Saturday August 18, 2007

Mozzarella Saturday

• The Korean pavilion at the Venice Biennale.
• Cursing Winnebago guy. You believe any of that shit?
• Why lead paint is good. “A house painter in the early 20th century would show up to a job with two buckets—one for the paint substrate, one for the lead powder. The more lead he added, the better the paint, the higher the price.”
• A British girl talking about Derrida and . . . I still don’t get it.
• Night photography of the American West.
• Be very afraid: Giuliani’s plan for international politics. Bonus: a great title.
• A few choice excerpts from 17th century women’s guide to looking good.
• Steve Jobs’ recent Apple update [Quicktime]. The new iMacs are cool enough, but the section on the new iMovie is what really got me.
• Not to mention this week in how much Vista blows: the 2008 Olympic committee refuses to run it ‘cause there “could be some problems.”
• How to make your own mozzarella.
• L8dest watches from TokyoFlash.
• A 99¢ fractal photograph.
• A fan-created video for Bjork’s Innocence.
• Don’t bother with this, it’s a to-read for myself: How to make people buy books.
• Quick: name the other two countries in the world besides the US that don’t use the metric system. Answer.
• Richard Pryor on the mafia.
• Olafur Eliasson’s Your House.
• I was waiting for Franklin to link to a super-amazing Strongbad video, because I sure can’t pick one, and now he has.
• To try: leave the store without showing them your bags and receipt. Of course you can.

Tags: saturdaze

1. Thomas Pynchon    Sat Aug 18, 02:00 PM #  
   
   

   What’s not to get about Derrida?

   
   
   
2. NicFitKid    Sat Aug 18, 05:40 PM #  
   
   

   Well, I’m sure the author who included brennschluss, aromatic heterocylic polymers, conspiracy theories about WWII involving IG Farben/Royal Dutch Shell/Psychochemie AG, teenaged Kazakh dope fiends driving Russian officers in the Zone, sympathy for the preterite masses, and exiled South-West African Schwarzcommando running around occupied Germany while assembling a modified A-4 rocket all in one novel would have no problem digesting Derrida in one easy sitting.

   But somehow I doubt one of the most private and reclusive authors still alive has taken up the habit of posting comments in the Miami blogosphere.

   
   
   
3. Jonathan    Sat Aug 18, 10:33 PM #  
   
   

   Night photo site very good.

   
   
   
4. Jonathan    Sat Aug 18, 10:44 PM #  
   
   

   P.S. Winnebago man: outstanding!

   
   
   
5. skipvancel    Sun Aug 19, 03:34 PM #  
   
   

   WOW! That night photgraphy sight is incredible. Thanks for the link.