Benjamin Hoste's Weblog

At the end of each month I put together a list of links to articles, videos, and other things online that I’ve enjoyed during the month. Links to these lists are below. Additionally, I have links to a few blogs and podcasts that I enjoy.

Blogs

Daring Fireball
Kottke.org
ISO50
Aquarium Drunkard
Classical Geek Theatre

Podcasts

This American Life
Radiolab
The Talk Show
Sound Opinions
The Moth
Fresh Air
WTF with Marc Marin

 

LINKS OF INTEREST

Articles

The Pedal-to-the-Metal, Totally Illegal, Cross-Country Sprint for Glory” – WIRED
High Tech Cowboys of the Deep Sea: The Race to Save the Cougar Ace” – WIRED
Three-Man Weave” – Grantland
Music Blogging in the U.S.A.” – Rawkblog
Recession-Proof Graduate” – Charlie Hoehn
The Untold Story of the World’s Biggest Diamond Heist” – WIRED
Alex Chilton, Influential Rock Singer, Dies at 59” – NY Times
Kick Startup: Successful Fundraising with Kickstarter.com” – Craig Mod
↳ ”Idea to Market in 5 Months: Making the Glif” – The Russians Used a Pencil
The Secret History of Paul Thomas Anderson” – Esquire
The Lost Art of Pickpocketing” – Slate
The Highly Coveted Pitchfork Music Festival Elite VIP Badge” – Pitchfork Reviews Reviews
↳ “Surfing on Steam Reviews ‘Pitchfork Reviews Reviews’…” – Surfing on Steam
↳ “CGT Reviews Surfing on Steam Reviews ‘Pitchfork Reviews Reviews’…” – Classical Geek Theatre
1,000 True Fans” – Kevin Kelly
The Making of a Hit Song: Jerry Wonda’s Platinum Sound” – NPR
Blue Valentine” – Art of the Title Sequence
Getting Bin Laden” – The New Yorker
↳ “Schmidle Defends Sourcing…” – The Poynter Institute
New York Cheat Sheets” – NY Times
Straight Shooter” – New York Magazine
The Comic Who Explores Comedy’s Darkest Side” – NY Times
Five Years of 100 Days” – Design Observer
↳ Surplus: One Hundred Things
The Monty Hall Problem” – Wikipedia
↳ “The Birthday Problem” – Wikipedia
What are some cultural faux pas in New York City?” – Quora
The McGurk Effect” – Wikipedia
↳ “Crazy Audiovisual Illusion” – Kottke.org
B-Girl Bouillabaise” – NY Times
Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond?” – The Atlantic
Better, Faster, Stronger” – The New Yorker
San Francisco’s Twisted Romance with Vertigo” – NPR
The Man Who Took the Prize” – National Geographic
The 9/11 Tapes: The Story in the Air” – NY Times
Android Orphans: Visualizing a Sad History of Support” – The Understatement
Condo at the End of the World” – The Verge
Fugazi Live Series is a Massive Archive of Punk Band’s Shows” – WIRED
How Chris Burden Created Metroplis II, A Tiny City Where 1,100 Toy Cars Zoom” – Fast Company
The Hipsterfication of America” – NPR
The Movie that Ate Itself” – GQ
The Tweaker” – The New Yorker
A Conspiracy of Hogs: The McRib as Arbitrage” – The Awl
A Punter’s Guide to Succeeding (or not) on Denali’s West Buttress” – Summit Post
Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?” – NY Times
What are some cultural faux pas in New York City” – Quora
The Highly Coveted Pitchfork Music Festival Elite VIP Badge” – Pitchfork Reviews Reviews
The Menace Within” – Stanford Magazine
For a Movement, a Question: What Now?” – NY Times
At Flagging Tribune, Tales of Bankrupt Culture” – NY Times

Videos

Taryn Simon Photographs Secret Sites” – TED
Crowd Sourcing Killed Punk Rock” – Christopher Weingarten
Nosh Promo: Behind the Scenes” – ISO50
↳ “Nosh 404: Process Post” – ISO50
↳ “Adam Lisagor is Advertising’s Quietest Pitchman” – Fast Company
↳ Sandwich Video
Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win (Full Length)” – Spike Jonze
Plastic Bag” – Future States
Coming to America” – National Geographic
Hong Kong Honey” – The Silent Lights
Ross Capicchioni’s Survival Story: Part 1” – The Berrics
↳ ”Ross Capicchioni’s Survival Story: Part 2” – The Berrics
Wilco: Live on Letterman” – CBS
My Life as a Bee” – Roberrt Scholar
The Ascent of Alex Honnold” – 60 Minutes
↳ “Filming Mountain Climber Alex Honnold” – 60 Minutes
↳ “Dude: The Quirky World of Alex Honnold” – 60 Minutes
National Geographic Live: Photographer Jimmy Chin” – National Geographic
Move” – Rick Mereki
↳ “Learn” – Rick Mereki
↳  ”Eat” – Rick Mereki
Dave Eggers’ Wish: Once Upon a School” – TED
Art of the Title Sequence: Mad Men” – Art of the Title Sequence
Capturing Surfing with a Portable Bullet-Time Rig Composed of 30 GoPros” – Peta Pixel
Lonely Boy” – The Black Keys
Danger 5 Preview” – SBS One
Miniatur Wunderland” – Miniatur Wunderland
Carousel Horse Race” – Improve Everywhere
The Secret of Life from Steve Jobs in 46 Seconds” – Brain Pickings

Projects

Pine Point Revisited
Surplus: One Hundred Things
Cinemetrics
Fugazi Live Series