International data havens? Maybe it’s just me with Neal Stephenson on the brain, but wasn’t there something like this in Cryptonomicon?
Category Archives: Asides
Group Dynamics: Pretty bands (Plastiscines, Au Revoir Simone, Amiina, Yo Majesty, Electrelane) look pretty. (via)
The Venture Bros. Shirt-Of-The-Week Club: Oh god. I can’t afford the subscription deal right now, but I imagine I’m going to want all of these.
Action Figure: Great slo-mo (1000 fps) videos of folks getting punched in the face. More info here. (via)
The montages of barringer82: Beautifully arranged filmmaker tributes — The Coen Brothers, Stanley Kubrick, Paul Thomas Anderson, Wes Anderson, etc. (via)
Animated Graffiti: “Muto,” a short film by BLU, might be the most amazing thing you’ll see this week. (via)
“Is it pretty? No. Does it work? It appears to. So what’s the big deal?” George Saunders on the ethics of washboarding.
Nicole Peterson’s gorgeous cover designs for Dante’s Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso. (via)