Bevedog
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Performing your thinking and enjoyment
In the two and a half years since his death, a D.F.W. cottage industry has sprung up… To speak of Wallace, now, is inevitably to take part in all of this — and to suffer the D.F.W.-esque worry that you … Continue reading
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Urination mechanic
This is a sophisticated videogame. The urination mechanic itself is remarkable; the game implements a strange attractor that draws and repels the player’s cursor target in an increasingly haphazard fashion. The lack of control is palpable, a superb unit operation … Continue reading
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The failure mode of clever is “asshole.” – John Scalzi
The failure mode of clever is “asshole.” – John Scalzi
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It was such a relief when Jacques Derrida died
It was such a relief when Jacques Derrida died. The rush to forget him began with the obituaries in the broadsheets…. Derrida published so many books and made so much trouble in the process. In his final years he was … Continue reading
Jessy’s fake poetry bio. Brilliant!
Jessy Randall has read poems in the Iowa Review, Ploughshares, the Paris Review, the New Yorker, and The Best American Poetry 1999, 2003, and 2007. Poetic Asides with Robert Lee Brewer – First Ever Fake Bio Contest Winner and Other … Continue reading
You just go on your nerve
You just go on your nerve. If someone’s chasing you down the street with a knife you just run, you don’t turn around and shout, “Give it up I was a track star for Mineola Prep.” Frank O’Hara, “Personism”.
HURRICANE KATRINA…A MOST POWERFUL HURRICANE WITH UNPRECEDENTED STRENGTH…RIVALING THE INTENSITY OF HURRICANE CAMILLE OF 1969.
POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS…AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS. Urgent weather message from the National Weather Service regarding Hurricane Katrina, Sunday Augustu 28, 2005. … Continue reading
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David Foster Wallace on why he’s no longer on the Straight Talk Express
The truth—as I see it—is that the previous seven years and four months of the Bush Administration have been such an unmitigated horror show of rapacity, hubris, incompetence, mendacity, corruption, cynicism and contempt for the electorate that it’s very difficult … Continue reading
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Mister Jalopy Wants to Make a Better World
Mr. Jalopy said he was neither a Luddite nor particularly handy. But he has a deep affection for products that are designed and built to last. “I’m not into retro,†he said. “I’m into better.†Editorial Observer – Mister Jalopy … Continue reading
Visual Thinking | Douglas Coupland
I think that an inevitable and necessary step for written culture over the next few decades is going to be the introduction of a détente between the visual and literary worlds–at the very least, an agreement to agree that they’re … Continue reading