Archive for April 21st, 2009
There goes lunch
By Tom Teicholz at 21 April, 2009, 11:21 am
Among the many offerings Bravo has announced, it turns out they are launching a reality series set at Fred Segal Santa Monica. I don’t know much more than that — but I’ll ask around. Hope it doesn’t ruin lunch there. On the other hand, as things now stand, this may be the closest I get [...]
Read More >>The World Digital Library
By Tom Teicholz at 21 April, 2009, 11:18 am
…. is now online at http://www.wdl.org/en/
Here’s their stated mission:
Mission
The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world.
The principal objectives of the WDL are to:
Promote international and intercultural understanding;
Expand the volume and variety of cultural content on the [...]
more searching for an honest broker
By Tom Teicholz at 21 April, 2009, 11:15 am
There’s a curious interview on Rumpus.net with Michael Pollan –in which the interview tries to have Pollan apply the ideas he’s developed about food to the economy — Pollan resists not wanting to impute a moral dimension to the economy — but worth checking out.
Also Planet Money is an offshoot of This American Life which [...]