Too Hot To Write: Miscellany

From Flickr user DRP

Well, it's been too hot in New York to write. Add to that a brutal work week, and I haven't posted much. So I'm playing a little catch-up. From last week, a few things to check out:

- Slate.com's posting of this bizarre Richard Nixon memorandum is worth a read;
- New York Magazine profiles fifteen "sublime outdoor spots" to whet your whistle. Add them to your list;
- Beckham arrives, plays fifteen minutes in a friendly. Still, the buzz bodes well;
- The New York Times puts out an interesting feature on America's richest men (of all time). Ostensibly also about income inequality. I imagine I'll come back to this at some point;
- An interesting approach to sequestering carbon emissions from automobiles and putting them to good use. It is becoming difficult to keep track of all of the innovation in this field, and piece together the patchwork of technologies that might successfully create a greener future.