Category Archives: Not economics

Clark Hoyt, the NYT’s Public Editor, has a proposal: How about requiring a personal letter of apology from the person responsible for an error to the person whose name is misspelled? I’m always a bit wary of proposing rules like … Continue reading →

O frabjous day! Gmail has finally allowed those of us bumping up against its storage limits to buy more. And about time too.

And Eliezer Yudkowsky does it, wonderfully.

Much, much more here.

I got one, thanks largely to a wonderful birthday cheque from my grandmother. And it really is a thing of beauty. And I’m not going to repeat what everybody else has said. But I will say that the email functionality … Continue reading →

I was “exblogmunicated” by Instapundit Glenn Reynolds in 2006, when he linked to me without linking to me. Now he’s done it again, but if anything even more egregiously. If I’m on some kind of blacklist, I want to know!

This is why God invented Christopher Hitchens. (Via)

A couple of months ago, I spoke to three Zipcar executives about the Zipcar insurance situation. I reported then: Zipcar told me that they’re going to make it much clearer on their website that their liability coverage is pretty weak; … Continue reading →

Last night was great: Michelle and I went to an ACO celebration of John Adams’s 60th birthday at Carnegie Hall, with the composer conducting three of his own works. The second half was a positively blistering and wonderful performance with … Continue reading →

I had a glorious 35th birthday in Chicago on Saturday. The weather was absolutely perfect all weekend: bright and sunny without being too hot — great for architecture tours, bike riding along the lakefront, or just wandering around. Not that … Continue reading →

The NYT is running an article about Nick Knight today, written by Alice Rawsthorn. It’s a big sloppy wet kiss of a profile, complete with gushing quotes from Nadja Swarovski, who’s not only a major Knight client but who is … Continue reading →

There’s been a bit of interest in the cartoon of me on the Portfolio website, but no one’s worked out where it comes from. In fact, the source is my Christmas mitzvah from December 2005, when I drove a Zipcar … Continue reading →

I went to see William Kentridge’s production of the Magic Flute at BAM last night, and boy was it disappointing. It’s not that I have anything against Kentridge: I think he’s a great artist, and I reckon his next production, … Continue reading →

Proof, if proof be needed, that The Gays have yet to Make It In America: Out magazine’s list of the “50 Most Powerful Gay Men and Women in America”. As with all listicles, of course, one can’t take it too … Continue reading →

If you’re under the age of 35, reading this blog, and free on Sunday, I’m pretty sure that the last thing you want to do is schlep up to 92nd Street at the tender hour of 11 in the morning. … Continue reading →

Journalism, like any other field, is shy when it comes to admitting ignorance. If a journalist wants to write about a subject, he’ll search and search for a self-proclaimed expert until he finds someone who will opine with enough certainty … Continue reading →

“Never cook with a wine you wouldn’t drink.” You know that, right? It’s drilled into even those of us who don’t cook very much, and from an early age. But, it turns out, it’s kinda — well, it’s bullshit. The … Continue reading →

Can New Yorkers drive the wrong way down one-way streets with impunity? I’ve certainly seen this happen many times. One very frequent place it happens is the south side of Delancey Street, alongside the Williamsburg Bridge between Clinton and Ridge. … Continue reading →

In the case of breaking news, especially during daytime hours, stories are edited through our Continuous News Desk, which has a separate editing staff but no designated copy editors. Which just makes me want to know who writes the headlines … Continue reading →

My computer went to sleep last night, and never woke up! It was working great when I went to bed, but this morning it was quite dead, and refused all attempts at coaxing it into waking up. I was meeting … Continue reading →

I’m now back from LA. Everybody there loves it, and frankly they’re welcome to it. The way that everybody needs to drive everywhere for everything is just not my style at all. But I do understand the attraction of LA, … Continue reading →