tylercowen
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Judd Apatow's *Funny People* is a surprisingly excellent movie.
about 22 hours ago
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Today I saw someone building a new house. Really.
10:16 AM Dec 24th
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Leon, Nicaragua: incredible corn tamales for 50 cents, carried around in baskets on womens' heads, better than almost anything in Paris.
2:03 PM Dec 19th
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Leon, Nicaragua is one of the very nicest cities in all of Latin America, like a dream you think doesn't really exist but it does.
6:36 PM Dec 17th
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Hugo Chavez: "If the climate was a bank, they would have already saved it." Via Angus.
2:56 PM Dec 16th
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The very young Paul Samuelson bore an odd resemblance to, of all people, Buddy Holly.
6:44 PM Dec 13th
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Correct Pynchon tinyurl is now: bit.ly/4R6eET
8:28 AM Dec 12th
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Profile of young Thomas Pynchon,
7:23 PM Dec 11th
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Jason Kottke on modern fame: "How will we think about death when someone we know or admire dies every day for the rest of our lives?"
8:01 AM Dec 11th
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"I cannot rule out with 95% confidence the null hypothesis that Tyler wakes up every morning and says, "How can I annoy Bob Murphy today?""
5:09 AM Dec 11th
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"One-third of all known species of dinosaur were now thought merely to be younger versions of other dinosaurs." - Harper's Index
2:50 PM Dec 10th
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"After resigning from M.I.T. in 2007 for lying on her résumé, Marilee Jones has re-emerged as a college admissions consultant."
12:00 PM Dec 7th
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"This article … in no way reflects the Speaker's views today."
7:43 PM Dec 4th
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New category: "Things that make Robin Hanson spring to mind,"
12:18 PM Dec 4th
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Over lunch, Robin Hanson declared a tentative allegiance to the doctrine of panpsychism.
10:33 AM Dec 4th
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Was it the best season of *Curb Your Enthusiasm* yet? LD had a major hand in every script.
7:26 PM Dec 2nd
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So many people use the word "methodology" when "method" would be correct.
4:46 AM Dec 1st
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I have now read a co-authored letter of recommendation for a job candidate.
1:43 PM Nov 30th
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@: Rome also has the world's best Ethiopian food, try that.
4:26 PM Nov 29th
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@: Rome a poor food city, too many tourists, but eat innards, etc. in Testacchio plus try Michelin recs.
4:26 PM Nov 29th
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