Saturday, March 13, 2021

Lucky 13 Mathias Corman Chief of OECD

Former finance minister Mathias Cormann named OECD chief


Igor’s Social House: J and F tasting brunch by Michelin cook


Andrew Cuomo Was Paid $65 For Every Book He Sold.


I played a lot of Oregon Trail so was fascinated to see read this detailed account from the game designer of how he set up the "river crossing" part of the game to be as complex and realistic as possible: died-of-dysentery.com/stories/crossi


… Garden Writing is About More than Plants


The genre of American garden writing runs the gamut from technical to inspirational, from garden bed blueprints to meditations on weeding


… zmkc: Around the World

The films viewed for the book were chosen purely according to their location, Dalrymple tells us in his preface. He excluded France, Britain and the US, because he felt he knew them too well to watch films made there with fresh eyes, and he decided to only "visit" any country once. His interest, he says, was not that of a student of cinema but of a traveller. "It was the depiction of the countries that interested me", he explains. He then proceeds to describe what it was like to watch 33 films (almost all made in 2017 or 2018), set in 34 countries, over the course of one year.


… Decentralize Social Media, Wikipedia Co-Founder Says


… Review: Russian Roulette: The Life and Times of Graham Greene


Richard Greene … has succeeded in writing the best biography of the novelist by showing his subject both fair criticism and sympathy. He also writes a lean, brisk, cinematic prose reminiscent of Greene’s own, which gives his narrative its readability.


This is why you should renovate your brick ’80s home instead of knocking it down


We’ve tried therapy and had many heart-to-hearts. But even cuddles are few and far between