MetaFilter posts tagged with nyt

The State of the Turkey Address

grouse — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:53:41 -0800

Happy Thanksgiving, MetaFilter! If you have friends from different parts of the U.S., you might have wondered why they consider certain dishes to be an essential part of a Thanksgiving feast, when you've never even thought of them as remotely Thanksgiving-related. Now you can see what dishes were popular searches on allrecipes.com in various states thanks to a series of infographics in the New York Times.

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.

Do you want change?

Jaltcoh — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:49:14 -0800

"100 Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do": Rules 1-50. Rules 51-100. Bruce Buschel, who's planning to open a seafood restaurant this spring, gives 100 rules spread out over two blog posts in the New York Times. He says these will be the actual rules for his staff. There are over 1,000 comments on the first post -- many of them suggesting additional rules, some of which Buschel used in the second post. Of course, there are rules for customers as well.

The "boy-killing, man-mutilating, money-making, education-prostituting, gladiatorial sport."

phrontist — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:55:54 -0800

Does american football unavoidably lead to brain damage over time? Does a culture favoring perseverance at the expense of well being begin in high school?

The Book I Read

Xurando — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:04:07 -0800

Nina Sankovitch is about to finish reading a book a day for a year. She not only reads them, she reviews them too. "You can’t go from ‘Little Bee,’ by Chris Cleave, which is about this young woman who witnesses torture and herself is a victim of abuse in Nigeria — a really great book, but you’re just crying or your stomach is clenched — to another book like it the next day,” she said. “If I read a book like that every day, I would have collapsed a long time ago.” Other 365 day projects have included this, this, and this.

"It was the worst day of my life."

Lutoslawski — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:15:43 -0800

25 years ago today, Vicki Dunbar Nelson and Jean Hepner played the longest tournament rally in tennis history, lasting 29 minutes and 642 shots (SLNYT). NPR interview with Ms. Nelson, 25 years later. The longest non-tournament rally was accomplished by the Rossetti Brothers in 2008, with 25,944 strokes over 14 hours and 31 minutes.

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.)

The Self Storage Society

backseatpilot — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:21:48 -0800

The Self-Storage Self (NYT) Single page link.

NICU PTSD

swift — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:05:31 -0800

About three months after her son's birth, Ms. Roscoe asked to see a psychiatrist. She was given a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder, or P.T.S.D. — a mental illness more often associated with surviving war, car accidents and assaults, but now being recognized in parents of premature infants in prolonged intensive care. (nyt)

Women at Arms: In Their Own Words

gman — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:27:11 -0800

Three female US soldiers talk about their experiences in the military. (sound starts automatically) Related: G.I. Jane Breaks the Combat Barrier

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”.

Why We Must Ration Health Care

grouse — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:16:03 -0800

Why We Must Ration Health Care by Peter Singer.

Remember Running Through The Sprinkler in Your Birthday Suit?

Xurando — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:13:57 -0800

Do you let your small children run around naked? "The sexual component of nudity — and a fear of pedophiles — is what makes some adults object entirely to letting children be naked. Jenny Louie said her husband is so uncomfortable when their 4-year-old daughter, Rebecca, is naked that, even if she is alone in her bedroom, in Los Angeles, he will immediately close her shutters."

"Jeez Louise, what a sorehead"

Blazecock Pileon — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:23:24 -0800

Tim Kreider muses on being judgmental and angry

They Have Two Stoplights and Traffic Jams in Nuuk.

Xurando — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:24:07 -0800

Yesterday was self government day in Greenland. The last step before complete independence from Denmark. They played the Greenland National Anthem.

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.

The recession hits Williamsburg (Brooklyn) hipsters

mojohand — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:20:21 -0800

Parents can no longer support their hipster children's lifestyle. Oh, the humanity. I realize that schadenfreude is a particularly ignoble emotional response, but how am I expected to control myself after reading: "...Luis Illades, an owner of the Urban Rustic Market and Cafe on North 12th Street, said he had seen a steady number of applicants, in their late 20s, who had never held paid jobs: They were interns at a modeling agency, for example, or worked at a college radio station. In some cases, applicants have stormed out of the market after hearing the job requirements. “They say, ‘You want me to work eight hours?’ ...."” [Yeah, yeah, I know. Schadenfreude is the entire point of the piece.]

Connecting Western Classical Music to The West Bank.

grapefruitmoon — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:28:52 -0800

Crescendo in the West Bank : NYT video on the rise of classical music programs in The West Bank.

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.

Mr. Geithner has changed his return flight from Paris to New York on January 9th

Xurando — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:32:05 -0800

Some have questioned Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's neutrality in dealing with the elite of the financial community. Here's his calendar [150MB pdf] for the last two years. You decide.

Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand

AceRock — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:40:08 -0800

The Pulitzer (and Polk)-winning investigation (1,2) that dare not be uttered on TV. (previously)

Eternal Sunshine Within Reach.

grapefruitmoon — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:26:36 -0800

Brain Researchers Open Door to Editing Memory : spotless minds might be closer than we think.

Does Your Answer Seem Right?

Electric Dragon — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:41:39 -0800

NYT Guesstimation Quiz. Enrico Fermi estimated the yield of the Trinity A-bomb test by dropping some shredded paper. He also asked his students to estimate unusual quantities like the number of piano tuners in Chicago - to show that just about anything can be estimated without detailed knowledge.

To Sleep Perchance to Dream

grapefruitmoon — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 08:18:43 -0800

To Sleep Perchance to Dream : an exhibition of 17th century sleep-related paraphernalia at the Folger Shakespeare Library offers insight into attitudes towards sleep and dreams. Insomnia? Try eating some lettuce.

My New Nano Won't Charge On My MacBook Pro.

Xurando — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:18:11 -0800

Today marks the launch of the Tata Nano. Some see this car as the next Ipod. Some have grave environmental concerns. (previously)