Links tagged with “harpers”
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Lost Highway, by Emily Gogolak
Enjoyed this about learning to drive a truck in the US. (via Scope of Work)
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Exit, by Hari Kunzru
On the early Wired UK, and the desire of libertarians to escape political, social and financial constraints.
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Broken Links, by Hari Kunzru
Excellent on the differences between life, culture, things before and after the arrival of the internet.
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Happiness Is a Worn Gun | Harper’s Magazine
Thinking about what it’s like to carry a gun around, and pondering the arguments for/against gun ownership and open or concealed carry.
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Final edition: Twilight of the American newspaper—By Richard Rodriguez (Harper’s Magazine)
Lovely article that is more a reminiscence of a lost San Francisco and childhood than it is another “we must save newspapers” plea.
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Buildings and Food: How to look at billboards
Brilliant essay from 1960 about how outdoor advertising is entirely wrong. Wish I’d written it. When I rule the world outdoor advertising will be banned. (via Kottke)
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David Foster Wallace (Harper’s Magazine)
Harper’s have put all their DFW writing online. ‘Shipping Out’ is one of my favourite reads. (via Kottke)
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Launch (Ftrain.com)
Paul Ford, excellent on the inevitable public responses to a site launch and one’s reaction to them.