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I thought I was the only one

The Whelk — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:02:38 -0800

“I think sometimes that being overly type-sensitive is like an allergy,” : The New York Times on the perils of being a font nerd.

An Iwo Jima Relic Binds Generations

alms — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:09:27 -0800

An Iwo Jima Relic Binds Generations. (SLNYTTJ - single-link new york times tear-jerker.)

Can the New York Times and Washington Post survive on a pay-wall business model if they do it together?

dyslexictraveler — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:35:24 -0800

In a new essay entitled Build the Wall, David Simon (who was a Baltimore Sun reporter before he produced The Wire) argues that if the larger newspaper industry is to survive, The New York Times and Washington Post must start charging readers for access to their websites (preferably done as a single action in concert with each other) — John Gruber, Dave Winer, and the folks at Gawker disagree, and Steven Berlin Johnson argues that while the future for newspapers might be quite bleak, the future for journalism and high quality analysis is actually quite bright. Meanwhile, the Times is currently doing market research to see if it's readers would be willing to pay $5 a month for online access, and the Associated Press announced it's intent to build a new news DRM system that will enable users to “consume, mash up and share AP content based on rights”.

All the news that's fit to cromulate

escabeche — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:01:45 -0800

The 50 words that generate the most click-throughs to the dictionary from the New York Times. The Nieman Journalism Lab reveals the words that sent NYT readers running to the Merriam-Webster. Key fact: Maureen Dowd is overly fond of the word "louche." If the post is TL;DR for you, here's the list in Wordle.

Going Dutch

goodnewsfortheinsane — Mon, 04 May 2009 07:20:34 -0800

[E]ven if you are unemployed you still receive a base amount of [vacation money] from the government, the reasoning being that if you can’t go on vacation, you’ll get depressed and despondent and you’ll never get a job.
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But does the cartoon image of [the Dutch system] — encapsulated in the dread slur "socialism," which is being lobbed in American political circles like a bomb — match reality? Is there, maybe, a significant upside that is worth exploring? [...] I think it’s worth pondering how the best bits might fit.

After a year and a half of living in the Netherlands, American writer Russell Shorto compares the Dutch "welfare state" to the tax, health care and social security systems of the United States.

Kristol Clear Conservative

billysumday — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:10:45 -0800

Ross Douthat, senior editor of The Atlantic and co-author of Grand New Party [nyt review], has been chosen as a new opinion columnist for the New York Times, replacing William Kristol and joining David Brooks as one of the paper's conservative voices.

interactive feature highlights

krautland — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 11:50:15 -0800

Journalism may be going through a painful period but thanks to the web the once lowly information graphic is finally growing up to be all it never could on paper. Especially the New York Times seems to currently stand out in how frequently and quickly they build amazingly detailed and insightful interactive features. Consider the tracking of US Airways Flight 1549 or the piece on raising its engine from the Hudson. Other recent highlights: 9,955,441 parking tickets issues in NYC mapped by street, The Ebb and Flow of Movies: Box Office Receipts 1986 — 2008, Ansel Adams's Yosemite, the view from the 10-meter platform explained, A look at the language of presidential inaugural addresses 1789 to the Present, A Map of the number of medals that countries won in summer Olympic Games, Going to the End of the Line, The 44 Places to go in 2009, an explanation of how the Pentagon responded to criticism of then-Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld, The Soyuz Spacecraft, How the Towers Stood and Fell and many, many, more. I am of course aware that it's not just the NYT that's doing great interactive work these days. one example I particularly like is the Los Angeles County Homicide Map but they closed down the accompanying blog. please do feel free to add more great examples. I'm merely trying to get the ball rolling.

“Intestines of what?”

ThePinkSuperhero — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:14:27 -0800

David Fishman, 12-year-old food critic, takes himself out to dinner.

Caring for the Old

mygothlaundry — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:34:45 -0800

The NYT has a new blog on aging and eldercare. Thanks to the marvels of medical science, our parents are living longer than ever before.The Gray Lady has started a blog catering to the sandwich generation, with topics, so far, ranging from when to take the car keys to personal accounts of eldercare crises. The 290 comments on this post in particular are eye opening and heartbreaking.

The Times Machine

peacay — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:01:48 -0800

The Times Machine allows easy browsing of every edition from 70 years (1851-1922) worth of New York Times in the original format. Very cool.

Semi-newsworthy

GrammarMoses — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:19:00 -0800

Slow news day: One properly used semicolon inspires paroxysms of joy in the NYT.

Four Colour Funnies in the Old Grey Lady

Alvy Ampersand — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:08:42 -0800

Daniel Clowes, creator of the seminal and contro versial comic series Eightball, is currently producing the serial Mister Wonderful for the New York Times Magazine's The Funny Pages. The NYT also presents a slideshow exploring the medium of ~~graphic novels~~comics featuring Art Spiegelman, Joe Sacco, Chester Brown, and previous Funny Pages contributors Seth and Chris Ware. Previous Contributors Megan Kelso's Watergate Sue Seth's George Sprott (1894-1975) Jaime Hernandez's La Maggie La Loca [Direct links to PDFs] 01-02-03-04-05-06-07-08-09-10 11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20 Chris Ware's Building Stories [Direct links to PDFs] 01-02-03-04-05-06-07-08-09-10 11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20 21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28-29-30

Robot Post Mk. II

StrikeTheViol — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 19:54:37 -0800

A better article about robots. More interesting robots than I posted about last time. Cute, tiny transforming robots. And for those of you less interested in real robots, 2-XL, the toy that got me obsessed with the whole thing as a kid.

