Recently discovered this magazine out of the UK called Front. Its like Maxim for hipsters. Absurd I tell ya.

I read this good article in the New Yorker about the Michelin guide:
Michelin has gone to extraordinary lengths to maintain the anonymity of its inspectors. Many of the company’s top executives have never met an inspector; inspectors themselves are advised not to disclose their line of work, even to their parents (who might be tempted [...]

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From Murakami’s acceptance speech for a literary prize in Israel:
I chose to come here rather than stay away. I chose to see for myself rather than not to see. I chose to speak to you rather than to say nothing.
Please do allow me to deliver one very personal message. It is something that I always [...]

From the BBC:
To thwart spammers many websites force visitors to transcribe obscured words or characters before they get access.
Now instead of random words many sites are taking text from old books and documents that have been scanned by character reading software.
The words supplied are those the software cannot read but humans can, helping to complete [...]