Required Reading for June 20th

Muskrat Love: Aftermarket Pheromone Boosters at Dethroner - make people react to you differently based on the way you smell
Restaurant Review: Berlin: Weinerei - Travel - New York Times - Cool wine bar that operates on the honor system
Arguing the Upside of Being Down : NPR - someone thinks being sad is ok


Required Reading for June 12th

Dances with Wolfe | By genre | guardian.co.uk Books - Profile of white-suited Tom Wolfe
The joy of boredom - The Boston Globe - Don't check that e-mail. Don't answer that phone. Just sit there. You might be surprised by what happens.
The year of living dangerously - a nice piece about Tiger Woods
Individual Happiness is Mediated [...]


Required Reading for June 11th

David Seah - Aligning My Values with My Clothes - it does matter what you wear.
Does Weight Lifting Make a Better Athlete? - New York Times - Some training experts swear by weights. Others believe in plain old practice.

A post by Jonah Lehrer about thinking under pressure links… (kottke.org) - i love the concepts linked [...]


Required Reading for June 3rd

Somebody Has to Be in Control - The effort behind George Clooney’s effortless charm.
Interview with Nikolay Saveliev’s Diplomatic Designs - "I like the idea of a consolidated aesthetic totality; what you make looks like what you listen to, sounds like what you wear, and speaks like what you believe in. In simpler terms, … my [...]


Required Reading for May 23rd

Wanna be in my gang? Meet the uber-fans - fans who dress like their idols
Spike Lee to make Michael Jordan doc - wonder what this will be like. hopefully we'll see Mars Blackman
The Days and Knights of Tom Murphy - a homeless chess hustler in Dupont Circle
Your Outboard Brain Knows All - This article brings [...]


Required Reading for May 20th from 21:54 to 21:54

Logo Can Make You ‘Think Different’ - Stuck on something? Just look at the back of your iPhone for some creativity