So...you're saying it's shite?

gottabefunky — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:21:35 -0800

Oh God, please never let the NYT review of my latest novel never start like this: Every few years, as a reviewer, one encounters a novel whose ineptitudes are so many in number, and so thoroughgoing, that to explain them fully would produce a text that exceeded the novel itself in both length and interest. Lately it seems the book reviewers at the NYT--including Michiko Kakutani, on Jonathan Franzen's latest ("Just why anyone would be interested in pages and pages about this unhappy relationship or the self-important and self-promoting contents of Mr. Franzen’s mind remains something of a mystery")--have been pulling out all the stops. Poor Irvine Welsh (?).

"I hate America even more this week."

brain_drain — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:50:37 -0800

How a Right-Winger Sees the New York Times.

Ask The Photo Editor

stagewhisper — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 11:33:19 -0800

Ever Wonder How Newspapers Decide Which Photos to Print? NYT Online's Talk to the Newsroom has a question and answer session with the Assistant Managing Editor for Photography, Michele McNally. She addresses a few of the more common questions many people have about how editorial decisions are made in regards to which photographs get published, and which don't among other topics.

David Pogue is the rudest man alive!

JPowers — Wed, 31 May 2006 20:26:44 -0800

David Pogue is the rudest man alive! "My wife and I were excited to receive, as [a] very generous Christmas present from a relative, a Magellan RoadMate 300." He then goes on to absolutely obliterate the gift, *on the New York Times website*, for 20 paragraphs, after which he demands, "For the gift-giver: Do your research. Read the customer reviews. Beware outdated products on store shelves." It's a gift! Learn some tact dude.

Uncaptive Minds

y2karl — Sun, 27 Feb 2005 21:40:24 -0800

The main business of Napanoch, N.Y., is a maximum-security prison, Eastern New York Correctional Facility, also known as Happy Nap... There is, however, a reason that inmates call the prison Happy Nap. Eastern is more relaxed than other maximum-security prisons, or 'maxes,' in upstate New York, with less hostility between staff and prisoners, and as a result fewer U.I.'s, or 'unusual incidents' -- stabbings and the like. It is said that the farther upstate you go, the harsher the prison conditions can be. Among New York's maxes, Eastern has one of the best reputations. It is one of only three maximum-security prisons in the state where you can still get an education -- not just in manual skills, but a proper college education with a degree at the end, thanks to privately financed initiatives. Uncaptive Minds

The Future Of News

signal — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 04:15:53 -0800

In the year 2014, the New York Times has gone offline. What happened to the news? What is EPIC? [flash]

Does a bear shit in the woods? Of course it does.

pardonyou? — Mon, 26 Jul 2004 08:43:42 -0800

Is The New York Times a Liberal Newspaper? Of course it is. By Daniel Okrent, New York Times ~~Ombudsman~~ Public Editor. (reg. req'd)

The Pastiche of a Presidency, Imitating a Life, in 957 Pages

Postroad — Sun, 20 Jun 2004 15:16:06 -0800

The Pastiche of a Presidency, Imitating a Life, in 957 Pages This is a very bad review of the Clinton book, soon to be released. My question: why has the New York Times placed a book review on its front page? Would they have done this if the book were given a good review? Is the "paper of record" making a clear-cut statement about its feelings about Clinton? Has any other book review made the front page of the NY Times? I for one plan to read the book. I recall that Edmund Wilson once said: always stick to primary sources rather relying upon what some scholar or reviewer has to say about a book. Finally, Clinton is out of office (alas). How much longer will small and jealous puppies chase after The Big Dog?

RUSH TO JUDGEMENT? ...don't steal that, I just now coined it!

soyjoy — Thu, 03 Jun 2004 06:53:27 -0800

Rush Limbaugh loudly and repeatedly accuses NYT's Howell Raines of plagiarism over "Kerry / Lurch."
Jim Romenesko quietly wonders if that's possible.

High Gas Prices Don't Play in Peoria.

EmoChild — Tue, 06 Apr 2004 10:16:45 -0800

"Let us rid ourselves of the fiction that low oil prices are somehow good for the United States." Words of wisdom from Dick Cheney.

As the wind blows, we see the anus of a chicken.

PenDevil — Mon, 19 Jan 2004 04:44:23 -0800

Hollywood? Old. Bollywood? That's soooo 2003. Make room for Nollywood, Nigeria's own film industry which is growing by leaps and bounds every year, and is currently worth about $45 million dollars. About 400 Nollywood films are produced every year many on a budget of around $15000 and are distributed almost entirely by VHS and VCD. The stories are very much simplistic and pulpy (check out 419 Stalk Exchange. Yes, 419 as in the email scam) but are much preferred by local residents and emigre's than the usual arthouse fair one often thinks of when talking about African cinema. Now if you'll excuse me there's a bucket of popcorn and a copy of GSM Connection waiting for me in the living room.

Soldadito de Bolivia, soldadito boliviano ...

magullo — Thu, 16 Oct 2003 09:35:31 -0800

Coca culture (NYT) I am a cocalera. I owe my life to coca. My father died when I was 2 and my mother raised six children by growing coca. I was a farmer myself, growing coca for traditional purposes. But the United States says it is better for us to just forget about coca. In the early 1990's, Bolivian officials distributed American money — $300 to $2,500 per farm — and told us to try yucca and pineapples. But 60 pineapples earn us only about eight bolivianos (about $1). And unlike coca, yucca and pineapples are difficult to carry to the cities to sell, and they spoil. So many farmers returned to growing coca.