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This Salman Khan deserves to be called a hero. Terrific educational videos. (Via Prashant.)
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Science and technology at 1:29 AM
Elisabeth Rosenthal has some good Swine-Flu advice. (Via Griff.)
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Miscellaneous at 3:53 AM
Check out Norman Mailer’s ten favourite American novels.
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Arts and entertainment at 9:19 PM
Adam St. Patrick goes to a routine beheading. (Via Arun.)
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Miscellaneous at 2:33 AM
And other ways to use BACON to make your life incredible and amazing
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The good life at 2:04 AM
NYT Article: How I Learned to Love Goat Meat
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The good life at 11:30 PM
.. his collection of “vintage knick-knacks, fab furnishings, collectible art, one-of-a-kind porn, and plastic food” and LOTS of books!
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The good life at 1:48 AM
Dick Cavett talks to Cheever & Updike - Oct 14, 1981. (Earlier post.)
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Arts and entertainment at 11:39 AM
That’s what Pakistan can become, warns Patrick French. (Via Nikhil Mehra.)
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Politics at 12:06 AM
Orhan Pamuk on his “Turkish Library” and “buying books, as if to take revenge on the life I was fleeing.”
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Arts and entertainment at 3:28 AM
... of the financial crisis, according to Dan Drezner. (HT: Priyanka.)
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Economics at 2:36 PM
And 4 others, after I behead you?- Love letter from Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn.
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Miscellaneous at 5:29 AM
“The king poked the queen. The queen poked the king back. Hamlet and the queen are no longer friends.” (HT: Gautam John)
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Arts and entertainment at 7:49 PM
Shakespeare’s on Twitter now. Oof. (HT: Sanjeev.)
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Arts and entertainment at 6:52 PM
“I apologize for any incontinence” and other spell-checking horrors!
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Arts and entertainment at 12:43 AM
The 100 most beautiful words in the English language.
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Arts and entertainment at 12:38 AM
A gastronomic walking excursion in NYC with writer Calvin Trillin.
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The good life at 8:05 PM
..about the craft of fiction and the art of writing (Oct 2008). RIP, Updike.
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Arts and entertainment at 7:56 PM
Ian McEwan delivers a lovely tribute to John Updike.
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Arts and entertainment at 1:09 PM
Update: Here’s more. (HT: Abhisek.)
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Miscellaneous at 1:42 PM
... check out the world’s largest malls.
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The good life at 7:52 PM
Michael Lewis and David Einhorn lucidly explain how the financial crisis happened—and what to do about it. (Via Mohit.)
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Business |
Economics at 11:44 AM
Or rather, celebrity bling.
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The good life at 1:20 AM
Tobin Harshaw links to some thought-provoking pieces here.
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Politics at 5:49 PM
Ramesh Srivats continues to delight.
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Politics at 8:02 AM
The NY Times lays out the history of the spread of nuclear technology. (Via Neel.)
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Politics at 7:31 AM
The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur
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Arts and entertainment at 2:21 AM
Play the game; Beware: Man in leotard posing! - via Mefi.
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Arts and entertainment at 2:11 AM
...over the decades - via Mefi.
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The visual arts at 2:07 AM
Enjoy the best Tx BBQ in the world and wash it down with extreme beer
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The good life at 5:04 AM
Sita Sings the Blues: The Greatest Break-Up Story Ever Told
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Dev.D doesn't flinch from depicting the individual’s downward spiral
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Question by Amit Varma
This character’s creator described him as “insufferable”, and called him a “detestable, bombastic, tiresome, ego-centric little creep”. On August 6 1975, the New York Times carried his obituary, the only time it has thus honoured a fictional character. Who?