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Quote of the day: The Myth of Sisyphus
I see many people die because they judge that life is not worth living. I see others paradoxically getting killed for the ideas or illusions that give them a reason for living (what is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying). I therefore conclude that the meaning of life is the most urgent of questions.
Albert Camus, 1913 – 1960, The Myth of Sisyphus
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Images: The Manhattan Street Corners
Between March and November 2006 NYC photographer Richard Howe has created a collection of photographs of every one of the about 11,000 street corners in Manhattan.
So far about half of these images are available through online galleries on his web site with more being added step-by-step.
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Music: Lily Allen – The Fear
The official promo video for Lily Allen’s new single “The Fear”.
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Books: Complete George Orwells work online
If you want to read one of George Orwell’s classics like 1984 or Animal Farm again (or read it for the first time because you grown up in a country like the former Soviet Union that made it illegal to read or own his work) then have a look at George-Orwell.org.
Besides his well known writing it also includes his essays like for example “How the Poor Die”. You will also find links to the complete work of Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare on the site.
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Music: NYC Kermit
One for the night.
Kermit sings LCD Soundsystems New York I love you
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2008 End-of-Year List compilation
Like in the last years since 2001 Fimoculous has come up with a great compilation of the best lists this year, from advertising, over books, comics, food, music to words.
Check back at their site a few times as lists for the different topics become available one after the other. Last year they selected over 600 lists.
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