“Groovy Motherfucker”

NYTimes piece on The Bugle, the fab podcast from Andy Zaltzman and John Oliver. Highlight: The author translating the common emailed cry of “Fuck you, Chris” into “sending Mr. Skinner e-mail and Twitter messages telling him off”.

Love this! Great example of the strategy needed to be a RPS player.

Lovely vid from the NYT. As a Sox fan, I loathe Mariano Rivera, for he is so damned good.

I like that the 1962 ball is called “Mr. Crack”

Intriguing prospect — Conan O’Brien to tour his chat show during the period when he’s contractually forbidden from hosting on TV?

From the NY Times archives come this piece that I remember reading back in 1993, prior to the premiere of “Late Night with Conan O’Brien”. I love the idea that people read this seriously, without noticing the byline.

Outstanding interactive infographic from the New York Times. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on how Americans spend their time, sliceable by demographic sectors.

NYTimes profile of the mighty Wake.

I’ll be that the folks at Careerbuilder are pretty thrilled by the “Talking about ads” timeline.

Portraits of Obama’s transition team. Someone should make a map of these portraits to their fictional “The West Wing” counterpart.

Op-Ed piece encouraging taking “Moneyball” approach to healthcare. Hands up anyone who ever thought they’d see the NYTimes run an article with the byline “By BILLY BEANE, NEWT GINGRICH and JOHN KERRY”.

NYTimes article on Al Jaffee and his Mad Fold-Ins. Make sure to check out the interactive fold-in flash app for some great examples of his work.

Odd move by the NYTimes: They appear to have re-invented feed-reading using proprietary Microsoft technology.

“By reporting this entirely true information, we hope to sap America’s fighting spirit”

Excellent list from David Pogue. “We may be the bane of your existence, but we’re also the reason for it; you’re stuck with us. We’ve got our credit cards ready - now show us some love.”