September 2009
25 posts
How a Malawian teenager harnessed the power of the...
William Kamkwamba’s parents couldn’t afford the $80 yearly tuition for their son’s school. The boy sneaked into the classroom anyway, dodging administrators for a few weeks until they caught him. Still emaciated from the recent deadly famine that had killed friends and neighbors, he went back to work on his family’s corn and tobacco farm in rural Malawi, Africa.
With no hope of getting the funds...
“If it’s a good idea and it gets you excited, try it, and if it bursts into...”
– Jim Coudal of Coudal Partners. 13 years “without business plan” shows that it pays to take risks. (via makenosound)
“Before the Internet came along, most Americans never wrote anything, ever, that...”
– Clive Thompson on the New Literacy (via Jeff Atwood) (via marco)
Watch Tribute to George - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
“Of course, if you create embarrassment, you can’t be saying this. But...”
– The Dalai Lama on Political Correctness
“I say make it as quickly and faithfully as possible. ‘Quickly’ and ‘faithfully’...”
– Ze Frank on Imaginary Audiences :: Articles :: The 99 Percent
Watchmerlin:
sharpless:
fugeesandfunyuns:
A new episode of Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis! This time, Zach’s guest is Charlize Theron, and things go a little… differently than they usually do.
I think I’m just a little bit in love with Charlize.
No question.
Wow.
“There’s a great story about Pablo Picasso. Some guy told Picasso...”
– I Will Not Read Your Fucking Script - New York News - Runnin’ Scared
Really interesting viewpoint on professional criticism by the writer of A History of Violence
The life of print.
soupsoup:
katiebakes:
Silverstein believed that written works needed to be read on paper—the correct paper for the particular work. He usually would not allow his poems and stories to be published unless he could choose the type, size, shape, color, and quality of the paper himself. Being a book collector, he took seriously the feel of the paper, the look of the book from the inside and out,...
Watchcapucha:
A dad swallows his daughter’s desert while she’s looking away : confusion ensues. This is the latest french buzz and it’s just freaking adorable.