LINK Investment Clubs: Club-hopping »
Marketplace follows investment clubs throughout the year to see how different groups with different philosophies make out at the end.
LINK Practical Traveler - Going Solo »
No need to fret for solo travelers.
They have a way with colors here.
An eye-catching orange building on stilts.
LINK The 100 Greatest Indie-Rock Albums Ever (Blender) »
Such a list is self-indulgent at best, but I’m pleased to see The Dismemberment Plan’s "Emergency and I" made the top 100.
LINK Kyo Ya »
"To eat the full, ten-course meal at Kyo Ya, you have to book a day or two in advance, since esoteric ingredients are shipped from Japan."
Back in cold and wet NYC, and ready for Dec. »
LINK Biking to a Different Beat »
Badass bicycles rigged up with speakers intended for blasting tunes out of a tinted Escalade.
Back on land but taking forever to get through customs... »
Embarked and en route to Mexico on ship. »
A demo tape my band recorded in 1996. Pristinely preserved at my parent's house.
LINK Western Pop Acts in China (NYTimes) »
"This year two Chinese bands traveled to the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Tex.: Rebuilding the Rights of Statues, a ringer for the angular post-punk of Gang of Four, and Lonely China Day, which borrows from the cinematic grandeur of Sigur Ros."
LINK A short film about Pentagram »
by HillmanCurtis.
About to watch American Gangster with the siblings at a movie house where food is served during the film. What will the Texans think of next with their spacious establishments...
LINK Millions in Sales From 3 Simple Words »
A NY Times article on a little company.
Vacation starts right about now. »
The Believer has a circulation of 17,000 to 20,000 and I don’t know if it will ever surpass that. And get this: Because of reader support, McSweeney’s, the literary quarterly, is able to subsidize some of the more eccentric projects we take on. It’s bizarre but it can work if you depend on the wisdom of your readers.
Dave Eggers on what he’s learned from Might’s (his first publication) downfall (via Derek) »
Saturday morning farmers market plus library run. Now planning Winter trips. »
It's Friday afternoon and it's time for a Belgium brew at the office with our Rumplo friends.
The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others. Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature. Life is an exciting business and most exciting when it is lived for others. You cannot do much about the length of your life, but you can do a lot about its depth and width.
via Laws of Simplicity »
(0 comments)- what John Maeda was told by his professor when he outlined his plans to devote himself to classical training in the arts. »
LINK Managing Design »
Articles on how design is managed at various industry-leading firms.
LINK 19.20.21. »
19 cities in the world with 20 million people in the 21st century.