February 2009
4 posts
Feb 26th
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Brooklyn’s New Culinary Movement →
Despite my want to live somewhere rural, I tolerate the mess and grime of my Brooklyn neighborhood because I know that there is something special happening right now, something fleeting: the creation of a habitat that phenomally fosters creativity and innovation unlike anywhere else in the world. Of all places to live, I feel especially certain that Brooklyn right now is one of most dynamic and...
Feb 25th
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Finally, after years of spoiling only New York, my roommate Brian’s excellent band Apes & Androids is going to the UK to play three shows in April: 4/9 - London - Fabric 4/10 - Brighton - Digital 4/14 - London - ICA Above is a trailer our friend Matty made for the mini tour (via Vimeo). Somewhat related: An excellent UK label called Isomorphs ran by Kate Moross has released an...
Feb 25th
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“For most of its history basketball has measured not so much what is important as...”
– I read the excellent article about Shane Battier titled The No-Stats All-Star and I couldn’t help but consider how the same misguided obsession with easy-to-measure statistics has influenced the design of social networking applications and rendered many of them ineffective. Is Facebook or...
Feb 20th
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