Map of literary road trips FlowingData » Visualization by Nathan Yau Ever wanted to follow in the footsteps of a famous writer or literary character in their journey across the country? Well now you can. Richard Kreitner for Atlas Obscura hand-cataloged the road trips — more than 1,500 entries — from twelve works of literature and … Read more
PressRelease here WikiLeaks releases a trove of U.S. diplomatic cables from 1978 Mashable! by Stan Schroeder WikiLeaks has released more than half a million U.S. diplomatic cables from 1978, the whistleblower website has announced. Despite NSA leaks, many Americans haven’t changed their privacy settings Mashable! by Louise Roug Contrary to the view that people have “nothing … Read more
28 Şubat 2014 Londra?nın dünyaca ünlü sanat ve tasarım müzesi Victoria and Albert Museum?da (kısaca V&A) geçtiğimiz günlerden birinde zihin açıcı bir konuşma dinledim. Ünlü İngiliz-İsviçreli filozof Alain de Botton?un yeni kitabi ?The News: A User?s Manual?ın (Haberler: Kullanıcının El Kitabı) tanıtım sohbetindeydim. De Botton zekasıyla ve konuşmasının arasına serpiştirdiği esprileriyle izleyicinin sempatisini kazanmakta gecikmedi. … Read more
Alain de Botton: A Week at the Airport from Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder For one week, writer Alain de Botton worked from his desk in the middle of Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport, and wrote a book about it, called A Week at the Airport. LIFE magazine on “LSD Art,” 1966 from Boing Boing … Read more