September 2009
55 posts
The xx “Basic Space”
off their new...
August 2009
84 posts
“that’s what they do in argentina. have a little wine and talk. then have some coffee and talk. then, go back to the wine.”
- francis ford coppola
Wikipedia to Color Code Untrustworthy Text →
Interesting. I wonder if this improves credibility?
(via @current)
How Facebook Ruins Friendships →
A rather amusing albeit right on Op Ed on how Facebook ruins friendships.
“Amidst all this heightened chatter, we’re not saying much that’s interesting, folks. Rather, we’re breaking a cardinal rule of companionship: Thou Shalt Not Bore Thy Friends.”
(via Wall Street Journal)
i’d like to find the kind of love that helps me be better than i already am.
Bottled-Water Price War Heats Up as Demand Falls →
Look, I get that business is business for these companies, but this makes me so mad. Finally the greater good is starting to make a difference, and corporations and marketing is working in damnest to put a kabosh on it.
And if you haven’t seen Flow yet, now’s the time: http://www.flowthefilm.com/
Water should be NO ONE’S property.
Throwback: Billy Joel “We Didn’t Start...
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R.I.P. DJ AM
“New york, new york. Big city of dreams, but everything in new york aint always what it seems.”
- last tweet from @DJ_AM on August 25th, 2009. quote from Grand Master Flash’s song “New York New York”
“A good manager is someone who makes everyone feel like he or she is creative in their work. Because creative work is the most fulfilling work, and we are each capable of that kind of work.”
- Penelope Trunk’s Brazen Careerist
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WatchDragonette’s video for “Fixin To Thrill”
Fun song, even though I find Dragonete a bit annoying :)
Siriusmo “Let Me In” off of the new...
China Racing Ahead of U.S. in the Drive to Go... →
Fascinating. Chinese companies have already played a leading role in pushing down the price of solar panels by almost half over the last year. Shi Zhengrong, the chief executive and founder of China’s biggest solar panel manufacturer, Suntech Power Holdings, said in an interview here that Suntech, to build market share, is selling solar panels on the American market for less than the cost of the...
Islands “Vapours”
(via Nicky...
50 Best Websites 2009 →
Get High Now?
Some [most] of this list is surprising.
(via Time Magazine online)
There is an unseen sweetness in the stomach’s emptiness. We are lutes. When the soundbox is filled, no music can come forth. When the brain and the belly burn from fasting, every moment a new song rises out of the fire. The mists clear, and a new v…itality makes you spring up the steps before you. Be empty and cry as a reed instrument. Be empty and write secrets with a reed pen.
- RUMI
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Throwback: Elastica “Da Da Da” (Trio...
i am inspired by the myths of the past and the myths of the future.
“When you are in love you can’t fall asleep because reality is better than your dreams.”
- Dr. Seuss
The World's 100 Most Powerful Women →
Judy McGrath (CEO of MTV Networks) is a brilliant woman who worked her way from bottom to top, but I’m rather surprised she’s on the list, and at number 61
“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”
- Abraham Lincoln
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Get the Salary You Deserve - Even in a Recession →
It may be summer, but it’s cold out there: Thousands of companies of all sizes have frozen hiring and salaries, putting many workers’ earnings expectations on ice for the time being.
But many employers continue to make job offers even as they reduce overall headcount. More than 4 million hires were made in April 2009, according to the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey from the Bureau of...
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Nearly 90% of U.S. money has traces of cocaine →
A study that tested paper money from 30 big cities in five countries—including the U.S., Brazil, Canada, China and Japan—found that big metropolitan areas in both Canada and the U.S. have an alarmingly high presence of cocaine on their currency, with traces of the narcotic on 85-90% of bills. Brazil, coming in just behind the North American nations, had contamination on 80% of paper money. On the...
It's Hip to be Round →
It’s hip for men to be out of shape?
(via The New York Times)
Periodic Table of Metal →
Heavy metal bands come in many varieties. Some are lightning fast, some are slow and plodding and, sure as iron is heavier than helium, some bands are heavier than others.
This is an attempt at categorizing metal bands.
(via, my brother, Ross)
RIP Les Paul
Wild Beasts “Two Dancers” off their...
WatchJohn Stewart on the healthcare debate. “Healthier Skelter”.
Hilarious, of course.
