Newley Purnell

Oct
29th

Wed

For the last few decades, the most popular diets were complex formulas that promised abundant eating with just the right combinations of fat, protein and carbohydrates. Now those regimens are starting to look like exotic mortgages and other risky financing instruments. And just like a reliable savings account, good old calorie counting is coming back into fashion.

— Calories Do Count - NYTimes.com

Oct
28th

Tue

Map of Newspaper Endorsements for 2008 US Election

Via kottke.org

Oct
12th

Sun

The financial crisis — simplified.

Oct
11th

Sat

At its most generous, New York bestows a rare gift upon visitor and resident alike: it makes you feel young. Stride down its granite-steel-and-glass corridors, and your viewpoint is instantly that of a child, eyes directed forever upward.

— Frugal New York — NYTimes.com/

Oct
10th

Fri

Walking into Brazil’s new soccer museum is like entering a hall filled with busts of Greek gods. Suspended on glass screens some eight feet tall in the darkened chamber are the outlines of a dozen or so of Brazil’s soccer legends in action. Underneath, the players’ names are printed in capital letters. For most, one name is enough. Ronaldo…Didi…Falcão…Tostão…Garrincha…and the most famous of all, Pelé.

— São Paulo Journal - An Elite Pastime That Became a Passion of the Masses - NYTimes.com

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Here’s a 2 min., 26 sec. recording I made in a taxi cab in Kolkata, India in November, 2007. Enjoy.

Thai Internet wunderkind captivates audiences from behind bars -- csmonitor.com

Nothing quite prepares you for the culture shock of Jay Walker’s library.

— http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/16-10/ff_walker?currentPage=all

Iconic Subprime Images

Brokers with hands on their faces.