feb. 8
Links we love today: SX Survival, willpower training, illustrated MissedConnections and more
Assistant Editor Samantha Pitchel reads everything so you don’t have to.
Here are the links we loved today:
With the help of Pinterest, GSD&M has created a pretty killer SX Survival Guide (only 29 days, y’all).
(Love Pinterest? Thank Skimlinks.)
New episode of Who Charted? with guest Jake Fogelnest (appropriately titled “Indie Cred”).
15 wacky US town names; 13 awesome tweets from Kumail Nanjiani.
Happy birthday to Seth Green, here’s seven reasons why you rule.
BBC News explores the stand up scene in Qatar; The Awl interviews Hansky, a street artist who remixes Banksy’s iconic imagery with the equally compelling visage of Tom Hanks.
Can you improve your willpower through…sheer willpower?
The Millions’ guide to literary Tumblrs.
On “The Narrative Eros of the Infographic”; Craigslist Missed Connections, illustrated by Sophie Blackall.
Amy Poehler and Carol Burnett talk comedy:
Are you watching Fridays at Galweather? The Showtime web series is on its fourth ep, but start with the first and catch up nowwww:
Bad Veins’ “Dancing on TV,” featuring Chris Hardwick:
