December 2010
1 post
“He pauses here to see if I understand. He will not be a victim, not of poverty,...”
– “The sicario: A Juárez hit man speaks” by Charles Bowden (Harpers) « Various Enthusiasms (via Instapaper)
November 2010
9 posts
Waters of March →
imagen de la partitura de “aguas de marco”
“While everyone deserves a voice, not everyone deserves a microphone”
– Is Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Social Network’ the Scathing Portrait of Mark Zuckerberg That Facebook Fears? — New York Magazine (via Instapaper)
“it seems the more experimental my work gets, the more people respond to it.”
– Why Write Modern Fiction? - NYTimes.com (via Instapaper)
“It’s okay to be driven a little crazy by someone who is so consistently right.”
– John Sculley On Steve Jobs, The Full Interview Transcript | Cult of Mac (via Instapaper)
“The best creative people want to work for the best clients. If you are a client...”
– John Sculley On Steve Jobs, The Full Interview Transcript | Cult of Mac (via Instapaper)
“In bureaucracies many people have the authority to say no, not the authority to...”
– John Sculley On Steve Jobs, The Full Interview Transcript | Cult of Mac (via Instapaper)
“One of the things that fascinated him: I described to him that there’s not much...”
– John Sculley On Steve Jobs, The Full Interview Transcript | Cult of Mac (via Instapaper)
“When I met the Mac team, which eventually got to 100 people but the time I met...”
– John Sculley On Steve Jobs, The Full Interview Transcript | Cult of Mac (via Instapaper)
“What makes Steve’s methodology different from everyone else’s is that he always...”
– John Sculley On Steve Jobs, The Full Interview Transcript | Cult of Mac (via Instapaper)
October 2010
3 posts
“There was no terror or confusion at the Associated Press. There was, instead,...”
– The Falling Man - Tom Junod - 9/11 Suicide Photograph - Esquire (via Instapaper)
Marginal Revolution: Nazi Nudging →
Typography for Lawyers →
Me fascinó este sitio. Práctico y sencillo. Único.
August 2010
19 posts
listening to "The Fool on the Hill-Mariachillout... →
y para cerrar este jueves de covers… pues algo muy agradable en mariachi!!
listening to "James - Of Monsters, Heroes And Men" →
mi rola favorita de este disco; si no odiara los conciertos, estaría en primera fila para verlos en octubre…
“they just nodded and two of them laughed about Sinatra’s apparently having...”
– Frank Sinatra Has a Cold - Gay Talese - Best Profile of Sinatra - Esquire (via Instapaper)
listening to "ivan boogaloo joe jones black whip" →
listos para un viajezotototote?
listening to "This love- Magic Numbers" →
para el momento del bajoneo emocional…
listening to "Shins - Australia (Peter Bjorn →
esta es la rola a la que me refería en mi tuit mañanero… buenísima pa’ despertar
listening to "Ed Nolan et ses Fantasistes - Beer... →
… me acabo de dar un tropezón. música pa’ caer con estilo (“no pasó nada, nadie me vio, no pasó nada”)
On & Beyond →
buen sitio, buenas fotos. vale la pena la visita…
Heart and Soul (song) - Wikipedia, the free... →
mi dato inútil del día de hoy…
“He wrote that the risks of horse riding showed that society “does not...”
– Ecstasy ‘no more dangerous than horse riding’ - Telegraph
9GAG - The illustrated guide to a Ph.D. →
listening to "Title Tracks - Every Little Bit... →
los lunes no son sencillos. la música pareciera que es lo único que nos hace soportarlos…
listening to "Raul Malo - Moonlight Kiss b2b" →
parece que ya está integrado de nuevo el blip con facebook… esta es una prueba (más)
5 Funny Social Media Web Comics [PICS] →
10 Reasons to Stop Apologizing for Your Online... →
Lectura absolutamente recomendada…
“Ultimately, at the end of the night, when all the steak and chicken parm is put...”
– Mad Men Embraces The Man Date: The Q: GQ
“For a lot of us, a perfect evening out has nothing to do with another woman. It...”
– Mad Men Embraces The Man Date: The Q: GQ
“The Latin alphabet that we still use today was created by the Etruscans and the...”
– The origins of abc | I love typography, the typography and fonts blog
“Frank Sinatra is Il Padrone. Or better still, he is what in traditional Sicily...”
– Frank Sinatra Has a Cold - Gay Talese - Best Profile of Sinatra - Esquire (via Instapaper)
July 2010
11 posts
“Undoubtedly the words from this song, and others like it, had put millions in...”
– Frank Sinatra Has a Cold - Gay Talese - Best Profile of Sinatra - Esquire (via Instapaper)
“Now he has the affection of Nancy and Ava and Mia, the fine female produce of...”
– Frank Sinatra Has a Cold - Gay Talese - Best Profile of Sinatra - Esquire (via Instapaper)
Avoiding a Bust in the Drug War →
“… the billions of dollars spent by Mexico and the United States over the last four years have done little to thwart Mexico’s cartels.
“The problem is that the two countries have ignored a fundamental lesson from the Colombian experience: foreign aid, security cooperation and judicial reform were necessary but not sufficient conditions for reducing violence. Plan Colombia...
“In the 21st century, the level of control is going to be decreased,” Ross said,...”
– Digital Diplomacy - NYTimes.com (via Instapaper)
“Several senior members of the State Department with whom I spoke could not...”
– Digital Diplomacy - NYTimes.com (via Instapaper)
“In October 2009, Ross and Cohen jointly led a techdel to Mexico City. The idea...”
– Digital Diplomacy - NYTimes.com (via Instapaper)
“The loss of control you fear is already in the past,” he told me. “You do not...”
– Digital Diplomacy - NYTimes.com (via Instapaper)
“Diplomacy is, perhaps, one element of the U.S. government that should not be...”
– Digital Diplomacy - NYTimes.com (via Instapaper)
Daniel Ellsberg on the Limits of Knowledge |... →
It’s from Ellsberg’s book Secrets, and the setting is a meeting with Henry Kissinger in late 1968 when he was advising him about the Vietnam War. The idea of Kissinger seeking out Ellsberg for advice on Vietnam initially seems a bit unlikely, but in 1968 Ellsberg was a highly respected analyst on the war who had worked for both the Pentagon and Rand, and Kissinger was just entering the...
“And I think that good actors always—or if you’re being good, anyway—you’re...”
– Bill Murray on Ghostbusters 3, Get Low, Ron Howard, and Kung Fu Hustle: Celebrities: GQ (via Instapaper)
“All of these tools can be utilized by individuals for everything from Wikileaks...”
– Digital Diplomacy - NYTimes.com (via Instapaper)