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‘I’m Going to Tell My Son the Worst Swearword in the World’
Jon Ronson: My eight-year-old son, Joel, comes into my office to ask if there’s a worse swearword than fuck. “No,” I say. There’s a silence. “You’re lying,” he says. “There’s none worse than fuck,” I say. Joel narrows his eyes.…
My Big Fat List of Online Girl Crushes
Flickr credit It’s time to give some love to all the amazing women I have had the pleasure of totally stalking online. These women, all in their own way, give me that jealous feeling in my gut that propels me…
(To answer your question in advance, I owe early access to the text to blind luck, persistence, and a helpful friend in the industry who demands anonymity. Cross-posted at the Putz.) Following American politics for the last two decades (and…
You're Backing Up Your Data the Wrong Way [Backup]
Time and time again, people tell me that they've bought an external hard drive to back up their pictures, music, and documents. Great, right? Sadly, that's not always the case. There's one simple rule about backups that everybody needs to…
And they have nothing to do with “motivation”… The REAL keys to good nutrition are: - Making a list of what you’re going to need to buy (and checking it twice). - Buying more than what you think you need.…
I come home and one of my roommates is decked out in his perahan tunban, complete with authentic shemagh. Basically, he's dressed like a native Afghan. We go for a beer run and hit the checkout with three 40s and…