Thanks Annaliese for showing me this.
I reject the response to articles like these that conservatives can’t validly hold the anti-spending viewpoint because of spending under Bush. Many people didn’t agree with it then, and they don’t agree with it now.
Julian Casablancas - Left & Right in the Dark
Most fun album of the year.
British artist Stephen Wiltshire is currently attempting to draw the Manhattan skyline from memory. since Monday October 26th. Wiltshire began filling in an 18 foot canvas at the Pratt institute, Brooklyn. The drawing is expected to be complete by Friday. You can follow his progress through the live webcam here.
Wiltshire diagnosed with autism at the age of three displays an unusually powerful photographic memory that he has applied to rendering city scapes. He can look at the subject of his drawing once and reproduce it accurately with photographic detail, down to the exact number of columns or windows on a building. He memorizes their shapes, locations and the architecture.
The U.S. is about to launch Ares I-X, the largest rocket ever, into space.
See thousands of more renderings from NASA’s space program here.
Son Volt - Tear Stained Eye
The pedal steel guitar is, of course, commonly associated with country music. It is also (arguably) these days most closely associated with the kind of homogenized, poppy country music that I suspect may have contributed to the rural-to-urban population shift in the United States: there’s a reason that New York City spent decades without a country radio station, people.
But then the 1990s and alt.country rolled around. Hands up every lifelong urbanite who has Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, and/or Son Volt tracks on one of the “oh, wait, I love that” lists that sit in their head. I’ve known people who “hate country music” and yet rave about seeing Uncle Tupelo.
So here we are. From Sun Volt’s first album, a beautiful song and some aching pedal steel work.
Finally. Fried Oreos.
America
Texas state fair. Looking for the fried beer.
This article is one of the many reasons I’m going to be buying The Hardball Times Annual this year. Mixed with the Baseball Prospectus, I should have all the unusual baseball metrics and predictions money can buy.
This is an excellent presentation given by Aaron Patzer, CEO of Mint, who just sold to Intuit for $170 million. Beyond the detailed explanations about how much it costs to start up, and an insightful insight into Mint’s actual costs at different stages, Patzer speaks to the non monetary benefits a founder can expect from success. This should be inspiring for anyone thinking of starting a company.
I am Will Cole, previously co-founder of Chalq. I'm interested in baseball, fantasy sports, music, Texas, New York, startups, and the internet.
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