August 2009
I'm planning on getting a new computer this week...
Jay-Z feat. Kanye West and Rihanna - ‘Run This Town x Say You Will x Moment of Clarity’
I don’t normally love these blend, mash-up things, but this one is done pretty well.
Gorf, The End Of The World, And The Legacy Of...
alexbalk:
I have lived with this column for a week or so now as we went through the process of revision, so I’m jealous of those of you who will be coming to it for the first time. And for several subsequent times, because it is jam-packed with awesomeness and you are sure to miss some on the initial go-round. Also, there is a video.
Balk won’t just come out and say it, but Ryan Adams is...
The Awl: A few Mad Men footnotes for last night's... →
Was Patio real?
How much did people hate Madison Square Garden?
Who was the woman Roger Sterling was referencing when talking about making missteps?
These are the kind of things you can learn with Mad Men Footnotes.
I was about to go to bed but then I created all of...
:v - yelling guy :q - guy licking his upper lip :r - guy unclear about what he thinks, not really sure about what to get for dinner :Q - guy getting his teeth drilled :I - guy making a less intense :| face :c - sad guy :V - yelling guy with a bigger face than :v guy (prob an Azn) :” - cat with whiskers on only one side of its face :C - sad guy with big face, possibly sad because his face is...
Nobody remembers a bargain, but nobody forgets a bad meal.
– Eric Ripert dispenses knowledge to W.
Albeit in a sentence with poor syntax.
Details: 25 of the Best Fast Food in America →
I’ve partaken in a few too many of these. (The ones in bold are the ones I’ve had and/or co-sign)
1. In-N-Out Burger’s 2x4, Animal Style 2. Chick-fil-A’s Chicken Sandwich 3. Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen’s Spicy Bonafide Chicken 4. Steak ‘n Shake’s Double Steakburger With Cheese 5. Skyline Chili’s Inverted 3-Way 6. Chick-fil-A’s Waffle Potato...
PaidContent: Mark Cuban advises NewsCorp on how to... →
Some of these ideas are pretty wacky, especially the one where he says that newspapers should block all news aggregating sites from their content because there’s no reason that there needs to be a middle man that exists between the content and the consumer.
His main argument is that the revenue gained from the traffic from one of these links (in this case Newser— wait, what?)...
Grub Street: Marfa offering all-you-can-eat fried... →
To understand how much this excites me, you have to know that both fried chicken and mashed potatoes are both, two of my favorite foods of all time. Not to mention that this place is right around the corner of our house, so, pretty much pencil me in for next Wednesday.
NYT: The cooler it is, the better you'll sleep →
via FEK