April 2012
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Albert Kahn’s Catalogue of Humanity →
‘In 1909, millionaire French banker and philanthropist Albert Kahn decided to enlist the era’s burgeoning photographic technology in a mission far greater than aesthetic fetishism, and set out to use the new autochrome — the world’s first true color photographic process, invented by the Lumière brothers in 1903 and marketed in 1907 — to produce a colour photographic record of human life on...
Apr 30th
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Apr 30th
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Brain Food →
‘One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.’ On academia, academics, and food.
Apr 29th
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Apr 29th
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I am the one who clicks banner ads →
‘It is not for myself that I click these banner ads, not because I yearn for exclusive local deals and belly fat-reducing tips. No, it is for all of you that I click to learn more, rollover to expand, and tap to download. Without me, your banners would go unclicked. And if your banners go unclicked, then who will pay for your web pages? Banners are the steam engine of the Internet, and I...
Apr 28th
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Apr 28th
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The Curse of the Diaeresis →
‘we use the diaeresis for the same reason that we use the hyphen: to keep the cow out of co-workers.’
Apr 27th
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Apr 27th
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Anti-Pasta →
‘Marinetti claimed that pasta induced lethargy, pessimism, nostalgia, and neutralism. In short, pasta stood behind everything the Futurists had been battling ever since the appearance of their initial manifesto in 1909.’
Apr 26th
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Apr 26th
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Big Squeeze: On Accordions and Accordionists →
‘Accordionists may be a flock of odd birds, but their devotion to their instrument is compelling. Today they tread a fine line between ironic hipster coolness and the age-old covenant of nerd-dom.’
Apr 25th
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Apr 24th
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Good Americans: Food, Memoirs, and Alice B. Toklas →
Apr 23rd
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Apr 23rd
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On the perils of drunk-buying books →
Apr 22nd
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WatchWatch
How to make pesto. From Kinfolk.
Apr 22nd
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Orhan Pamuk on museums →
Apr 21st
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Apr 21st
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The Bathroom Muse →
Apr 20th
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Apr 19th
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Eric Hobsbawm remembers Tony Judt →
Apr 19th
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Apr 18th
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Paris versus New York - in graphic form →
Apr 18th
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Apr 16th
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Eric Hobsbawm and Simon Schama in conversation →
Apr 16th
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Apr 15th
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Food and Religious Identity →
Apr 14th
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Apr 14th
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Elif Batuman on food in Turkey →
Apr 14th
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Apr 14th
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