“Have you ever seen a dancer’s feet? It’s a wonder the profession even exists. What other art form is as brutal as ballet?”
Archives for February 23, 2014
Why Are People – Especially Scholars – So Obsessed With The Voynich Manuscript?
“When it comes to code breaking, ‘The Voynich is the Mount Everest of the genre and the K2 at the same time,’ said Nick Pelling, a British computer programmer who wrote a 2006 book about the manuscript and maintains a website about historical cyphers.”
Some Truly Terrible Poems By Some Of The UK’s Greatest Writers
For instance: Alfred, Lord Tennyson:
“Is the goal so far away?
Far, how far no tongue can say,
Let us dream our dream today.”
British Theatres Reconsider Pricing For Patrons With Disabilities
One large venue promoter “has promised to introduce a uniform ticket policy for disabled people who need to be accompanied by a carer after a legal challenge was launched by a wheelchair-bound customer who claimed the York Barbican had discriminated against him.”
You Can Ride An ArtBike To The Armory (Art) Show
“The bikes will be wrapped in a removable graphic paper with a design by the fair’s 2014 commissioned artist, Xu Zhen. Titled ‘Under Heaven (detail),’ the designs — based on a larger work by the artist — apply much like a decal and will be removed when the fair ends.”
Amazon Is Doing What Now With Prime In The UK?
“Perhaps most Amazon Prime customers will see an extra £30 a year as a good deal for a choice of 15,000 movies and programmes. Or perhaps they will look at the range of video content – not much stronger, as far as I can see – and decide not to renew their subscription.”
How Do We Discover New, Good Content On A Crowded Internet?
“In such a way is the work of publishing succinctly translated into the digital sphere, searching out literary gems among the masses of narrative available to us, and bringing them to us wherever we may be.”
The Movie That Kickstarter Funded Premieres In Theatres – And Your Living Room
“Veronica Mars will be released by Time Warner Inc.’s Warner Bros. in about 270 theaters on March 14, the same day that it is available to buy or rent online. It will mark the first time one of Hollywood’s six major studios has distributed a movie in theaters and for home viewing at the same time in the U.S.”
An Internet With No Words? You Can Have That
“It is interesting to see the difference between removing text from say The New York Times, a text heavy site, versus Tumblr, where the difference is negligible.”
Whatever Happened To Sarajevo’s Olympic Architecture?
“Thirty years ago this week, the 1984 Winter Olympics were held in Sarajevo, the capital of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ten years later, the Olympic site, the city, and its inhabitants were gripped in a ferocious war that still resonates today.”
‘House of Cards’ And China: What Did The Series Get Right, And What Was Way Wrong?
The Atlantic: “Possible?”
Steven Jiang: “Not really.”
Kaiser Kuo: “The most egregious bit in Feng’s backstory.”
Evan Osnos: “The answer is no.”
Will Sarajevo’s Architecture Ever Recover From Its Most Recent War?
“The barracks are an inconveniently visible example in the once-thriving capital, with no progress made despite the promise of decentralised ownership and the presence of interested investors.”