Category Archives: Blogs

19 March, 2009

John Waters’ home and..

.. his collection of “vintage knick-knacks, fab furnishings, collectible art, one-of-a-kind porn, and plastic food” and LOTS of books!

Posted by Sanjeev Naik in Blogs | The good life at 1:48 AM

24 September, 2008

Literary Tattoos

If you love Vonnegut, and tattoos too, this is what you do. More here.

Posted by Sanjeev Naik in Blogs | The visual arts at 6:15 AM

21 September, 2008

Collecting colours over a cup of coffee

p.i.g.m.e.n.t.i.u.m - a painting a day

Posted by Sanjeev Naik in Arts and entertainment | Blogs at 6:37 AM

20 September, 2008

The 50 “Buzziest” Blog Posts

As compiled by Nerve magazine.

Posted by Sanjeev Naik in Blogs at 8:45 AM

19 September, 2008

12,000 sitting ducks

Franke James takes a creative visual route to narrate a local accident.

Posted by Sanjeev Naik in Blogs | The visual arts at 10:48 AM

11 September, 2008

Paleo-Future

A look into the future that never was.

Posted by Sanjeev Naik in Blogs at 7:59 PM

Oops

Truck spills.

Posted by Sanjeev Naik in Blogs | Oddball at 7:58 PM

29 April, 2008

Tattoos for bloggers

Very funny pics. Photoshopped, of course. Part 1. Part 2.

Posted by Yazad Jal in Blogs | Oddball at 7:01 AM

28 March, 2008

How to write a song

Measure for Measure, a new songwriting blog over at the NY Times, promises enlightenment.

Posted by Amit Varma in Arts and entertainment | Blogs at 4:45 AM

27 March, 2008

Got time to waste?

Everything2 is a collection of user-submitted writings about, well, pretty much everything.

Posted by Sanjeev Naik in Blogs at 4:21 PM

23 March, 2008

417 Google-Videos

The internet is the university from which I never graduate.

Posted by Sanjeev Naik in Blogs at 5:46 PM

25 February, 2008

Blogger Makes It Big

Joshua Micah Marshall wins the George Polk Award. Way to go!

Posted by Amit Varma in Blogs at 8:50 PM

27 December, 2007

Om…Giga Om

Om Malik is #12 in Forbes magazine’s Top 25 Web celebrities for 2007.

Posted by Sanjeev Naik in Blogs at 7:22 PM

10 October, 2007

Celebrity Blogs

Neil Young, Tori Amos, David Beckham and many more, listed here. (Via email from Gautam.)

Posted by Amit Varma in Arts and entertainment | Blogs at 12:18 PM

13 August, 2007

A Marginal Indian Revolution

Tyler Cowen plans to donate money, according to his principles, to Indian recipients and is looking for ideas.

Posted by Gautam in Blogs | Economics at 10:46 AM

22 June, 2007

Secret worlds

I love this. XKCD rocks. (Via email from Gautam.)

Posted by Amit Varma in Blogs | The visual arts at 4:12 PM

21 June, 2007

Bloggers were invented ca. 300 AD

Heh. (Via email from Lalbadshah.)

Posted by Amit Varma in Blogs at 2:27 PM

01 June, 2007

Ouch!

In case you’re in the mood for some truly bad jokes... (Via email from Kind Friend.)

Posted by Amit Varma in Blogs at 1:29 PM

06 April, 2007

Diagram of a Blog

Tee hee.

Posted by Amit Varma in Blogs at 7:32 AM

27 March, 2007

Death threats against bloggers

Robert Scoble and Roger von Oech express their solidarity for Kathy Sierra. The flip side of the internet: it empower lunatics. (Via Instapundit.)

Posted by Amit Varma in Blogs at 2:33 PM

25 March, 2007

Twitter Totter

BusinessWeek wonders if Twitter represents a leap forward in online communication or the beginning of an attention apocalypse. We know what Steve Rubel (MicroPersuasion) thinks about it.

Posted by Gaurav Mishra in Blogs | Science and technology at 1:01 AM

23 March, 2007

Who had the first blog?

Blogs turn 10 as we return to the oft-visited question.

Posted by Patrix in Blogs at 2:53 AM

18 March, 2007

Blogs are parasites

A typical blog is “a parasite, a bacterium, a scavenger of bones and turds and the occasional piece of pretty cloth.” And that is a good thing.

Posted by Patrix in Blogs at 8:28 AM

13 March, 2007

Not Safe for Prudes

Susie Bright thinks we’re probably carrying the NSFW tag too far. (NSFW)

Posted by Ravages in Blogs at 3:04 PM

12 March, 2007

What’s a Blook?

A ‘blook’ is a book based on blogs and, if you write one, you might be nominated for The Lulu Blooker Prize.

Posted by Gaurav Mishra in Blogs at 9:47 PM

09 March, 2007

Put Your Best Foot Forward

SEOMoz tells you how with a compilation of 19 uber-cool website footers.

Posted by Gaurav Mishra in Blogs | The visual arts at 8:41 PM

Photojojo

Amit Gupta (photo-blog / blog) runs Photojojo, which is about “photography and awesomeness.” Also….hmm.. interesting (NSFW)!

Posted by Sanjeev Naik in Blogs | The visual arts at 7:26 AM

04 March, 2007

The Live-Blogging Priest…

...and other blogaholics. Sounds familiar, no?

Posted by Gaurav Mishra in Blogs | Oddball at 9:18 AM

02 March, 2007

Nobody reads blogs anymore…

...say Jeff Cole / Mark Evans. I don’t think I’d agree!

Posted by Ravages in Blogs at 10:33 PM

28 February, 2007

The well read

Lavanya writes what, in my opinion, is one of the best pieces of writing on books. Great prose.

Posted by Ravages in Blogs at 7:31 PM

23 February, 2007

Bangalore’s Big Question.

Who designed this flyover where “...two streams of traffic cross in the middle”?

Posted by Gautam in Blogs at 3:18 PM

22 February, 2007

Live 3D world blogosphere screensaver

A real-time rendering of blog posts on an animated 3D representation of the Earth. via[IA]

Posted by Arzan Sam Wadia in Blogs at 11:24 AM

21 February, 2007

Pigmentium - for those word-weary

For a long time, I’ve been following this blog - the perfect foil for those who read a lot.

Posted by Ravages in Blogs at 4:19 PM

19 February, 2007

Why Digg failed

Kuro5hin has the story. It’s got something to do with spin doctors and jaded diggers. You can be sure none of the Linkastic bloggers will ever get to that level.

Posted by Ravages in Blogs at 6:43 PM

18 February, 2007

Futility Closet

Futility Closet is the blog equivalent of a bag of Lay’s chips. Dip into it when you want a quick snack (beware, you can’t read just one!)

Posted by Yazad Jal in Blogs | Oddball at 8:35 PM

15 February, 2007

Supporting secularism and women’s equality…

... can get bloggers in jail in some countries. Do support the Free Kareem campaign. (Via Shruti.)

Posted by Amit Varma in Blogs | Miscellaneous at 11:20 PM

Linkastic is open

Welcome to Linkastic. This will be the only post on this blog without a link. Enjoy!

Posted by Amit Varma in Blogs at 1:30 PM