David Friedman
@ironicsans.com
Filmmaker, writer, occasional historian
davidfriedman.info
davidfriedman.info
Flashback to when you could get a cool job in the newspaper classifieds. From the Sunday NYTimes this week in 2000. And that’s how I became Polo Ralph Lauren’s staff photographer for the next 7 years.
![PHOTOGRAPHER
Leading Fashion Company seeks staff photographer. Subjects include showroom interiors, store windows as well as product. Demonstrated proficiency in the use of 4x5 camera. Heavy volume. Full benefits. Please fax resume to CWP 212-[phone number]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6sne4h2aclkw5qo4an4scmmg/bafkreiaikvgvs6a2lweh3dq6seoxrasg7mrddtnkatt5u4ocbj2otyjjoa@jpeg)
January 13, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Flashback to when you could get a cool job in the newspaper classifieds. From the Sunday NYTimes this week in 2000. And that’s how I became Polo Ralph Lauren’s staff photographer for the next 7 years.
Reposted by David Friedman
Might I interest you in some gisnep.com?
Gisnep | Daily Quote Puzzle
You Need One More Daily Puzzle In Your Life
gisnep.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Might I interest you in some gisnep.com?
Reposted by David Friedman
Under a minute! My favorite morning brain-waker-upper!
I solved today’s #Gisnep in 00:49.
No. 518 | January 7, 2026
gisnep.com
I solved today’s #Gisnep in 00:49.
No. 518 | January 7, 2026
gisnep.com
Gisnep | Daily Quote Puzzle
You Need One More Daily Puzzle In Your Life
gisnep.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Under a minute! My favorite morning brain-waker-upper!
I solved today’s #Gisnep in 00:49.
No. 518 | January 7, 2026
gisnep.com
I solved today’s #Gisnep in 00:49.
No. 518 | January 7, 2026
gisnep.com
Reposted by David Friedman
I do Alphaguess, Hang Five, and Gisnep. Sometimes they're super easy and sometimes they take me ages to finish.
January 6, 2026 at 2:21 PM
I do Alphaguess, Hang Five, and Gisnep. Sometimes they're super easy and sometimes they take me ages to finish.
The mysterious cartoonist who goes by pseudonym Olivia James has left the comic strip Nancy which she revitalized with sometimes surreal, absurdist and self-aware humor in 2018. Starting today Nancy is by Eisner winner Caroline Cash. Exciting times for Nancy fans! www.gocomics.com/extras/nancy...
“Nancy” Says Goodbye to Olivia James, Hello to a Brand-New Creator
It’s a new era for the comic strip, which has been in print for more than 100 years.
www.gocomics.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:38 PM
The mysterious cartoonist who goes by pseudonym Olivia James has left the comic strip Nancy which she revitalized with sometimes surreal, absurdist and self-aware humor in 2018. Starting today Nancy is by Eisner winner Caroline Cash. Exciting times for Nancy fans! www.gocomics.com/extras/nancy...
Reposted by David Friedman
That is correct for $2000!
(Your current score: $182000)
(Your current score: $182000)
What is the GOP?
December 21, 2025 at 1:58 AM
That is correct for $2000!
(Your current score: $182000)
(Your current score: $182000)
I can’t believe tomorrow’s Gisnep is #500!! That’s a lot of puzzles. If you aren’t already playing, a vast archive awaits you! gisnep.com
Gisnep | Daily Quotefall Dropquote Puzzle
You Need One More Daily Puzzle In Your Life
gisnep.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I can’t believe tomorrow’s Gisnep is #500!! That’s a lot of puzzles. If you aren’t already playing, a vast archive awaits you! gisnep.com
God this is heartbreaking. I read many of his books. I’d seen him speak. One of my prized possessions was hand-written correspondence I received from Oliver Sacks. I feel so let down.
An investigation of his personal journals revealed that celebrated neurologist Oliver Sacks fabricated some of his most well-known work. Sacks himself referred to his “lies” and “falsification” in journal entries. [kottke.org]
The Lies and Falsifications of Oliver Sacks
In a recent bombshell piece for the New Yorker, Rachel Aviv explored the personal journals of the celebrated neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks. What she found was shocking: he had fabricated and embellished some of his
kottke.org
December 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
God this is heartbreaking. I read many of his books. I’d seen him speak. One of my prized possessions was hand-written correspondence I received from Oliver Sacks. I feel so let down.
Reposted by David Friedman
Good read — Becoming a Centenarian
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Becoming a Centenarian
Like The New Yorker, I was born in 1925. Somewhat to my surprise, I decided to keep a journal of my hundredth year.
www.newyorker.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Good read — Becoming a Centenarian
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
No newsletter this week, but it’s a good opportunity to catch up on the last edition in which I attempted to find every giant model whale in the world, in size order. (Spoiler: the blue whale at the American Museum of Natural History is not the biggest!) ironicsans.ghost.io/there-be-wha...
There be whales here!
