Peter Knox

fuckyeahlost:

LOST valentines, part 4.

For at least two years (thanks to a Leap Year) LOST had a new episode on Valentines Day. This sure made things complicated.

thegreg:

In every case except the match-up against Ron Paul, more than 20 percent of Republican voters said they are more likely to support Obama than the Republican challenger. And Ron Paul is close, as 19 percent of Republicans said they are more likely to support Obama than Paul.

Making the situation more bleak for opponents of Obama, independent voters are apparently quite put off with the Republican nomination fight. While polls last fall showed them leaning Republican by roughly a two-to-one margin, they are now either split evenly or favoring Obama.

kayfabe:

The Rules To Properly Enjoy a Film

Rule 1. (to kill expectation)
Go into the film without having read or watched anything. Trailers are acceptable, as they are sometimes created by film directors themselves, though even that sometimes is questionable.

Rule 2. (to kill projection)
Assess what the film is trying to say or achieve within the realm of what kind of movie it is trying to be. Do not project your own expectations. Let the film dictate the level of expectation, be that tonally, narratively or conceptually. 

Then, assess how well you think the film reaches whatever goals it set out to achieve.

Rule 3. (to kill hype)
Don’t talk about the film with anyone who has not seen it, except if you’re encouraging them to go see it. Only discuss the film with those that have seen it, and discuss it hard. That’s what it’s there for.

Artists Want to Build “100 Story House” in Cobble Hill Park | Cobble Hill Blog

That’s my park!

balltillifall:

I’m kind of obsessed with organization and productivity. For many years I was addicted to Tasks in Gmail, but when I switched to the iPhone I found there was no elegant and free way to use Tasks anymore.

Then I found Wunderlist which is an amazing task app that I’ve become obsessed with. I performs largely the same function of Google Tasks but is beautifully packaged and can be accessed on your phone, computer or on the web. I really can’t recommend it enough for helping to keep your life organized.

Wunderlist is new to me! Thanks.

Director’s Cut: David Remnick’s classic ‘New Yorker’ story about Michael Jordan’s first return to basketball - Grantland

1st April 2012

Conversations with David Foster Wallace, edited by Stephen Burn. 208 pages.

 

10th April 2012

The Pale King, paperback, with four previously unpublished scenes, by David Foster Wallace 592 pages.

31st May 2012

The Legacy of David Foster Wallace, edited by Sam Cohen and Lee Konstantinou. 224 pages.

6th September 2012 UK, Early Sep U.S.

Every Love Story is a Ghost Story: A life of David Foster Wallace by D.T. Max. 272 pages.

 

Spring (N. Hemisphere) 2012

Both Flesh and Not Uncollected Non-fiction of David Foster Wallace

 

Later this year

A Companion to David Foster Wallace Studies, edited by Stephen J. Burn and Marshall Boswell. (alternate cache link)

docsorrow:

hey did you guys know that i got a Dear Sugar tattoo on friday? from #41, Like An Iron Bell:

“Do you realize that your refusal to utter the word love to your lover has created a force field all its own? Withholding distorts reality. It makes the people who do the withholding ugly and small-hearted. It makes the people from whom things are withheld crazy and desperate and incapable of knowing what they actually feel.

So release yourself from that. Don’t be strategic or coy. Strategic and coy are for jackasses. Be brave. Be authentic. Practice saying the word love to the people you love so when it matters the most to say it, you will.

We’re all going to die, Johnny. Hit the iron bell like it’s dinnertime.”

That’s awesome.

thechimerist:

This is what my home page looks like, and I’m hoping you’ll post yours, too, Maud. I do use my tablet for work-related reading more than anything else, which is why NetNewsWire (for RSS feeds) and Instapaper (for the more substantive stories from those feeds) are in first place.

People…

I’ll be following this cool Tumblr.

grapefruite:

LA was beautiful last weekend.

My gf captures the LAndscape on her iPhone.

xstevemurphy:

(via The Best Twitter Reactions To Prop 8 Being Ruled Unconstitutional)

harmreduction:

Great little resource from the ACLU to help us learn about our rights when stopped by law enforcement. View sections and download the entire booklet: Know Your Rights When Encountering Law Enforcement

(via Tumbling on success: How Tumblr’s David Karp built a £500 million empire (Wired UK))

evangotlib:

david:

parislemon:

As Trevor Gilbert notes on PandoDaily, the “best dock for the iPhone” project has now surpassed $900,000 in backing and is closing in on LunaTik’s (you know, the awesome iPod nano watch) record of $942,578 with 3 days to go. 

If you want to know how much thought and care was put into the Elevation Dock, just watch the video on the Kickstarter page by creator Casey Hopkins. He out-Apple’d, Apple. Let’s push this thing to the record. 

Backed! This thing looks awesome.

Awesome.  Backed.

Backed back in the day. Glad to see it’s continuing to scale so massively.

reallyveryhungry:

our first supper is less than 3 weeks away. buy your tickets today: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/225125

This is a great deal that I wish was open to current Zipcar members. I’ve gotten a lot out of my Zipcar membership this year.

(via Print is dying: E-readers start slaughtering print book sales (infographic) | VentureBeat)