July 2012
34 posts
HOW TO SHARPEN PENCILS: "Punk rock changed our... →
howtosharpenpencils:
(This isn’t about pencils; forgive me.)
BUT
This honestly makes me furious. If you believe in punk rock and the power of music to affect political change, please sign this declaration of support. I did.
Punk rock’s genius — its legacy — lies in its obnoxious, aggressive pushback…
Vladimir Putin has slowly been pushing towards a personal, oppressive regime for...
This has been an exceedingly strange era in my life. I have been teaching two sections of World History for the first time. I have not just been busy, a normal enough circumstance. I have been busy doing only one thing. This is a situation which I have never had to face before. The rhythm of my life has been lecture write lecture lecture write lecture lecture write lecture nap write lecture repeat...
“”Soy de Parecer, que los Yngleses llaman Crackers, son mas Salvajes, que los...”
– My friend James came across this delightful excerpt from an eighteenth-century Spanish document. Roughly translated (and I mean roughly, help me out Mire), it says: “I am of the opinion that the ones the English call “Crackers” are more savage than these Indians.”
Yes, “Crackers” was in the...
kottke.org: Weep you girls →
jkottke:
A big list of Pompeian graffiti proves that the writing in bathroom stalls and tourist attractions hasn’t changed much in a few millennia. You know, there’s a lot of, “Antiochus hung out here with his girlfriend Cithera.” There’s some, “To the one defecating here. Beware of the curse. If you…
If I see or hear one more 18 year old call the Maya uncivilized I am going to fill a pillowcase full of Foucault and Said and hit them with it.
I’ve got your Discipline and Punish right here.
FACT:
I have seen as many movies this week as I had seen all year.
Look at me, I’m Merlin Mann!
I live in San Francisco
I ride artisanal cable cars to the galette store
That’s fine for Merlin
and Buddha
Attempting to teach myself Markdown. (This looks much more impressive on my actual tumblr than in the feed)
jenesaispank:
El único villancico reciente que...
I don’t think there is a nicer little Sufjan...
Biggest Teahupoo Ever
jkottke:
“The French Navy labeled this day a double code red prohibiting and threatening to arrest anyone that entered the water.”
(via ★colossal)
I surfed for about a year. I never became any good at it, and had too refined a sense of shame to continue, but I still love seeing it. Teahupoo is the worlds greatest wave. Like Everest, it is equal parts murderous and majestic. I like knowing...
