Jason Kottke recently posted an interesting tidbit about Ernest Hemingway’s standing desk.
Be Prepared
In which I find myself going through my backpack
Finding a Box of Family Letters
This poem is beautiful.
No Children
In which I am not happy
iTunes + Twitter
It seems to me that it would be a no-brainer for Apple to update iTunes so that I could easily post a song to my Twitter account. The app could automatically insert a link to purchase the track in the iTunes store (or not, if it’s a song that doesn’t exist there).
In Memory of Blue
“[I]f you ever wonder who has the more unconditional love for you, put your spouse and your dog in the trunk of the car for one hour. When you open it, who’s still happy to see you?” I’ve heard variations of this quote many times over the years and it always makes me laugh a
Caine’s Arcade
Oh, man. I love this kid.
Pentametron scours Twitter looking for tweets that are in iambic pentameter and then combines them into sonnets.
Dollar Shave Club
Close shave
Just One More Game …
There’s a really good article in this week’s New York Times Magazine on the hyperaddictive, time-sucking, relationship-busting, mind-crushing power and allure of silly digital games. (hat tip to @sprokolopolis)