Good Reads
I bump into a lot of good content when I’m reading stuff on the web, but I always forget to share it. My bad.
So here are some really great pieces of content I’ve run into recently that I wanted to share:
- Art after death: 27-plus posthumous projects that stand as worthy legacies: A nice compilation from the AV Club that includes some of my personal favorites: Bill Hicks, Tupac, Heath Ledger, Jeff Buckley, and Stanley Kubrick.
- Things we want to experience again for the first time: Another one from the AV Club, this one poses a great question: if you could go back in time and experience something for the first time (again), what would it be? The huge picture at the top gives you a clue as to what I’d like to do—see The Wire for the first time. Again. I love that show, man. It is, after all, the best show ever. Anything else on this list should be on your radar if you haven’t seen it already. These folks have great taste. I think I’d also like to see Requiem for a Dream and read Infinite Jest for the first time.
- Monopoly Killer: Perfect German Board Game Redefines Genre @ Wired: This is how good this article is: I hate board games (except for Risk, maybe) but after reading this I was ready to buy Settlers of Catan right there on the spot. Who knew Germany was so into board games?
- What Moneyball Missed: I’m linking to a cached version because the original wasn’t working. But for all the Moneyball fans out there, this is a great read on one thing that maybe wasn’t stressed enough in how Billy Beane created his awesome A’s teams of the early 2000s—the reserve clause. Great stuff.
- Finding Balance Between Time and Money @ GetRichSlowly: Ahh, the debate about time and money. We’ve all been there… JD writes another great post about an age-old topic.
April 10th, 2009 at 8:57 am
Infinite Jest, The Wire and Moneyball all in one post? This is quickly becoming my favorite blog!!