Daily Office:
Wednesday
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
¶ Matins: Michelle Haimoff proposes a pay scale for HuffPost contributors.
¶ Lauds: Nige makes me wish that I were in London, to see the Corot to Monet show.
¶ Prime: Carol Smith, an SVP at Elle, claims that women make better managers. Even better, she hates single-sex workplaces.
¶ Tierce: A Web log devoted to bookmarks found in old books (!) reminds us of telegrams at weddings. How old, we wonder, is the youngest person to remember this feature of wedding receptions? (via MetaFilter)
¶ Sext: Steven Heller explains the test pattern.
¶ Nones: An update from the country that can’t: Kurdistan.
¶ Vespers: “It’s enjoyable if you like reading Nexis printouts” — Nicholson Baker on the Kindle DX.
¶ Compline: Drake Bennett reports on some recent studies of attention deficits in older drivers — and how older drivers compensate. (via The Morning News)