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photo 1Q84. After five years, Haruki Murakami has written a new novel,

described as a “complex and surreal narrative” which “shifts back and forth between tales of two characters, a man and a woman, who are searching for each other.” The themes consist of murder, history, cult religion, violence, family ties and love.

Now I just need to wait for it to be translated into English.

1Q84. After five years, Haruki Murakami has written a new novel,

described as a “complex and surreal narrative” which “shifts back and forth between tales of two characters, a man and a woman, who are searching for each other.” The themes consist of murder, history, cult religion, violence, family ties and love.

Now I just need to wait for it to be translated into English.

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November 9, 2009
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Devendra Banhart - “Goin’ Back To The Place”, from What Will We Be. Fucking goddamn. I love when an artist can go through seven albums, a bunch of EPs, and a handful of compilations, and still make me say, “This is the best yet.”

49 minutes ago

November 9, 2009
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We at McSweeney’s love newspapers.  We love the internet, too. But we believe that print newspapers are an invaluable part of the journalistic landscape. So we’ve spent five months collaborating with dozens of reporters, designers, photographers, and authors on a 21st-century newspaper prototype.

I don’t know what this will prove, but it sure looks damn pretty.

We at McSweeney’s love newspapers.  We love the internet, too. But we believe that print newspapers are an invaluable part of the journalistic landscape. So we’ve spent five months collaborating with dozens of reporters, designers, photographers, and authors on a 21st-century newspaper prototype.

I don’t know what this will prove, but it sure looks damn pretty.

59 minutes ago

November 9, 2009
photo Name That Movie: Six drawings per movie, in sequence, no movie stars

Name That Movie: Six drawings per movie, in sequence, no movie stars

1 hour ago

November 9, 2009
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Built to Spill - “Good Ol’ Boredom”, from their new album There Is No Enemy.

Nestled gently within a playlist of droning, wintery tracks is “Good Ol’ Boredom”, bright and shining like driving down the highway on a Saturday in July with the windows down.

1 month ago

October 3, 2009
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If, for example, a couple match each other 71%, it means they are likely to like each other, based on their own individual definitions of what makes a person cool, sexy, and attractive, not ours. I point this out now so that, below, when we claim that Jewish women are easier to get along with than Christians, you don’t blame us, you blame Jesus.
How Races and Religions Match in Online Dating from OkCupid. And if you didn’t see it, their first bit of dataporn came a couple weeks ago in Online Dating Advice: Exactly What To Say In A First Message.

1 month ago

September 30, 2009
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St. Peter, don’t you call me, because I can’t go. I owe my soul to the company store.

1 month ago

September 28, 2009
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There may be many sides in a genteel debate, but in the Safire world of politics and journalism it was simpler: There was his own unambiguous wit and wisdom on one hand and, on the other, the blubber of fools he called “nattering nabobs of negativism” and “hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history.
Sleep well, Mr. Safire. [[William Safire, 1929-2009]]

1 month ago

September 28, 2009
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1 month ago

September 27, 2009
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The ordinary Schrodinger equation tells us that the rate of change of the wave function is given by the energy. But for a closed universe in general relativity, the energy is exactly zero—so there is no time evolution, nothing happens. But you can divide the universe into “you” and “the rest.” Your own energy is not zero, so the energy of the rest of the universe is not zero, and therefore it obeys the standard Schrodinger equation with ordinary time evolution. So the only way to make the universe real is to consider yourself separate from it.
— Via Andrei Linde and Sean Carroll, an argument for solipsism based on the Wheeler-deWitt equation.

1 month ago

September 27, 2009
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What a week for trailers! First trailer for Wes Anderson’s debut animated film, Fantastic Mr. Fox.

3 months ago

July 31, 2009
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Trailer for the Coen Brothers’ new film, A Serious Man. The film stars…well…a list of actors you probably never heard of, marking a strong departure from the Brothers’ past with A-list actors.

3 months ago

July 31, 2009
link WSJ: Apple going to CES 2010. Reality: Nope.

The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that Apple will be attending the Consumer Electronics Show next year, a surprising bit of news considering no announcement has been made by Apple. And even more surprising considering Engadget reporter Ryan Block was at the very same dinner as WSJ reporter Ben Charny, and said, “at no point did Gary even remotely imply that Apple would be present at a future CES — let alone state flatly that Apple “will be there” in 2010.”

3 months ago

July 30, 2009