"I didn’t know I was this geeky until I discovered the online world through my office’s 2400 baud modem back in ’93." Bookmarks for November 6th through November 8th
These are my links for November 6th through November 8th:
- Michael Portillo: The friend who still haunts me after more than 30 years | Mail Online – Portillo's made a documentary about a school friend.
- Election Night 11-04-08 – a set on Flickr – Lovely set of historic 'backstage' photos from Barack Obama's photostream
- Elbow Interviewed In A Pub…With Jazz – "we chat about Face from The A-Team (ask your dad) "
- Robert Smith – What becomes of the broken-hearted? – Features, Music – The Independent – "You put on eyeliner and people start screaming at you," he realised. "How strange, and how marvellous." But that's only half of its impact: cleverly, it's a look that screams "Look at me!" then, in the very same glimpse, glowers "Stop looking at me!", simultaneously inviting one's attention and condemning that attention as oppressive and restrictive.
- Standing In Line | Ask Metafilter – A lovely story about queue jumpers in London (via Low)
- little. yellow. different. – An Open Letter to Amy Winehouse – "Amy Winehouse, from one non-religious person to another: you need to find Jesus. That is all."
- Highlights: Newsweek’s Special Election Project | Newsweek Politics: Campaign 2008 | Newsweek.com – Secrets of the 2008 campaign
