Well, you’ve made it. Our new project is actually not a news site. Well, at least by the standard definition. We have decided that there is just too much noise online these days. We’re hoping that these “not a sites,” inspired by past artists trying to break the mold, as well as current important people in my life who are trying to just keep up with all of the information being thrown their way, help reduce your daily overhead.
Here’s how this is going to work: We don’t know what these sites will become, we are not sure if we will hire editors to man them, we’re not sure if they will grow or not. We do know that they will be built with love. They are meant to be real tools for people in each respective vertical. We hope to add new verticals. If you have suggestions on how we should mold them, people that may be good to work on them, etc., feel free to email me. Seriously.
We are not going to pretend to have the answers for online content, but we are sure as hell not going to contribute to sites that leave us feeling like kids with severe ADD and no medication in sight. We hope you come here and are able to function on auto drive. We will try and do the work for you. This is not a website. And, we hope it becomes a daily read of yours..
1. Ash Wednesday. Today marks the start of Lent. It’s Ash Wednesday, and I hope you all got the partying out of your system at yesterday’s Fat Tuesday. I am going to give up Charlie Sheen and yelling at Stanley for lent.
2. Fashion Blogger Jake Davis is running a contest for New York’s most stylish man. I vote for Glenn O’Brien, or Doug Bihlmeier: [JakeDavis]
3. The Discovery Shuttle made its final landing around noon today. Now museums will start fighting over who gets to keep the ship. [ChicagoTribune]
4. Can you imagine finding out that your science teacher used to be a famous porn star?! [NYP]
5. This is not cool. More women are affected by AIDS today than early in the epidemic. The number of women living with AIDS in NYC increased from only 290 in 1985 to 19,156 in 2009! Tomorrow is HIV/AIDS awareness day and the staggering statistics found on this graph will be released on the NYC .lgov website. Did you know that over 31k women in NYC alone are living with HIV/AIDS? [NYCKnows]
6. Check out the Soberest Cities in America. At the top of the list? Nashville, Kingsport-Bristol, Memphis, Birmingham. [TDB]
7. How to make the best pot brownies ever. Paging Emily Green. [Awl]
8. Meet Miss Charlie Brown, the richest dog in South Dakota. Here the canine is in her vaction home in Naples, Fl. She is worth an estimated $130 million. [TheDaily]
9. Yesterday, Neel Shah wrote a post on how to properly split a check at a restaurant. Today, Choire Sicha imparts his wisdom on how gays split a check at a restaurant. [Awl]
10. 10 Important Life Lessons I Learned From Ferris Bueller.NedHepburn]
11. Foster Kamer interviewed Andre Agassi for Esquire. Being the Las Vegas native that he is (I know can you believe Foster grew up in Vegas?!), he was particularly relevant. [FEK]
12. “This is no 2.3….we’ve made such big changes to foursquare that this is a whole new version.” Foursquare 3.0 launches. [Foursquare]
13. Check out this map of the US passport Ownership per capital, by state. [DailyWhat]
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14. Hunch does a great job profiling the typical Gmail, AOL, Yahoo user. What does your email domain say about you? [Hunch]
15. Check out the top 50 venture-backed companies. I smell a tech bubble coming on. [WSJ]
16. Kate Moss was f*cking SMOKING on the Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton catwalk in Paris. No, like LITERALLY smoking. Baller. [Today]
17. And, speaking of far off fashion world happenings. Check out this bandeau top that a model wore on the Jean Charles De Castelbajac runway. Katy Perry has already expressed interest in owning. [NYP]
18. 20% of all divorce cases in the US cite evidence found on Facebook as grounds for the dissolution of marriage. WOW. [Guardian]
19. 25 weird, wild vending machines. You can really buy live hairy crabs out of vending machines in Nanjing, China. The machine keeps the local delicacies at 41 degrees Fahrenheit-cool enough to make the crabs sleepy without killing them. If you happen to get a dead crab, the company will give you 3 live ones to repay you. [MSNBC]
20. The US Bicycle Route System. Super cool. Map included (at left) [Untereader]
21. Remember when Del Posto surprised everyone last year and earned a fourth star from the New York Times, making it one of just seven restaurants in NYC to have earned such distinction? Yeah well the people who run the joint have been reckoning with the consequences ever since. [Capital]
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22. “Countryside air to go.” Daniela Dorrer, a Bavarian entrepreneur has begun selling cans filled with the scent of cow farts in an effort to provide homesick city0dwelling country folk with “the authentic smell of the country.” [DailyWhat]
23. Standard Talks. This is really cool. The Standard Hotels has partnered up with Cool Hunting to create Standard Talks, a monthly forum where leaders of industry gather to discuss current topics spanning the fields of Art, Fashion, Design, Culture, Sex, Entertainment, Science, Architecture and more. [StandardHotels]
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24. Whaa? Tiki Barber is coming out of retirement. This can’t end well. [ESPN]
25. “Play in Hell.” The Simpsons creator Matt Groening collaborated with Comme Des Garçons. Super cool! [TeenVogue]
26. Netflix shares are down 6% today after Facebook launched an experimental movie-rental service. [WSJ]
27. Millions of dead fish are still floating around King Harbor in Redondo Beach. The second photo really gives you the scope of just how many dead fish we’re talking about. YEEEIIIKES! [LATimes]
28. Overheard on the Titantic. I love this print (left) available on 20×200. [20x200 via Texturism]
29. Innocent people are in prison and we can do something about it. [The Innocence Project]
30. Gwyneth Paltrow made her second appearance on the hit show “Glee” last night. She did this rendition of “Do You Wanna Touch Me,” which, probably succeeded in making a large number of people want to touch her:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwS41jY8hXw[/youtube]
31. Ned Hepburn gives us his list of things that are over (Volume 1). On it includes things like: [NedHepburn]
- Mustaches
- Drugs
- Fixed Gear Bikes
- Skinny Jeans
- Irony
- and Lists.
32. Is Suri Cruise Too Old for a Pacifier? [Today]
33. Missed Connections NY. Check out illustrator Sophie Blackall’s site. Her delicate drawings are inspired by posts on craigslist. [MissedConnections via PopCultureCooking]
34. This is what the desk of a Gawker Employee’s looks like. Go browse through the other photos of Denton’s Lair here: [Atlantic]
Hey, if I had to work for Denton, I’d be addicted to Marlboro’s and unhealthy food too!
Well, that’s all for me today. Do you have something to include in tomorrow’s list? Email me! Rachelle@guestofaguest.com!
