Tag: lists
In the beginning were lists
Friday 20 November 2009, 8:46 pm
Umberto Eco has been invited by the Louvre in Paris to curate an exhibition. He has chosen lists as his organising principle.
Making lists is often derided as a cop-out: something that we do instead of actually creating or making something. Lists have recently been called a degenerate case of essay.
It seems that Umberto Eco [...]
Top 5 books for 2007
Saturday 5 January 2008, 3:39 pm
I’m a little late with my “best of” 2007 lists. It think technically you’re supposed to write these before the end of the year. Oh well, I’ve never really been one for following convention anyway. This is a list of the books that I read during 2007 that I enjoyed most. [...]
Four Things
Thursday 12 July 2007, 10:54 pm
Several lists of four things, including things to do before I die; jobs I’ve had; favourite movies; favourite food; favourite websites and more.
10 Films for Bluish Days
Tuesday 12 June 2007, 2:37 am
When I’m down and weary, these are the films that make me happy.
An Imperfect List of Fantastic Books
Sunday 6 May 2007, 12:56 pm
It was tempting to title this post “A Long Time Coming,” but that’s far too similar to the title of the first post in this blog.
At the time that New Media was coming to an abrupt end, Wendy asked for a list of my top ten books. I actually did start putting a list [...]
