Newsletter 328
[1]Won't Get Fooled Again
Links:
1. http://b.rw/ln9UVR
Simon Garfield | Intelligent Life | 29 May 2011
Pete Townshend, mid-way through his memoirs, 66, half-deaf, reflects on life
and music. And on Keith Richards's memoirs. "It’s sad that we will only
remember Keith’s book because of what he said about the size of Mick’s
genitals" [2]Comments
Links:
2. http://thebrowser.com/articles/wont-get-fooled-again-0
[3]Why I’m Putting All My Savings Into Bitcoin
Links:
3. http://b.rw/lINjAx
Rick Falkvinge | Falkvinge | 29 May 2011
Would you risk investing all your life savings in a new, unproven online
virtual currency? Well, Rick Falkvinge is doing just that. Despite the
numerous risks, he believes this might be the investment of the century.
Here's why [4]Comments
Links:
4. http://thebrowser.com/articles/why-i’m-putting-all-my-savings-bitcoin
[5]He Killed Edwin Pratt
Links:
5. http://b.rw/kZjveZ
Rick Anderson | Seattle Weekly | 25 May 2011
Civil rights campaigner Ed Pratt was shot dead on the porch of his house in
Seattle on a snowy January night in 1969. His work had brought him enemies,
both black and white. Has Seattle's coldest murder case finally been solved?
[6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/he-killed-edwin-pratt
[7]How Do CEOs Spend Their Time?
Links:
7. http://b.rw/m6NfID
Oriana Bandiera et al | Vox | 28 May 2011
Surprise, surprise. They're mostly in meetings. Spend 85% of time "with
other people". But are those people colleagues or outsiders? Face time with
colleagues benefits mainly the company. Face time with outsiders benefits
CEOs [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-do-ceos-spend-their-time
[9]Drugged And Duped
Links:
9. http://b.rw/mfNI0T
David Gambacorta | Philly | 19 May 2011
TV weatherman says East Europeans drugged him and maxed out his credit card
in Miami Beach. "I woke up in a taxi. My shirt was stained with red wine,
and I had this huge painting of a woman's head". AmEx wants him to repay
$43,000 [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/drugged-and-duped
[11]The Professor And The Pornographer
Links:
11. http://b.rw/lhpMgL
David Eisenbach | Chronicle Review | 29 May 2011
"Hello, David, it's Larry Flynt. I saw your show on the History Channel. I
have a business proposition. I want to write a book with you about the sex
lives of the presidents. Think it over, and let's talk some more over
dinner" [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/professor-and-pornographer
FiveBooks Interview
[13]Hugo Vickers on Royal Biographies
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/hugo-vickers-on-royal-biographies
Hugo Vickers talks about what makes a good royal biography, and how he
helped Helena Bonham Carter prepare for her film role as the Queen Mother
Featured Topic
[14]Espionage
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/topics/espionage
The irresistible subject - spies. Who are they? What do they really do? Are
today's spies that different from the heroes of the Cold War? Read on to
find out
Reader Recommendations
@[15]polit2k: A 'war' we should fight no longer - Mary Ann Sieghart,
Commentators - The Independent - [16]goo.gl/UpAD9 #[17]browsings
Links:
15. http://twitter.com/polit2k
16. http://goo.gl/UpAD9
17. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#browsings
Book of the Day
[18]Negative Space by Manny Farber
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/negative-space-by-manny-farber
[19]Andrew Sarris says: "Manny Farber was a great writer. I think his
reviews read better now than they did at the moment he wrote them"
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/andrew-sarris-on-film-criticism
Video of the Day
[20]Girl With Dragon Tattoo
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/videos/girl-dragon-tattoo
Official trailer, I think, but with a pirated feel. David Fincher directs.
Trent Reznor cover of "Immigrant Song"
Quote of the Day
[21]Alfred Hitchcock, on suspense
Links:
21. http://tomshone.blogspot.com/2011/05/fine-art-of-suspense-botched.html
"Suspense consists of letting an audience know precisely what is about to
happen—and then making them wait for it"