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07 January, 2009
The Tyranny Of The Short Term
Michael Lewis and David Einhorn lucidly explain how the financial crisis happened—and what to do about it. (Via Mohit.)
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Amit Varma in
Business |
Economics at 11:44 AM
29 December, 2008
Celebrating Bling
Or rather, celebrity bling.
Posted by
Amit Varma in
The good life at 1:20 AM
15 December, 2008
Pragmatism And Ideology
Tobin Harshaw links to some thought-provoking pieces here.
Posted by
Amit Varma in
Politics at 5:49 PM
12 December, 2008
The Worst Puns Ever
Ramesh Srivats continues to delight.
Posted by
Amit Varma in
Politics at 8:02 AM
Nuclear Proliferation
The NY Times lays out the history of the spread of nuclear technology. (Via Neel.)
Posted by
Amit Varma in
Politics at 7:31 AM
01 December, 2008
Garden and Cosmos
The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur
Posted by
Sanjeev Naik in
Arts and entertainment at 2:21 AM
25 November, 2008
Guess that mimed album cover
Play the game; Beware: Man in leotard posing! - via Mefi.
Posted by
Sanjeev Naik in
Arts and entertainment at 2:11 AM
Labels from 78 rpm records …
...over the decades - via Mefi.
Posted by
Sanjeev Naik in
The visual arts at 2:07 AM
24 November, 2008
Gastronomic desires
Enjoy the best Tx BBQ in the world and wash it down with extreme beer
Posted by
Sanjeev Naik in
The good life at 5:04 AM
Literary Tastings
Perhaps now we know why Monica got Leaves of Grass from her paramour. (My pick - Walden)
Posted by
Sanjeev Naik in
Arts and entertainment |
The good life at 5:02 AM
19 November, 2008
Work before the work
A lot of effort went into putting up this Under Construction sign!
Posted by
Sanjeev Naik in
The visual arts at 8:46 PM
Youtuberama
A collection of good youtube videos, via Metafilter.
Posted by
Sanjeev Naik in
Miscellaneous at 8:44 PM
30 October, 2008
You have been 404’d
100 funny and unusual 404 error pages.
Posted by
Sanjeev Naik in
The visual arts at 6:21 PM
24 October, 2008
The places we live
Jonas Bendiksen takes us on a journey from Bombay to Nairobi to Caracas and Jakarta.
Posted by
Sanjeev Naik in
The visual arts at 4:58 AM
28 September, 2008
Vanity Fair
Covers, Portraits & an article by Hitchens.
Posted by
Sanjeev Naik in
Arts and entertainment |
The visual arts at 12:49 PM
27 September, 2008
Literary Oddities
A Mefi post with links to “Unusual books. Unusual art made from books. Unusual bookcover. Unusual bookshelves. Unusual bookstore.”
Posted by
Sanjeev Naik in
Arts and entertainment |
Oddball |
The visual arts at 11:32 AM
24 September, 2008
Literary Tattoos
If you love Vonnegut, and tattoos too, this is what you do. More here.
Posted by
Sanjeev Naik in
Blogs |
The visual arts at 6:15 AM
21 September, 2008
Collecting colours over a cup of coffee
p.i.g.m.e.n.t.i.u.m - a painting a day
Posted by
Sanjeev Naik in
Arts and entertainment |
Blogs at 6:37 AM
20 September, 2008
The 50 “Buzziest” Blog Posts
As compiled by Nerve magazine.
Posted by
Sanjeev Naik in
Blogs at 8:45 AM
19 September, 2008
12,000 sitting ducks
Franke James takes a creative visual route to narrate a local accident.
Posted by
Sanjeev Naik in
Blogs |
The visual arts at 10:48 AM
12 September, 2008
That’s one reason to move!
"I moved here, primarily, to have the bigger, stronger, runway,” Travolta explains. - via.
Posted by
Sanjeev Naik in
Miscellaneous at 5:13 AM
11 September, 2008
Seven years since
Looking back and forward on 9/11
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Sanjeev Naik in
Journalism/Media |
The visual arts at 8:00 PM
06 September, 2008
The 100 Most Common English Words
See how many you can guess. (Via Chandru.)
Posted by
Amit Varma in
Miscellaneous at 7:10 PM
29 August, 2008
iAlive
Bloomberg accidentally releases Steve Jobs’s obituary, while the man still lives.
Posted by
Amit Varma in
Journalism/Media at 1:15 AM
22 August, 2008
Be careful what you wish for
Heh again!
Posted by
Sanjeev Naik in
Miscellaneous at 6:08 AM
21 August, 2008
Baby Boomers
Heh. (Via Arvind Krishnaswamy.)
Posted by
Amit Varma in
Miscellaneous at 2:34 PM
14 August, 2008
Put all those books to good use
Create a book pile.
Posted by
Sanjeev Naik in
Arts and entertainment at 8:40 AM
11 August, 2008
The Literary Olympics
Have a go. I scored 10.8.
Posted by
Amit Varma in
Arts and entertainment at 8:10 PM
My Friend Sancho Is Looking For Clothes
A reminder to my readers: the contest to design the cover for my first novel, My Friend, Sancho, is…Cleaning Up The Internet
All hail the WTF headline of the day: China to ‘clean up’ the internet It seems the Chinese authorities…
New York Cricket Club
Netherland is an Indian novel accidentally written by an Irishman
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The Desperate Passion of Ben Foster
Method acting meets controlled staginess in 3:10 to Yuma
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#106 - Generalissimo 76
Sample clues
9 across: Van Morrison classic from Moondance (7)
6 down: Order beginning with ‘A’ (12)
Bombastic Little Creep
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?
