Rachelle's Reading List, Monday, Sept. 27th, 2010

by Rachelle Hruska · September 27, 2010

My guy only reads the NY Times. So, I've started emailing him lists of things that caught my eye online outside of the Times. I've decided if it's good enough to send to him, it's good enough to share with you. Below are the things that caught my eye today:

1. I just got done with NY Mag's new "Who Runs New York?" issue. My favorite pieces included:

The Demon Blogger of Fleet Street: Nick Denton [Link]

The New Gangs of New York (literally a map and explanation of the groups of gangs and what they represent) [Link]

Downtown for sale: profile of Opening Ceremony's ultra hip founders, Humberto Leon and Carol Lim [Link]

The Anti-Facebook, Facebook. Profile on Diaspora. [Link]

2. Aston Kutcher (and other celebrities) has little Twitter Influence according to a detailed study conducted by Northwestern University. [Mashable]

3. Yikes. Add Heroin Addict to Lohan's repertoire? [NewsoftheWorld]

[Lindsay's problems most likely bigger than suspected.]

4. The New Yorker proudly goes over it's new iPad app, demonstrated by Jason Schwartzman, on their very social media friendly Tumblr page. [New Yorker]

5. Dr. Phil's son is launching a website called "RumorFix" and Gossip Cop's Dan Abrams isn't happy about it. [Mediaite]

6. Charlotte Ronson is HUGE!...In Shanghai [@shopronson]

7. The Obameter: Tracking Obama's Campaign Promises. How does Obama score in the over 500 promises he made during the campaign. [Politifact]

8. Alicia Silverstone is returning to the screen to star in a romantic comedy about vampires??! With Gia from Veronica Mars? Whaa? [Joyengel]

Krysten Ritter, Alicia Silverstone on the NY set of Vamps [People]

9. Jimi Heselden, the multimillionaire owner of the Segway company, died after riding one of the two-wheeled machines off of a cliff. [Telegraph]

10. Catfish. I forgot about this one last week. If you're looking for an anti "The Social Network" film, head to this artistically done docu-film that examines how well you know your Facebook friends. It's a masterpiece [Catfish Website]

11. Should you wear Harem pants this fall? [Flickr]