January 2009
19 posts
“Self-understanding always occurs through understanding something other than the...”
– Hans-Georg Gadamer (via viz)
Jan 29th
Jan 29th
Now Do This →
A very simple yet very effective to-do list
Jan 25th
“Reading Auden on Dostoevsky, or Trilling on Henry James, and then reading Lacan...”
– Arthur Krystal (via viz)
Jan 25th
Listen“Blacklisted” - Neko Case
Jan 23rd
Jan 22nd
"How the lowly text message may save languages"
Can a language stay relevant if it isn’t used to send text messages on a cellphone?  Language advocates worry that the answer is no, and they are pushing to make more written languages available on cellphones. […]  Michael Cahill, linguistics coordinator for SIL International, says, “There are cases where texting is helping to preserve languages” by encouraging young...
Jan 18th
WatchWatch
Death to the Tinman (via Devon Sproule)
Jan 17th
Jan 15th
M. Ward's new album, 'Hold Time,' streaming on NPR →
Jan 14th
Jan 14th
"The Zebra StoryTeller" by Spencer Holst
Once upon a time there was a Siamese cat who pretended to be a lion and spoke inappropriate Zebraic. That language is whinnied by the race of striped horses in Africa. Here now: An innocent zebra is walking in a jungle, and approaching from another direction is the little cat; they meet. “Hello there!” says the Siamese cat in perfectly pronounced Zebraic. “It certainly is a pleasant...
Jan 14th
Jan 9th
Jan 9th
Andrew Bird's 'Noble Beast' streaming on NPR →
Thanks, viz!
Jan 7th
Jan 7th
Jan 6th
Jan 6th
I Hardly Know Her →
Justin Ouellette (of muxtape) released a sleek, distraction-free Flickr viewer called I Hardly Know Her.  Simply add your Flickr I.D. after the ending slash:  http://ihardlyknowher.com/alainarose
Jan 4th