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Tuareg rock + best dance ever

Posted: November 13th, 2011 | Author: admin | Filed under: Uncategorized | No Comments »

At the Tinariwen — band from Mali — show last night at Variety Playhouse in Atlanta. This guy’s dancing was probably the most memorable part … followed closely by the guy wearing a turban and playing a shiny red guitar, and another guy who was playing an enormo-gourd as a drum.


This 1940s journo video is refreshing in a way

Posted: November 8th, 2011 | Author: admin | Filed under: Uncategorized | No Comments »

via Brainpickings


The normal Afghanistan

Posted: November 6th, 2011 | Author: admin | Filed under: Uncategorized | No Comments »

With the war as an unseen backdrop, this video is stunning.

Afghanistan – touch down in flight from Augustin Pictures on Vimeo.


Andy Rooney on demon computers

Posted: November 5th, 2011 | Author: admin | Filed under: Uncategorized | No Comments »

via Time …

just wow. pretty much all of these “grumpiest” Andy Rooney videos are amazing.


Extreme chili tasting!

Posted: November 5th, 2011 | Author: admin | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , | No Comments »

extreme chili tasting!!

At the Chomp & Stomp chili cookoff in Cabbagetown, ATL.

And yes, she had to leave early because of a stomach ache*

*disclaimer: half of those cups were mine


This Beyonce video is completely great

Posted: November 5th, 2011 | Author: admin | Filed under: Uncategorized | No Comments »

via snarkmarket

don’t judge – just watch it.


How great are random encounters w/nature?

Posted: November 5th, 2011 | Author: admin | Filed under: Uncategorized | No Comments »

Murmuration from Sophie Windsor Clive on Vimeo.


Here comes the sun – Maine edition

Posted: November 5th, 2011 | Author: admin | Filed under: Uncategorized | No Comments »

Here comes the sun - Maine edition

Got up before sunrise to take a run. Camden, Maine for the PopTech conference. Beautiful place.


In support of ‘avant-garde’ digital writing

Posted: October 2nd, 2011 | Author: admin | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: | 1 Comment »

Provocative idea from Kenneth Goldsmith in Chronicles of Higher Ed:

For the past several years, I’ve taught a class at the University of Pennsylvania called “Uncreative Writing.” In it, students are penalized for showing any shred of originality and creativity. Instead they are rewarded for plagiarism, identity theft, repurposing papers, patchwriting, sampling, plundering, and stealing. Not surprisingly, they thrive. Suddenly what they’ve surreptitiously become expert at is brought out into the open and explored in a safe environment, reframed in terms of responsibility instead of recklessness.

Found this via a paid e-mail list that circulates longform non-fiction. More here.


Freshwater sunset at Lake Walloon

Posted: August 21st, 2011 | Author: admin | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , | 1 Comment »

freshwater sunset

Had a great weekend with college friends up north of the 45th parallel. Water skied, canoed, sailed and jet skied (only briefly, because that’s completely terrifying). Super sore and kinda sunburned but it was totally worth it.