In which a 92 foot model whale is listed on eBay for $2.25
ironicsans.ghost.io
December 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
No newsletter this week, but it’s a good opportunity to catch up on the last edition in which I attempted to find every giant model whale in the world, in size order. (Spoiler: the blue whale at the American Museum of Natural History is not the biggest!) ironicsans.ghost.io/there-be-wha...
@kottke.org This struck me as potentially of interest to you: youtu.be/uBwM8oy7_Ok?...
New Auction Record Set for Iconic Japanese Print "The Great Wave" | Sotheby's
YouTube video by Sotheby's
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
@kottke.org This struck me as potentially of interest to you: youtu.be/uBwM8oy7_Ok?...
The last episode of Pluribus comes out on December 26, just one day too late to call the episode A Christmas Carol.
November 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The last episode of Pluribus comes out on December 26, just one day too late to call the episode A Christmas Carol.
Carol Sturka is an anagram for Our Car Talks.
Also: Ocular Karts, A Solar Truck, and Orca Ark Slut.
This reveals everything.
Also: Ocular Karts, A Solar Truck, and Orca Ark Slut.
This reveals everything.
November 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Carol Sturka is an anagram for Our Car Talks.
Also: Ocular Karts, A Solar Truck, and Orca Ark Slut.
This reveals everything.
Also: Ocular Karts, A Solar Truck, and Orca Ark Slut.
This reveals everything.
This Vectrex version of Donkey Kong is incredible! www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO0t...
Vector Kong on Vectrex via VecFever and my 4 custom level overlays
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This Vectrex version of Donkey Kong is incredible! www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO0t...
Reposted by David Friedman
Gen X comedy nerds, assemble! youtu.be/Bw2bJZl990I?...
Get A Life | 35th Anniversary Marathon | FIRST TIME STREAMING | December 6-7 on SHOUT! TV
YouTube video by Shout! Studios
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Gen X comedy nerds, assemble! youtu.be/Bw2bJZl990I?...
Reposted by David Friedman
This is a good time to remind everyone that I disliked these people so much we rolled our own Whitney alternative to avoid giving them more money, and gave it away for free so that nobody else had to either nebulasans.com
Nebula Sans
Nebula Sans is the brand typeface for Nebula, available under the SIL Open Font License.
nebulasans.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This is a good time to remind everyone that I disliked these people so much we rolled our own Whitney alternative to avoid giving them more money, and gave it away for free so that nobody else had to either nebulasans.com
Aside from everything else, Sora has the absolute worst feed algorithm of any feed that has ever algorithmed.
November 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Aside from everything else, Sora has the absolute worst feed algorithm of any feed that has ever algorithmed.
Johnny Carson's house is for sale for $110,000,000.00 www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
www.zillow.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Johnny Carson's house is for sale for $110,000,000.00 www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
Reposted by David Friedman
October 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The great thing about AI is that you can remake movies the way you remember them
October 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The great thing about AI is that you can remake movies the way you remember them
Reposted by David Friedman
A classic from @ironicsans.com I have always enjoyed. Can you tell Arial from Helvetica? I can, though I was tripped up by the same three that a lot of folks seem to miss.
ironicsans.com/helvarialqui...
ironicsans.com/helvarialqui...
Ironic Sans: So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica? Quiz
ironicsans.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:38 AM
A classic from @ironicsans.com I have always enjoyed. Can you tell Arial from Helvetica? I can, though I was tripped up by the same three that a lot of folks seem to miss.
ironicsans.com/helvarialqui...
ironicsans.com/helvarialqui...
I wrote about people who write blurbs. Huh. Blurb. That’s a funny word. Blurb. Why do we call a little quote of praise a blurb anyway? Well, I wrote the answer to that, too. Blurb. ironicsans.ghost.io/the-king-of-...
The King of Blurbs
“A gripping tale of hubris, hyperbole, and hardcovers!” - a famous author
ironicsans.ghost.io
October 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I wrote about people who write blurbs. Huh. Blurb. That’s a funny word. Blurb. Why do we call a little quote of praise a blurb anyway? Well, I wrote the answer to that, too. Blurb. ironicsans.ghost.io/the-king-of-...
I love to see a writer as the subject of an SNL documentary. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMgF...
Downey Wrote That | Official Trailer | Peacock Original
YouTube video by Peacock
www.youtube.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I love to see a writer as the subject of an SNL documentary. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMgF...
🚨The movie “Cube” (1997) is now free to watch on YouTube. It’s one of my favorite examples of a movie that does a lot with a little, basically one set used so cleverly in different ways. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TrW...
Cube (1997) | Full Movie | Nicole de Boer, Nicky Guadagni, David Hewlett, Andrew Miller
www.youtube.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:34 PM
🚨The movie “Cube” (1997) is now free to watch on YouTube. It’s one of my favorite examples of a movie that does a lot with a little, basically one set used so cleverly in different ways. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TrW...
Am I the only one who has no recollection of there being a PS2 or PS4? If you told me they only made odd numbered PlayStations, I’m not sure I could refute you.
October 1, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Am I the only one who has no recollection of there being a PS2 or PS4? If you told me they only made odd numbered PlayStations, I’m not sure I could refute you.