Peter Thiel’s CS183: Startup - Class 2 Notes Essay
25 days ago by maciej
Every other sentence is a sparkling gem of inspired idiocy
drivel
startups
cult
interent
25 days ago by maciej
Testimonies How Hell Terrorizes
april 2008 by maciej
interesting perspectives from people who had a sane reaction to the concept of hell
religion
soc
cult
april 2008 by maciej
La enseñanza del tango en Nueva York en 1914.
march 2008 by maciej
1914 article on how tango is taught. A dance of tomorrow!
tango
es
hist
cult
nyc
march 2008 by maciej
Aaron Bergman review of "Not Even Wrong"
march 2008 by maciej
String theorist takes issue with Peter Woit's book
string
physics
cult
sci
march 2008 by maciej
Drive Line: Striking Pakistan Car design
february 2008 by maciej
amazing gallery of hyperdecorated vehicles in pakistan
cult
pakistan
auto
february 2008 by maciej
Christopher Hart on Hubbub by Emily Cockayne - Literary Review -
april 2007 by maciej
I never knew that ‘Mount Pleasant’, near Gray’s Inn, was actually a bitterly ironic name for a huge man-made heap of the most nauseous offal and ordure. It is now, of course, home to the Guardian newspaper.
hist
uk
cult
britain
april 2007 by maciej
Jack Parsons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
january 2007 by maciej
rocket scientist and wacky occultist
rocket
science
magick
scientology
cult
crank
nasa
january 2007 by maciej
Gold Base - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
january 2007 by maciej
scientology's creepy HQ
scientology
geo
california
religion
cult
compound
wikipedia
january 2007 by maciej
Astra Woodcraft Declaration - "A Child's Life in the Sea Org" - January 24, 2001
january 2007 by maciej
description of life growing up in Sea Org
scientology
seaorg
religion
cult
personal
history
january 2007 by maciej
Orchestre Baobab - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
december 2006 by maciej
windy but interesting article about the great Senegalese band
music
senegal
cult
wikipedia
baobab
december 2006 by maciej
Success Stories from bharatmatrimony
december 2006 by maciej
Testimonials from couples who found each other on a leading indian arranged marriage site. Nerve this is not.
marriage
cult
india
online
dating
matchmaking
caste
december 2006 by maciej
Bills - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
november 2006 by maciej
intriguing Western movie-themed youth movement in Kinshasa in the 50's
congo
zaire
kinshasa
leopoldville
cinema
western
cult
movie
globalization
wtf
november 2006 by maciej
Tales of old Shanghai - Library
october 2006 by maciej
absolutely fantastic collection of old English-language writing about China
etext
lib
china
cult
hist
colonialism
cool
lit
october 2006 by maciej
Photos of three chinese weddings - 猫扑白领--富家公子与打工崽的婚礼，有差距吗？
october 2006 by maciej
great photo spread showing how weddings get more fun as you move down the class ladder
wedding
china
econ
class
photo
album
cult
october 2006 by maciej
Читать книгу Кухонные фразеологизмы, Легостаев Андрей
october 2006 by maciej
great collection of kitchen-related Russian proverbs and sayings with etymology and lots of fun facts
proverb
lang
russian
folklore
cult
ru
october 2006 by maciej
Генезис цыганского музыкального фольклора Н.Бессонов
october 2006 by maciej
fascinating article on the role of Gypsy choirs in Russian musical culture. Argues that "traditional" Gypsy songs were a late invention by choirs that originally only interpreted Russian material
music
gypsy
russia
hist
cult
article
folklore
october 2006 by maciej
300 Tang poems - Tang Shi
october 2006 by maciej
lots and lots and lots of translated Chinese poetry
tang
poetry
china
lit
cult
translation
reference
etext
qing
october 2006 by maciej
Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer by Maureen Ogle, reviewed by Powells.com
october 2006 by maciej
rehabilitating the giant breweries
beer
book
contrarian
cult
us
october 2006 by maciej
Meng Guangmei and Toiletgate: The latest Chinese Internet swarm
september 2006 by maciej
another in(s)ane tempest in a teapot, as a chinese pop celebrity dares to criticize the glorious people's public toilets on taiwanese television
china
cult
wtf
toilet
taiwan
prc
interweb
september 2006 by maciej
Harry the Horse the man about town - Angeles City, Philippines Expat Monthly Newletter.
