIRED)

“Woodpiles On The Side Of The Road” by Jack...

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:05:03 -0600

“Woodpiles On The Side Of The Road” by Jack Rose

“This dude was right on.” — exquisiteboredom (via gulfofmexico)