Jacob Kaplan-Moss
Activity tagged “essays”
Bookmarks
Annals of Innovation: In the Air: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
“The genius is not a unique source of insight; he is merely an efficient source of insight.”
Burningbird » Find your exit points
Shelley nails it. I wish everyone selling hosting services would have a clear exit strategy in their FAQ.
Double standards in security hassles - The Red Tape Chronicles - MSNBC.com
Wonderful, insightful article about security. A choice quote: “until recently, you or I couldn’t take a bottle of water or a tube of toothpaste on an airplane. Mothers were forced to drink their babies’ milk. Elderly women were subject to humiliating
Stevey's Blog Rants: Egomania Itself
“If you do a rain dance for enough days in a row, it will eventually work. Guaranteed.”
Eugene Volokh on three ways to fix Slate. By Eugene Volokh
Although it's meant to be Slate-specific, the first two points really apply to any piece of online journalism. I'd love to see the J-W handle corrections and citations the way Volokh suggests.
O'Reilly Radar > Database War Stories #5: craigslist
Mentioned in passing: “craigslist tends to have 200% growth yearly both in posting and reading.” Wow.
gladwell dot com - the new yorker archive
Every article Gladwell's written for the New Yorker (ten years' worth!)
The New Yorker: Fact
FEAR FACTOR: Bill O’Reilly’s baroque period.
Identity Production in a Networked Culture: Why Youth Heart MySpace
Awesome paper on the MySpace culture
The New Yorker: Fact: Troublemakers
Malcom Gladwell on “what pit bulls can teach us about profiling.”
Ass Backwards - The media's silence about rampant anal sex
Americans sure are having lots of the butt sex!
If MSG is so bad for you, why doesn't everyone in Asia have a headache?
Very intersting article about MSG
Boston Phoenix: High and mighty
“How did you get your job at High Times?” “Can you get me a job at High Times?” “Can you get me some weed?”
DrunkenBlog: Deconstructing H.264/AVC
This is fascinating stuff!
What the Bubble Got Right
Paul Graham, amazing as usual
Assassination Politics
And old but great idea