October 2011
The Class War Has Begun →
Wall Street Isn't Winning It's Cheating | Matt... →
Why Chomsky is wrong about Twitter - Social Media... →
It’s Good to Be Michael Lewis →
Probably one of two authors right now whose books I can finish. Krakauer is the other.
Et tu, Mr. Destructo?: Al Davis and the Media's... →
Personally, I don’t think it needed any mention of Steve Jobs, but the Davis stuff is very interesting.
The New Miami Marlins Logo Is No Longer The Worst... →
If Carnival and Las Vegas had a baby, this would be the placenta.
Daring Fireball: Universe Dented, Grass Underfoot →
Surely, my mind raced, surely he has more than one pair of those shoes. He could afford to buy the factory that made them. Why wear this grass-stained pair for the keynote, a rare and immeasurably high-profile public appearance? My guess: he didn’t notice, didn’t care. One of Jobs’s many gifts was that he knew what to give a shit about. He knew how to focus and prioritize his time and attention....
The Undervaluing Of Moneyball; Or, What You Can... →
One group of critics comes off as disingenuous, mercenary, or cranky. The disingenuousness is easy to spot: just look for anyone who admits that no one can predict the future, then lists anything that happened after the season on which the book was based as proof that the book was wrong. Beane made decisions based on the exigencies of that particular season; whether Chad Bradford sucked on the...