new articles to eat lunch to

[1986]

post long, interesting articles in here to read while on lunch break at work. i can't be the only person here that's into doing that right

anyway, here's one i stole from metafilter
"What Happened When I Went Undercover at a Christian Gay-to-Straight Conversion Camp"
http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/146557

[wolfie]

this is a double-luncher:

http://www.edmunds.com/advice/buying/ar ... ge001.html

about a guy who works at two car dealerships and tells about what it's like. it's a fun read

[Zwischenzug]

New York Mag Palin article:

http://nymag.com/news/politics/65628/

Nate Silver on New York neighborhoods:

http://nymag.com/realestate/neighborhoo ... ewed-24h10

On Evil:

http://www.newstatesman.com/print/201004010013

[pantsoclock]

Fox pointed this out to me the other day: http://longform.org

[Luke]

The artificially inflated market for diamonds:

http://www.edwardjayepstein.com/diamond.htm

[regs]

New York Mag Palin article:
On Evil:

http://www.newstatesman.com/print/201004010013

1. this article is nuts
2. it made me go blind about halfway through

[Zwischenzug]

Fox pointed this out to me the other day: http://longform.org

This is great.

[Merciel]

The artificially inflated market for diamonds:

http://www.edwardjayepstein.com/diamond.htm

Dated, and I could quibble with some of the details, but on the whole it's pretty accurate and a good eye-opener for anyone who thought diamonds had any intrinsic value (clue: they don't, and they are a completely terrible investment). I didn't know the part about the origins of eternity rings, so that was neat.

I liked the gay camp and car dealership articles too, will read the others later this week. Good thread.

[Luke]

The artificially inflated market for diamonds:

http://www.edwardjayepstein.com/diamond.htm

Dated, and I could quibble with some of the details, but on the whole it's pretty accurate and a good eye-opener for anyone who thought diamonds had any intrinsic value (clue: they don't, and they are a completely terrible investment). I didn't know the part about the origins of eternity rings, so that was neat.

Yeah, DeBeers has only 40% or something of the market now so it's not quite as of a monopoly; but they're still in a strong running for Worst People In The World.

[Durham]

http://www.instapaper.com/ is probably the thing GS was referring to, and it's great

[1986]

yeah, i used to use instapaper a lot more, but i've been really busy and lacking the time to read stuff at home, so i do most of my article reading at work so i just bookmark things in-browser. if i can figure out a good way to set it up with my phone maybe i'll go back to it
also that car dealership article ruled. gonna check the other stuff out soon hopefully. glad people were into this thread

[wolfie]

bump

thread needs more articles

[pantsoclock]

Lots of good stuff in that link I posted.
This one is great. It's about a guy who worked for the British government as a double agent in the IRA: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/print/2006/04/double-blind/4710/
I enjoyed this Petraeus profile: http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2010/05/petraeus-201005?printable=true

[Architecture]

this is a double-luncher:

http://www.edmunds.com/advice/buying/ar ... ge001.html

about a guy who works at two car dealerships and tells about what it's like. it's a fun read

is this the one where the guy works at a new and used dealership? and all the guys at the new dealership are hella into ties?

[wolfie]

yeah two dealerships, and he talks about buying ties out of the trunk of a car

[wolfie]

don't read it before you buy a car though because it'll make you feel bad for the salesmen

[Architecture]

and all they young white professionals come in demanding sticker price? that was a good article.

[jbiz]

Ambinder's obesity cover story is pretty good
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc ... esity/8017

[jbiz]

haven't got around to this one yet

Building a Green Economy (krugman in NYT mag)

[dog liver]

gay porn industry in the czech republic

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/commerce/100323/gay-porn-prague

[Zurich]

it's a bit old now, but this is pretty good

"The Tea Party's Toxic Take on History: Ignore it at your peril."

http://www.slate.com/id/2251669

[jbiz]

found what i'm reading today: The Data-Driven Life
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/magaz ... wanted=all

[fresh]

gene weingarten's done some great stuff
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 01721.html
http://www.pulitzer.org/works/2010-Feature-Writing

[Shalabi]

Peak Everything

http://reason.com/archives/2010/04/27/peak-everything

[texasme]

Fox pointed this out to me the other day: http://longform.org

This is great.

this has been giving me terrific bedtime reading for the past week

[isobel]

http://www.aldaily.com/

[1986]

Todd Marinovich: The Man Who Never Was

Twenty years ago, he was guaranteed to be one of the greatest quarterbacks ever to play the game of football. Engineered to be. He was drafted ahead of Brett Favre. Today he's a recovering junkie. Scenes from the chaotic life of a boy never designed to be a man in the 2010 National Magazine Award winner for profile writing.

http://www.esquire.com/print-this/todd-marinovich-0509

[WAC]

http://reason.com/archives/2010/01/19/s ... es-enabler

Sheriff Joe's Enabler
Meet Maricopa County Attorney Andy Thomas—overtly political prosecutor, abuser of power, sworn enemy of libertarianism

[Albus]

bump

Help me out guys. I have 3 hours to kill at work.

[Durham]

The Untold Story of the World's Biggest Diamond Heist

http://www.wired.com/politics/law/magazine/17-04/ff_diamonds?currentPage=all