Then Hel asked what this Holden’s father was like, so I told her if she wanted to know the truth Holden didn’t want to go into all that David Copperfield-kind of business. It bored him and anyway his “parents would have [had] about two hemorrhages apiece if [he] told anything personal about them.” You see, this Holden, I said, he just can’t find anybody decent in the lousy world and he’s in some sort of crumby Californian home full of psychiatrists.— Aw, the World’s a Crumby Place, the 1951 NY Times review of Catcher in the Rye
posted on February 24, 2010 ∞
(via) The aurora borealis is amazing. I’ve seen it a bit in Alaska, but never to this extent. I wouldn’t mind visitting Iceland.
posted on February 22, 2010 ∞
RESTful Web Services
I’m typically not a huge fan of Java, but I’m also not a fan of much of the documentation that passes for “into to the meaning of REST” that exists online.
This is a super good article on web services, and if you’re a believer in building simple web services (which are stateless) this would be a great place to start, even if you don’t like Java.
posted on February 19, 2010 ∞
Edgar G. Ulmer’s noir classic, Detour.
posted on February 17, 2010 ∞
Is Arc'Teryx on SteepAndCheap? (Twitter)
I love Steep And Cheap, but a lot of the stuff they post isn’t interesting to me. I have a fondness for Arc’Teryx (mostly just the Made in Canada stuff) and am always curious to see when their products make it onto SteepAndCheap.
I created this Twitter account to basically notify the world whenever this happens. I used python-twitter and the entire script is 5 lines total (could’ve been 1, but, you know, Python and whitespace…).
Maybe this will help out some of you other gear whores/snobs out there. It certainly won’t help me at all, and will most likely end up coercing me into spending money on gear I don’t need!
posted on February 17, 2010 ∞
Revanche Trailer (not safe for work!)
This is next on my list of Criterions to buy. Sadly it may be a while, all the titles that went out of print last week forced a few extra purchases lately.
posted on February 17, 2010 ∞
The Night I Met Einstein
A transcription from Reader’s Digest. I’ve always been fond of Einstein’s quirkiness and his subtle charisma, but I hadn’t read many anecdotal tales like this. I may have to go find an Einstein biography.
posted on February 17, 2010 ∞
Thao + the Get Down Stay Down — Beat (Health, Life & Fired)
posted on February 12, 2010 ∞
An actress spent her life savings to make this prequel to Lord of the Rings. I just watched the first 5 or 10 minutes, and the production is actually very good.
posted on February 12, 2010 ∞
Behind the Scenes with Fritz Lang
(via) This is a really cool look at all the drawings that went into Metropolis. I saw this at the Fox in Atlanta with a live organist many years ago, and it was pretty awesome. I’m psyched for the recently-found extra footage.
posted on February 12, 2010 ∞
welcome...
to periphery.org, a weblog that I maintain. Every time a lightbulb goes off in my head, I try to post the solution here. I also tend to post interesting quotes, links, etc.
I also post code here. I try to maintain it in a Git repo, and every time I check in something new I'll write an entry here with some explanation and examples.
