Another batch of pictures from Sechery has been posted on the relevant page.
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Author Archives: Stefan Geens
Belgians are to blame
Salmon has now gone mad
Salmon has now gone mad. Just this weekend, he’s posted no fewer than 2 new pieces on l’affair Sullivan — an affair, I hasten to add, which he single-handedly created.
He seems to be an expert at following up a valid point with something completely barmy. Here’s an example:
“Austerlitz had another effect on me, too: I intend to go out later today and purchase a small pocket camera which I can load with black and white film and carry around with me at all times, in much the same way as Sebald did.” (my italics)
Salmon also seems to have a huge chip on his shoulder that Romenesko doesn’t link to him, seeing the mediagossip supremo as a prime mover in the Liberal Media Conspiracy. Bollocks, Felix: Romenesko doesn’t link to you because you don’t provide fixed links!
Fuck Enron
Simon Clark swears this song by Liz Phair is called Fuck Enron.
Priceless Armani
Armani blouse: $1,800
Armani jacket: $5,000
Armani shoes: $2,200
Being disgusted by all this luxury: Priceless
New Year's in Sechery
New Year’s was spent in the Ardennes with friends. I’ve scanned the first batch of pictures (Michelle’s) and put them up on the web. You’ll find them on my photos page.
iMac: British Eccentric
On this page, I’ve tried to focus on quality over quantity when it comes to posts, but it seems that if I don’t write something on a regular basis some so-called friends take this task inexpertly upon themselves (see the comments on the previous post), a turn of events that others have lamented.
To help quell all this turmoil in your lives I’d now like to declaim that the best thing to come out of the UK since the Mini is not Margaret Thatcher, the Millenium Dome or Anthony Kenny, but the gorgeous new iMac. Yes, it was improbably designed by a Brit, interviewed here in the Independent. Read carefully and you’ll find out how the iMac grew out of letting every part be true to itself. It almost makes the iMac a metaphor for Britain, where every eccentric is allowed to be true to him/herself. Clever and quirky, meritocritous and often the underdog, brilliant but perhaps too caring for detail–Britain and the iMac are one and the same. Go ahead and switch from der Vindows XP, ja. Oops, I mentioned the war.
The Oscars bet
For the record, here is the bet between Felix Salmon and myself:
“BVC” shall mean “bottle of vintage champagne” throughout. “LOTR” shall mean “Lord of the Rings“.
Stefan shall provide Felix with one BVC immediately.
Then:
-If LOTR ever outgrosses “Jurassic Park” on http://us.imdb.com/Charts/usatopmovies, Felix shall give Stefan 2 BVCs.
-If LOTR wins both “Best Director” and “Best Picture” at the Oscars, Felix shall give Stefan 2 BVCs.
-If LOTR wins either “Best Director” or “Best Picture” at the Oscars (but not both), Felix shall give Stefan 1 BVC.
-If LOTR wins neither “Best Director” nor “Best Picture” at the Oscars, Stefan shall give Felix another 2 BVCs.
Amazing Scrabble game
Yesterday’s 2001 World Scrabble Championship finals, held in Las Vegas, produced an amazing game.
The handicap principle
This well-written article on the handicap principle adds a personal touch to the latest advances in the theory of evolution, and also goes a long way to explaining some of the more outrageous pursuits perpetrated by some of my friends over the years.