March 2012
5 posts
““We don’t really live in a country. We live on the Internet.”
The...”
– Alex Ljung (via cacioppo)
Rick Santorum's 'Google Bomb' problem has gone... →
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brooklynmutt:
I hope someone does something to rectify this.
No it hasn’t. It’s just another, similar Google problem — which the WSJ doesn’t correctly note. Search Engine Land has a different, more accurate and … uh, frothier take on the matter.
It will fun seeing how this plays out…
February 2012
6 posts
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The Unmentioned →
Maybe I just run in different circles, but isn’t one of the more interesting parts of this anecdote disguised as Internet News the fact that roller derby friends are just part of the social milieu these days, as likely to be referenced as co-workers and spousal connections?
Also in here: invasion of privacy, internet entering its darkest hour, etc etc
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Romney and the Prozac Nation →
•Should Romney win the nomination despite himself, Obama’s campaign staff would do well to check out Lawrence Wright’s New Yorker article on Mormonism in 2002.
•This ambitious profile of an antire religion takes place right before Utah hosted the Olympics in 2002, and works today as a good primer for those (like me) who are mostly unaware of what this massive religious denomination...
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Pairing NYT on N+1/Believer & NYRB on Writers... →
Tim Park on the emergence and missteps of the creative writer as a professional
So then, a would-be anti-conventional public enjoys the notion of the rebel, or at least admirably independent, writer, but more and more to achieve success that same writer has to tune in to the logic of an industrial machine, which in turn encourages him to cultivate an anti-conventional image. This is an...
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The Brief Histories & Modern Journey of a Vinyl... →
See: A record being made in Brooklyn, from the recording studio to the store