December 2010
“Britton Bespoke offer custom and unusual cufflinks that are a unique gift idea...”
– Cuff links l gift ideas Cufflinks l wedding anniversary gifts l silver & wraparound cufflinks l
“Eligible Kindle books can be loaned once for a period of 14 days. The borrower...”
– Amazon.com Help: Lending Kindle Books
WatchIdiot With A Tripod (by Gothamist)
“Last night at a local restaurant I observed a boy, about ten years old, at a...”
– Scott Adams Blog: Forking Etiquette 12/30/2010
“Sounding the Pacific: Musical Instruments of Oceania
November 17, 2009–January...”
– Sounding the Pacific: Musical Instruments of Oceania | Current Exhibitions | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
“October 1, 2010–January 9, 2011
Chaos and Classicism: Art in France, Italy,...”
– Chaos and Classicism: Art in France, Italy, and Germany, 1918–1936
“September 1, 2010–January 18, 2011
The 1920s and 1930s were among the...”
– Vox Populi: Posters of the Interwar Years
“Sep 14 through Jan 2
Co-presented with the National Jewelry Institute,...”
– Museum of the City of New York : Notorious & Notable
“Denys Wortman Rediscovered: Drawings for the World-Telegram and Sun, 1930-1953...”
– Museum of the City of New York : Denys Wortman Rediscovered
Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo’s man behind Mario :... →
American English Dialects →
“It’s important, I think, to understand when a placebo is helpful and when...”
– Seth’s Blog: Folk wisdom and proofiness
WatchDecember 2010 Blizzard Timelapse (by Michael Black)
“Even though everyone knows the airports must slowly be turning into the Lord of...”
– Blizzard Shutters Local Airports Until 4 P.M. - Gothamist
“Enough handlebar mustaches and satin vests. Even the real Brooklyn restaurants...”
– Restaurant-World Trends We’d Like to See Disappear - Where to Eat 2011 — New York Magazine
Oregon’s Speed-Freak Football - NYTimes.com →
Very interesting article. Can you move that fast?
“Brand-name liquor. “In the saloon era,” Okrent writes, “calling for liquor by...”
– Fritinancy: How Prohibition Changed Branding and Language
“Grammatical Language. Although many animals communicate, humans appear to be...”
– The cognitive niche: Coevolution of intelligence, sociality, and language — PNAS
“Simply, it’s like having a whole new city right next door — a city far more...”
– Greetings from Brooklyn! - Let the out-of-towners take Manhattan - NYPOST.com (via neighborhoodr-williamsburg)
WatchDavid Byrne: How architecture helped music evolve | Video on TED.com
WatchSheryl Sandberg: Why we have too few women leaders | Video on TED.com
WatchWick-It the Instigator mashed up Big Boi’s amazing Sir Lucious Leftfoot: The Son of Chico Dusty and The Black Keys Brothers to create the EP The Brothers of Chico Dusty. It’s kind of funny, and I can only hope deliberately self-effacing that the first track samples Big Boi’s “Ain’t No DJ.” (via FREEwilliamsburg - BIG BOI VS. THE BLACK KEYS: A MASHUP ALBUM)