september 2006 by maciej
american guy running a small bar in the phillipines, includes some great (or horrible) sexpat photos
sexpat
phillipines
cult
sex
tourism
bar
expatriate
september 2006 by maciej
dorodango - japanese mud balls
august 2006 by maciej
these are unbelievably pretty
japan
cult
craft
kidculture
mud
art
cool
august 2006 by maciej
Desperate Grandmas by Kay S. Hymowitz, City Journal Summer 2006
august 2006 by maciej
"senescent sexual adventures" is a great phrase
soc
sex
feminism
cult
us
rant
ha
narcissism
lit
age
august 2006 by maciej
Evidence of pre-aboriginal Australians? - TLS Highlights - Times Online
august 2006 by maciej
on Australia's mysterious Bradshaw prehistoric paintings
australia
ethno
cult
migration
art
paleohistory
august 2006 by maciej
Mafalda in Chinese
august 2006 by maciej
notes on translating a classic Argentine comic strip into Chinese
argentina
china
translation
comics
lang
cult
august 2006 by maciej
The Tangshan Earthquake Memorial Wall
july 2006 by maciej
China builds memorial wall for victims of gigantic 1976 quake, charges a fortune to have names carved into it. Innovative business model!
china
earthquake
memorial
history
crapitalism
exploit
cult
july 2006 by maciej
Asian Dolls, Oriental Dolls, Chinese dolls, Korean Dolls,
july 2006 by maciej
aww yeah. "As your child changes from an infant to a toddler, the Asian baby doll you choose should change also." And maybe get an Asian RealDoll for your Chinese mail-order bride!
hate
china
cult
asiafetish
creepy
adoption
us
toy
july 2006 by maciej
Article on Beijing's Russian 'hood
july 2006 by maciej
apparently the pedicab drivers say "bayaheli"
russia
beijing
cult
neighborhood
explore
cool
china
grocklebar
july 2006 by maciej
Capitalist Roaders - New York Times
july 2006 by maciej
fun report on the new nouveau riche car culture in china
china
globalization
auto
cult
travel
travelogue
car
ha
july 2006 by maciej
EastSouthWestNorth: Rainie Yang Goes To China
june 2006 by maciej
Taiwanese bubble singer pisses off giant potential market, tries to make amends. Trying to imagine an American starlet saying "Please give me some time. I will accumulate experience and receive the counsel of my elders."
music
taiwan
china
pop
cult
hist
wwii
japan
june 2006 by maciej
spiked | Brad, Angelina and the rise of 'celebrity colonialism'
june 2006 by maciej
the ultimate velvet rope - Namibian border control
ha
celebrity
idiot
africa
colonialism
cult
us
june 2006 by maciej
Dragon Boats - background on festival, banned in some parts of china
june 2006 by maciej
recent festival was apparently banned in rural areas because of fear of what would happen if a large public gathering were allowed. Comes with bonus background on origins of dragon festival
china
holiday
politics
food
cult
june 2006 by maciej
Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den
may 2006 by maciej
cute exercise in chinese constrained writing illustrating the gulf between modern and classical chinese, as well as the problem with homophony in the language. Entire poem consists of the repeated syllable "shi"
chinese
classical
poem
constrained
writing
lit
cult
cool
may 2006 by maciej
Avoidance speech - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
may 2006 by maciej
some australian languages had a whole other lexicon you would use within earshot of taboo relatives
wtf
lang
linguistics
australia
cult
cool
ethno
may 2006 by maciej
What's wrong with libertarianism
may 2006 by maciej
it's the philosophy of a snotty teen, someone who's read too much Heinlein, absorbed the sordid notion that an intellectual elite should rule the subhuman masses, and convinced himself that reading a few bad novels qualifies him as a member of the elite.
politics
rant
ha
libertarianism
cult
us
econ
may 2006 by maciej
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