–“Wallet Essentials”
–“A Year of Getting Things Done”
–Ways to fix your life: Quit your job.
–Help these folks build their very own hobbit hole. Please. It’d be hilarious.
Oh, man. The death toll’s surpassed 55,000. Links for more info:
–TsunamiHelp.blogspot.com
–Command Post: How to Help
–All about the quake and resulting tsunami
–Photos from Phuket
Malcolm Gladwell reviews Jared “Guns, Germs, and Steel” Diamond’s new book, “Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed.”
Danny Yee sends along his thoughts (scroll down to “my ‘best books’ read in 2004″).
We had an enjoyable Christmas weekend here in Kaohsiung. Here’re some photos of our celebrations (I contributed my world-famous deviled eggs and chocolate-covered strawberries to the turkey dinner feast).
You’ve probably heard the news already: an enormous earthquake early today triggered massive tidal waves in Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia; approximately 5,600 people have perished.
As you may remember, Jill and I spent the Thanksgiving weekend last month at a beach resort in Phuket, Thaland, an area which was hit hard.
A sad, sad, […]
–An HR assistant from the Starbucks corporate office exchanges emails with the CEO. Hilarious.
–Media, technology, and search: Predictions for 2005.
–Santa, dear Santa, please please puh-leeeeease bring me a meat air freshener.
–“What the Bagel Man Saw.”
–Robert Birnbaum discusses “his wave-making book Moneyball and the current state of baseball, plus what’s good and bad with journalism today, […]
Zimran Ahmed, author of Winterspeak, which is one of my all-time favorite Weblogs (despite the fact that so much of it is over my head), writes:
“Favorite books:- The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson (Quicksilver, The Confusion,The System of the World)- This book(s) is enormous, messy, funny, smart, stupid, etc. The manhas clearly transcended editing, and […]
The second annual Bloggers’ Favorite Books survey is attracting some eyeballs, thanks to links from Maud and Lizze and Mark and Jen and Laila and Dale and Derek (as well as the newfound Tingle Alley).
Also, Daniel Olivas, a writer from LA, sends along his thoughts:
“one of my favorite books of 2004 was the debut short […]
For the second year running, I asked some of my favorite bloggers which books they most enjoyed over the last year. (Not necessarily books published in 2004, but any book they discovered over the last 12 months.) Here’s what they said.
(Before we start: have a Weblog and want to contribute your picks? Email me […]
Okay. So I own a few Moleskine notebooks. And they’re great. I’d consider myself a devotee.
But these people. Well, they’re just Moleskine fetishists.
“QUITTING THE PAINT FACTORY: On the virtues of idleness.” (Related: “You Deserve a Month Off.“)
Introducing the “Groove Tube.”
I love Doritos. Simply love ‘em. And here in Taiwan, there’re some interesting, not-available-in-the-US flavors to choose from. You’ve got your “Fiery Garlic,” which I like. You’ve got your “American Taco” (they’re not called “Mexican Taco,” oddly), which I’m not crazy about.
But my favorite flavor, “Guacamole,” which was introduced in the States last year […]
–Mia Garciaparra (nee Mia Hamm) has played her last game for the US women’s national team.
–The six myths of creativity. (Related: “How we work.”)
–A holiday buying guide from the NY Times’s Circuits section.
–“Weather Data for the Masses.”