Here are some not-necessarily-Labor Day-themed links, dear readers! Enjoy!
I had a very different image in mind when Wired said this video game owed a debt to Ayn Rand.
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Speaking of retro-futurosity. . .
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Here’s an article about returning to the gold standard, posted a few days ago. I swear I didn’t see it till shortly after I posted my Hudson Hawk editorial.
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Does anybody out there read e-books?
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Don’t worry about that Russian/Chinese alliance.
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Use your iPhone to figure out the NYC subway system!
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Or use the map that made Michael Bierut swoon! (and go buy his book, 79 Short Essays On Design! It’s wonderful!)
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I leave you with the Great White North, eh?
re your link to “Small shoes to fill”, here’s the quote of theday ….
”Alberto Gonzales is the first attorney general who thought the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth were three different things,” said Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill.
I love that Rahm!