Monthly Archives: January 2010

On Objective And Subjective Hazards

By Jens Haas | Published: January 10, 2010
Here’s how you can truly horrify your entire family and everybody who cares for you, and perhaps to some extent even your enemies: float the idea that the European Alps are not enough anymore, and that you intend to summit one of the 14 mountains taller than 8000 meters (in the spirit of NFN: alpine [...]
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The Positive Influences Of Gambling

By Jens Haas | Published: January 5, 2010
Alec Soth made a sculpture from his Las Vegas birthday trip to fund the purchase of a rare edition of “Horsemeat” by Charles Bukowski. The price is 4000 dollars. I want the book myself, so I cannot buy the sculpture. But perhaps you do? See the slideshow from the trip, here.
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Keep Calm And Carry On

By Stephen Mayes | Published: January 3, 2010
Notes from somewhere: old-school messaging may not be instant but it has a special value. It says “I’m thinking of you because I care” rather than “I need your attention to validate my existence.”
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