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merlin:

Why Merlin Mann (Whom I’ve Never Heard of) is a Complete Jackass

Metafilter comment on someone called, “Merlin Mann,” who had been declared a “complete jackass” upthread:

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What I really liked about this whole business is when I visited the MetaFilter thread, the first advertisement I saw was something along the lines of “Organize and simplify your life with these simple steps! Click here for more!”

Irony. It’s like cream cheese or blue jeans: arguably goes with everything, except for some things.

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Grizzly Bear + Fuzzy Feelings + Tracy Morgan waving his hand in front of Stevie Wonder’s face = Best commercial of the Super Bowl.

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Jaded zombies acted quietly but kept driving their oxen forward.
Oxen-driving zombies? Best. Pangram. Ever.
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Nothing is as depressing as a badly placed “X,” a gesture better reserved for extreme games and products, for bad dot-com era start-ups and for strip-club dancers not named Destiny.
Brand New, on Comcast’s recent announcement to rebrand as “XFINITY.”
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It is also the most inconspicuous use of Flama (more specifically, Flama condensed) that I’ve ever seen. They took a bold, contemporary typeface and used it in such a way that it may as well be Trade Gothic.

Brand New

Incredibly (or scarily) well-versed typography buffs are my kind of people.

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"The DJ Auteur," by Chuck Klosterman »

I’ve been reading up on my favorite musical personality, lately, and discovered this gem by the widely-admired writer about the aforementioned idol.

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Someone Call A Doctor. Photo-manipulation, 2010. There is very little left for me to do here.

Someone Call A Doctor. Photo-manipulation, 2010.

There is very little left for me to do here.

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[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

Jay-Z/Danger Mouse (The Grey Album) - Encore

The answer is yes, I do in fact have enough balls to include a Grey Album track on the follow-up to The White Boy’s Beat.

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High-Court Hypocrisy »