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