Unabashed Kottke Linking
This post has changed in the 3 weeks since I started it. Right now, the way I'm blogging is writing posts in bulk a couple times per week and then roboposting them one post a day. This makes it easier...
View ArticleDane Cook Steals Joke…From Demetri Martin?
We've been getting hits to my Demetri Martin better than Dane Cook post with the keyword 'stolen joke' so I thought I'd check it out. Lo and behold! While I think this it's possible this is a case of...
View ArticleMalcolm and Michael, Charlie and Bill
For your lazy day viewing pleasure. Malcolm Gladwell being interviewed by Charlie Rose (below) and I couldn't figure out how to embed the Bill Moyers video, but Michael Pollan being interviewed by Bill...
View ArticleChuck Klosterman Blog
Since my favorite authors refuse to have blogs of their own, I will do it for them. Here's an article by Chuck Klosterman about Obama's brother-in-law Craig Robinson a college basketball coach in...
View ArticleHow Pitino Beats Lawrence of Arabia
Malcolm Gladwell's article on underdogs from last week's New Yorker was interesting and full of anecdotes, though the fawning over Rick Pitino gave me great pause because Rick Pitino did a little...
View ArticleBill Simmons and Malcolm Gladwell
What is it, Malcolm Gladwell Week on Unlikely Words? Bill Simmons just put up a 3 part email discussion (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3), check it out if you want to say goodbye to your morning. Not sure if...
View ArticleEveryone Talking About Malcolm Gladwell Talking About Chris Anderson’s ‘Free’
Malcolm Gladwell's recent review of Chris Anderson's latest book, 'Free: The Future of a Radical Price' caused a round of reactions from big thinkers. Here's a round up: Gladwell started things off by...
View ArticleWhat the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell All on the Web
Hell yeah! This is the kind of web documentation I can get behind. Malcolm Gladwell has a new book coming out called What the Dog Saw made up of articles he's written for the New Yorker over the last...
View ArticleMalcolm Gladwell’s Love Life
I'm not going to link to it, because it's one of the most obvious pieces of linkbait I've ever seen. Basically, the author thinks Malcolm Gladwell dates pretty women, lots of them, and wanted to talk...
View ArticleGladwell’s for Dummies
I would have never started reading Maureen Tkacik's Gladwell for Dummies in The Nation if I had known that it was over 8K words, so, you know, be warned. And yet it has an "irritating, unrelenting...
View Article2 interesting links
*A GQ interview with David Chang where he talks about plans to expand to Sydney and Toronto in 2012. I was there last year and just fell in love with Australia—holy shit, the produce, the proteins,...
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