May 2012
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“You write that laziness is my ideal state. That is not entirely accurate; I...”
– Anton Chekhov, “216. To Alexey Suvorin, 7 April 1897, Moscow”, Chekhov: A Life in Letters, trans. R. Bartlett and A. Phillips, Penguin, 2004, p. 368. (via msodradek)
May 30th
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“Crevalcore è bellissima, è uno di quei posti italiani dei quali non si parla...”
– Michele Serra - I contadini e gli operai della mia terra ferita - Repubblica.it (via viaemiliadoc) Da leggere tutto.
May 30th
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May 30th
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May 29th
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You do the maths #18
  3 job interviews +2 work offers +2 major earthquakes in my homeland +1 broken hard disk +1 huge project rainchecked +1 close friend whose last surviving relative suffered a stroke +1 mother visiting +1 meeting with John Irving +2 forthcoming Springsteen concerts = disaster comedy? It’s a heck of a roller-coaster of a past couple of days, you guys.
May 29th
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Se parli Italiano segui Via Emilia Doc →
È un documentario interattivo sulla via Emilia di oggi. Lo facciamo noi.
May 27th
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May 27th
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May 26th
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May 18th
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May 16th
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theatlantic: laughterkey: “Jean Luc Godard said cinema is truth 24 times a second. Maybe. It’s lying 24 times a second too. All the time. All story is manipulation. Is there an acceptable manipulation? You bet.” —Ken Burns, on storytelling in film. (Y’all should watch the short documentary about Burns. It’s great.) Wait a minute. Someone made a documentary about Ken Burns that isn’t...
May 15th
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May 12th
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May 11th
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May 10th
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May 8th
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“The essential part of creativity is not being afraid to fail.”
– Polaroid co-founder Edwin H. Land. (via life)
May 7th
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May 6th
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May 6th
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May 6th
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May 5th
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“It’s so important to be able to write correctly, it sounds basic but...”
– Mia Hansen-Løve - interview by Phil on Film
May 5th
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WatchWatch
One Morning at Home with John Irving - Shaul Schwarz - TIME Whether on a grand-tour TV show or in an architectural magazine, it’s not too hard to see what a famous person’s house looks like. It’s also, thanks to paparazzi and tabloid photos, easy to see a picture of a famous person. But it’s less easy to capture iconic cultural movers and shakers truly at home—in both senses of the phrase. That’s...
May 4th
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May 4th
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You may now call me Doctor Byronic.
Well, this feels good. And it was worth all the hard work. Thank you so very much to all of you who read my work, made me think, supported me in a crisis and tolerated my complaints in the last four years. You are a great bunch of people for a PhD student to spend internet time with. I think I love you (and I’m a little tipsy on champagne).
May 3rd
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Cross your fingers for me
I’m discussing my thesis tomorrow.
May 2nd
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Who Watches the Mad Men? →
A Mad Men/Watchmen mash-up. File under: ideas I wish I had had.
May 2nd
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May 1st
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May 1st
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