Things We Need (to make it thru the day): Archive

Feb 27th

Film critics pick the 50 best movies of all time →

In celebration of the Academy Awards.

Feb 26th

Steve Jobs: 10 quotes on his birthday →

Yesterday was Steve Jobs’s birthday and though many are now coming out and saying what a jerk he was—seems they were too in awe or too afraid to say it whilst he was alive—but jerk or not he was brilliant.

Feb 25th

Feb 24th

27-pound lobster caught in Maine →

This was just too delicious (sorry, I can’t help myself) not to put here. I’ll be riding “Rocky” to work on Monday.

Feb 24th

Feb 23rd

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Feb 21st

Scumanuary: Travers Trashes January's Worst Movies →

I just discovered these videos done by Peter Travers, film critic for the Rolling Stone. If nothing else they are quite entertaining. Here’s his worst movies of January 2012. If you want more click here for his trashing of the worst movies of the Summer of 2011. I laughed a number of times.

Feb 19th

Feb 18th

Feb 15th

Spray-on clothes (No Joke!) →

Forget weaving and stitching clothes. A new material could be sprayed directly onto your body and have you ready to go out in minutes.

Feb 12th

Feb 11th

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Feb 11th

Cultural Pilgrimages in Pictures →

I haven’t looked at all the pictures, but the ones I have looked at are remarkable. What is also remarkable is what the “Old Grey Lady”, i.e. The New York Times, is doing to stay relevant. The Times is reaching out in so many ways. For one thing, on a day-to-day basis, they run the best videos on-line. My only regret here is that more people didn’t know about this. I...

Feb 9th

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Feb 5th

My Sentimental Archives by Nicolas Dhervillers →

This is so wonderfully strange. My favorite is the picture looking down into the valley below.

Feb 4th

Congolese wrestlers – Kinshasa, 2010 →

Here is a group of extraordinary pictures about something that is equally extraordinary. Enjoy! From the description on the website: The ring is hastily set up, the judge climbs onto the ropes. “Let the match begin!” The fight starts and is usually more or less fixed. Rounds follow one another until the final spell is cast, until the adversary is floored, until the next fight.

Feb 3rd