July 2011
2 posts
David Foster Wallace - Commencement Speech at... →
Best graduation speech ever!
May 2011
4 posts
Why the crime decline? →
There may also be a medical reason for the decline in crime. For decades, doctors have known that children with lots of lead in their blood are much more likely to be aggressive, violent and delinquent. In 1974, the Environmental Protection Agency required oil companies to stop putting lead in gasoline. At the same time, lead in paint was banned for any new home (though old buildings still have...
Next and Aviary
Was in Chicago last week and had an unbelievable time at Next/Aviary, Grant Achatz’s (chef at Alinea) new restaurant and bar, respectively.
Next changes their menu every 3 months and does a new theme based on a different time and place each time. This menu was Paris 1906 and they copied exact recipes from that period, which made the 8 course meal extremely authentic.
The restaurant...
FT.com / House & Home - Liveable v lovable →
Best city analysis I’ve read via FT. Top 5: NYC, Rio, Istanbul, London, Rome.
Passover in Boca
Went to a Passover program at the Boca Raton Resort with a few friends and their family. Need to do relaxing/good weather trips like these more often. Great way to refresh.
Passover thing was fantastic. I was gorging myself on food every day, frequently ordering 2-3 entrees for dinner and eating some sort of meal or snack every couple hours.
Next year hope to stay longer and get in a golf...
April 2011
4 posts
Rodrigo Rosenberg’s Murder in Guatemala : The New... →
Took a week to read but great story about Guatemala politics/corruption
March 2011
6 posts
Color Looks To Reinvent Social Interaction With... →
Shares photos publicly within 100 feet, called the “Twitter of photo apps.” This will be really awesome in big cities.
Nguyen has visions of fundamentally changing some aspects of social interaction and local discovery with the app, which he considers part of the so-called Post-PC movement. Using all of the data being collected (remember, the app is taking advantage of all of your...
Universal wrapping paper | David Airey, graphic... →
Sick idea