February 2012
11 posts
The Scale of the Universe 2 →
An interactive Powers of Ten, from the planck to the estimated size of the universe.
“Epigram: I hear that you are unenthusiastic about the prospect of the Olympics...”
– Will Self interview: The Olympics Suck » Epigram
January 2012
33 posts
“I’ve got three boys and they’re always asking about my scars. I used...”
– What I see in the mirror: Bear Grylls » The Guardian
“28 ways to make meetings more interesting
1. Discreetly clasp hold of...”
– And 25 more:
28 ways to make meetings more interesting » The Guardian
Charlie Kaufman's Screenwriters Lecture at the... →
And here’s the transcript.
WatchThe size of the known universe.
I don't partake of fanfic, but for these, I'd make...
Five Slash Fiction Pairings I’d Like To See
1. Peter Jackson/Guillermo del Toro
2. Nick Clegg/David Cameron
3. Mark Kermode/Simon Mayo
4. Ben Goldacre/Simon Singh
5. Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama/Rowan Williams, The Archbishop of Canterbury
“Cupcakes used to be known as fairy cakes, until something happened a few years...”
– Wondering what to give up for New Year? A few suggestions, by Charlie Brooker » The Guardian
WatchJeff Harris has taken a self-portrait every day for thirteen years. Worth watching ‘til the end; there are some genuine surprises.
“We open in the world as we know it, humans in charge and apes in cages. An...”
– Fall And Rise, Joshua Clover » Film Quarterly
It’s so nice to see some Joshua Clover pop up on the internet again! I really miss jane dark’s sugarhigh.
“3.
Lisbeth Salander is skinny. Frail-skinny, bird-boned skinny, so that when...”
– Eleven Thought About Lisbeth Salander » The Rejectionist
December 2011
14 posts
“At the end of Dracula the vampire’s defeat is complete. Dracula and his lovers...”
– From Franco Moretti’s essay The Dialectic of Fear.
