October 2009
1 post
Dutch angle →
September 2009
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“KYRGYZSTAN is the only country that hosts both American and Russian military...”
– Kyrgyzstan: Tripolar disorder | The Economist
April 2009
1 post
“It’s not enough to consider your mind a blank slate. You have to...”
– Paul Graham from Lies We Tell Kids
February 2009
1 post
January 2009
2 posts
December 2008
1 post
November 2008
5 posts
“‘I bought a very good Beatrix Potter the other day for £30,000, about one inch...”
– Apollo Magazine
Manny Farber obituary →
Manny (Emanuel) Farber, film critic and artist, born February 20 1917; died August 18 2008
October 2008
1 post
Horace, Ode 1.9 →
To morrow and her works defie,
Lay hold upon the present hour,
And snatch the pleasures passing by,
To put them out of Fortune’s pow’r;
Nor love nor love’s delights disdain;
Whate’re thou get’st to day is gain.
— from Dryden’s translation
July 2008
1 post
"The pilot fish of taste." →
Collectors discussed by the chairman of Sotheby’s UK.
June 2008
1 post
“Maeterlinck had prepared [a scenario for Samuel Goldwyn] based on his The Life...”
– Maurice Maeterlinck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
February 2008
1 post
“Tiny homunculi with fish-spears no bigger than a matchstick”
– Economist.com
January 2008
2 posts
Hugh Massingberd: the passing of an obituarist →
Hugh Massingberd
December 2007
1 post
“Norman Tebbit once told me that, when learning marksmanship, he found his eye...”
– Matthew Parris
November 2007
1 post
October 2007
1 post
September 2007
5 posts
“The whole natural world is bathed in wonder and beauty and mystery. The feeling...”
– Oliver Sacks
Richard Cook, 1957 - 2007 →
Richard David Cook, writer, journalist and record producer: born Kew, Surrey 7 February 1957; married 1987 Lee Ellen Newman; died London 25 August 2007.
August 2007
5 posts
Swift: Hints Towards An Essay On Conversation →
“magpie traps are best set during the run-up to the breeding season. and exploits...”
– Magpie Trap Larsen Trap, Metal Larsen Trap for magpie, Twin catch magpie larsen trap with top enty, Trap Man larsen magpie trap catches magpies, crow, rook without killing them, Quick UK delivery from our large stocks
July 2007
12 posts
Phone pics of Pavia →
Desperate Bicycles: Smokescreen →
The reading habits of CEOs →
CEO’s reading habits
Belgian national anthem →
After centuries in slavery, The Belgian coming out of the tomb Reconquered through his courage His name, his rights and his flag. And your sovereign and proud hand, Now, undaunted people, Engraved on your old banner: The King, the Law, the Freedom! Engraved on your old banner: The King, the Law, the Freedom! The King, the Law, the Freedom
The Economist's obituarist →
TLS: Borges finds his Boswell →
Bioy’s diaries open up a vast universe where his notes on his conversations with Borges coexist with his writings on everyday life and his frequent examinations of matters of conduct
Matte Painting →
During the heyday of Hollywood’s studio system, major studios maintained matte painting shops — and never publicized them. Matte painting saved studios large amounts of production money because sets didn’t have to be comprehensive (that is, a complete room or building, say, didn’t have to be built) and some location shooting could be avoided.
“Count Gottfried von Bismarck, who was found dead on Monday aged 44, was a louche...”
– Count Gottfried von Bismarck | Obituaries | News | Telegraph
April 2007
5 posts
“The ideal evening would probably start with President Traian Basescu of Romania...”
– Europe.view
The North Korean leadership may have eaten all... →
“Ideas come from consciousness because ideas are things. Consciousness turns...”
– David Lynch | Interviews | Guardian Unlimited Film