December 2011
1 post
Thoughts on learning rhythm
Recently I’ve picked up a cajon which I plan to use for adding parts to my acoustic covers and originals. But this has made me a lot more interested in learning to hear drum parts. Luckily, youtube is a great resource for this. Just by watching a few drum covers to my favorite songs, I can see what the different kinds of sounds are made by the different parts of a drumkit. Here’s a...
September 2011
1 post
“But both parties are not rotten in quite the same way. The Democrats have their...”
– Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult | Truthout
May 2011
2 posts
Reporting in China | Al Jazeera Blogs →
While many people outside China might have a cognitive understanding that reporting here is difficult, there’s less knowledge of just exactly what kind of difficulties we come across. Our most recent reporting trip serves as a good example of the particular challenges the press corps here faces.
April 2011
2 posts
“It has always been, and always will be, very difficult to explain to people with...”
– Zadie Smith writes in defence of our libraries - mirror.co.uk
November 2010
3 posts
Excerpts from Generation Why? by Zadie Smith in the New York Review of Books
“The striking thing about the real Zuckerberg, in video and in print, is the relative banality of his ideas concerning the “Why” of Facebook. He uses the word “connect” as believers use the word “Jesus,” as if it were sacred in and of itself: “So the idea is really that, um, the site helps everyone connect with...
Truth Lies Here - The Atlantic →
October 2010
2 posts
Health Care and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance... →
Why NPR Matters - James Fallows →
September 2010
4 posts
watching bill clinton’s interview. he’s still got it.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-september-16-2010/exclusive—-bill-clinton-extended-interview-pt—1
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-september-16-2010/exclusive—-bill-clinton-extended-interview-pt—2
Could a Peanut Paste Called Plumpy'nut End... →
August 2010
4 posts
“We would betray our values – and play into our enemies’ hands – if we were...”
– NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Ground Zero Mosque Vote - WSJ.com
“The Senate is often referred to as “the world’s greatest deliberative body.”...”
– Filibusters and arcane obstructions in the Senate : The New Yorker
“Until now, I have done this giving quietly — because I have long believed that...”
– Pledge to Give Away Half Gains Billionaire Adherents - NYTimes.com
New York will always be a tech backwater, I don’t... →
July 2010
2 posts
“Ms. Castillo had long dreamed of a bigger, sturdier house, but three months ago...”
– An Apparel Factory Defies Stereotypes, but Can It Thrive? - NYTimes.com
Solitude and Leadership: an article by William... →
(via bytesandpieces)
June 2010
5 posts
“Midway through the second half, while watching Howard rush the ball toward his...”
– Sports of The Times - Donovan’s Goal Proves American Spirit Alive on World Cup Squad - NYTimes.com
“Oh my God. Doesn’t it make you want to simultaneously A) quit...”
– The Wrong Stuff : On Air and On Error: This American Life’s Ira Glass on Being Wrong
“The youth academy of the famed dutch soccer club Ajax is grandiosely called De...”
– Magazine Preview - How a Soccer Star is Made - NYTimes.com
May 2010
12 posts
“By all appearances, this is a moment of reckoning for salt. High blood pressure...”
– Pushed to Lower Salt Use, Food Industry Pushes Back - NYTimes.com
“If Steve Cooley wins the Republican primary for attorney general, on almost...”
– Arguing Three Strikes - NYTimes.com
“If you’re not getting the results you want, chances are you don’t care much...”
– Seven Productivity Tips For People That Hate GTD | Zen Habits
“For our latest mission, we brought the movie Ghostbusters to life in the reading...”
– Who You Gonna Call? « Improv Everywhere
“It’s the triple whammy,” Eric Schmidt said when I interviewed him. “Loss of...”
– The Atlantic :: Magazine :: How to Save the News
“I don’t mean to say that settling is ideal. I’m simply saying that it might have...”
– Marry Him! - Magazine - The Atlantic
“There is one other crucial element in the Times Square case, and it can’t...”
– If the TSA Were Running New York - Politics - The Atlantic
April 2010
2 posts
“We make decisions with partial information. We are forced to steer by guesswork....”
– Magazine Preview - The Data-Driven Life - NYTimes.com
Art of the Steal: On the Trail of World’s Most... →
March 2010
3 posts
About That Extraordinary Photo of an Obama-edited... →
North Koreans Use Cellphones to Bare Secrets -... →
The Limits of Rahmism - NYTimes.com →
February 2010
5 posts
The Things That Carried Him →
Roger Ebert’s Voice, Lost and Found - Well Blog -... →
Videos Posted by Sundance Film Festival: Meet the... →
Bill Gates - What I'm Thinking - Heading to... →
January 2010
11 posts
Digital Domain - On Tax Returns, Why Enter What... →
Obama’s War Over Terror - NYTimes.com →