coffee with a side of knives, please: Archive

Amtrekker →

#46: See a movie at the Alamo Drafthouse. Whee!

Dec 31st

A gasoline tax “is not just win-win; it’s win,... →

elephant for gas taxes “But if Obama, like Bush, wills the ends and not the means — wills a green economy without the price signals needed to change consumer behavior and drive innovation — he will fail…”

Dec 29th

The Biggest Scientific Breakthroughs of 2008 →

“It took a long time but the sun is finally rising as our most promising source of clean, sustainable energy.” Thank God.

Dec 23rd

Project 7 →

Not totally sure if bottled water is the right way to go with this project (um…save the earth?). Although, they have a good point. People do drink a lot of it.

Dec 23rd

Miami

Everything is happening in Miami lately. Bits of Art Basel + Cory Kennedy’s experience (an underwhelming yawnfest - Gawker pinned it correctly) This airport food study begins in the lovely Miami International. Icy lounges in the city of heat. The new Bollywood spectacular, Dostana. I guess that’s it.

Dec 23rd

Dec 21st

Five Wishes. Steve Martin ♥

Dec 20th

Enjoy Life (proven by science, hawt)

This article is targeted at individuals looking to be happier in their everyday lives. “10 Things Science Says Will Make You Happy,” however, is just too cheesy a title. I prefer to look at this as a list of things to do in order to prevent existential crises from popping up. THE LIST: 1. Savor Everyday Moments 2. Avoid Comparisons 3. Put Money Low on the List 4. Have Meaningful...

Dec 16th

Dec 15th

Dec 14th

snippets of history →

Dec 13th

hip-hop a la audiotuts →

Dec 13th

Dec 11th

go world. →

/sarcasm “Not a single country is to be judged as satisfactory with regard to protecting the climate,” the NGOs Germanwatch and Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe said.

Dec 11th

Brain Mapping →

Scientists are slowly developing the technology to derive and display images directly from the human brain during REM sleep. This is not scary. Once they have succeeded in this area, however, and expand into the realm of the awake and alert mind…that will be frightening.

Dec 11th

Dec 10th

Intern James Frey

Gawker had an intern today! Author of the awesome yet completely forged novel A Million Little Pieces, Mr. Frey, opted to come in and work for the website for one day. Check out the rundown: Meet him! His day’s task Answering Questions Fare Thee Well! Also, the fact that the last link is tagged with WTF is just hilarious.

Dec 10th