Archive for the ‘Life’ Category

Werner Herzog reads Curious George

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Brilliant. Via Kottke.

Donate to MSF

Monday, January 18th, 2010

I just donated $50 to Doctors without Borders (Médicins sans Frontières). I suggest you do too.

Tips from My Asia Trip

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

I just got back for two weeks in Asia (1600+ photos here!) where I visited Hong Kong, attended a wedding in Penang, chilled on the beach in Langkawi, explored Kuala Lumpur, reconnected with old friends in Singapore and finally wrapped up my trip again in Hong Kong.

I have a lot to say about my trip but for now here are some tips and advice. (more…)

Susan Sarandon has a ping pong club

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

Taking Hold in Silicon Valley, A Ping-Pong Boom

Although the sport’s visibility is growing nationally — thanks in part to celebrities like Susan Sarandon, who recently opened SPiN New York, a table tennis social club in Manhattan — it does not yet have Little League-style cultural clout in the United States, which parents say makes it difficult to compete.

Oh god yes

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Lou Reed has an iPhone app, LouZoom, for those who find the type in the Address Book too small!

Whiskey Sour

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

What to order when you’re at a bar with a long cocktail list that consists only of drinks whose names end in ‘ini’.

Shooting Airwaves

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Three years after I went to Iceland Airwaves for Stirred Up, our old designer Rasha went there to photograph it for Dazed & Confused: Making Airwaves. Cool!

It made me dig out my old Airwaves photos and go through them. Maybe I’ll do a big dump of them onto Flickr. Here’s Sabina Sciubba from Brazilian Girls:

sciubba

Delte Meninger

Friday, September 18th, 2009

This photograph I took in Helsinki last November during Slush can be found on page 200 of the Norwegian book Delte Meninger. I understand that it’s a book about participatory culture on the web. It’s all in Norwegian but regardless I’m tickled pink that they sent me a copy. Go Norway!

How to saber a champagne bottle

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Sabering in the Garden with Kathryn Borel Jr. from Kathryn Borel on Vimeo.

I need to learn how to do that, because it’s badass!

Really?

Sunday, September 13th, 2009

Ford Cars

All decent cars, but who would pay $43,585 for a Ford Taurus?