On Holiday — Glass How to vacation, according to Glass. glass.photo Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my... www.lrb.co.uk Here’s another take from Ezra Klein:
I have thoughts 🙂, mostly summarized as “Of course one would hope that humanity has evolved to a more collaborative, empathic and inclusive culture. It’s infinitely sad that this commentary and the movie are even necessary.”
Life in Rural Romania — Glass A slower life rooted in tradition. gls.photo Love these photos.
The Man in the Corduroy Suit by James Wolff “A wonderful, artful, absorbing espionage novel.” Adam Brookes, author of Night Heron The story of an internal investigation into the past of a British spy suspected of having been turned by Russian agents. British intelligence is in a state of panic. Cracks are appearing, or so a run of ... As expected, finished the third installment (see the spy novels section). This last one brings closure to the Gatekeeping universe and ties up the loose ends from book one and two. I’ll be watching James Wolff for more.
Inaugural post of this new collection. The idea is not original: I’m stealing from the best (and please don’t expect this sort of quality and consistency from me):
kottke.org — Jason Kottke, the original link blog Register Spill — Joy & Curiosity — Thorsten Ball, ~10 links a week with a sentence or two of opinion Simon Willison’s Weblog — linkblog plus “weeknotes” posts ongoing — Long Links — Tim Bray’s occasional long lists of worthwhile reads Michael Tsai — Apple/dev link blog, quotes plus commentary Daring Fireball — Linked List — John Gruber, the original link-plus-two-cents format Waxy.org — Andy Baio’s links It’s a (probably) futile attempt to revive a moribund blog. I noticed my posting frequency declining to zero, but despite this evidence and in a surge of misplaced blogging optimism I even gave this new collection a Hugo index page and a place on the blog menu bar.
