February 2012
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The Faux-Vintage Photo →
Really good essay about faux-vintage photography and social media as a whole.
Faux-vintage photography, while seemingly banal, helps illustrate larger trends about social media in general.
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What Would the End of Football Look Like? →
Anonymous asked: Who am I? Why a fox? Why not a bird or a beagle?
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““What a conqueror!–a conqueror who controls humanity at will, and wins to...”
– Napoleon Bonaparte’s reflections from exile
January 2012
9 posts
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Rovio CEO says piracy can attract more fans to... →
Finally somebody gets it.
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How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the... →
Douglas Adams’ opinion/prophecy concerning the internet in 1999. Brilliant and accurate.
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NASA's 64-megapixel photo of Earth
“You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics looks so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a...
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“He likewise directed, that every senator in the great council of a nation, after...”
– Jonathan Swift
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December 2011
13 posts
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“I walk by a pretty good bootleg DVD stand a few times a month — the proprietor...”
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Nilay Patel, What is SOPA and how does it work? The Stop Online Piracy Act explained
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“SOPA is a law borne of the blind logic of revenge: the movie studios can’t...”
– Nilay Patel, What is SOPA and how does it work? The Stop Online Piracy Act explained
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You and Mark Aren't Friends
thenewinquiry:
Facebook’s Timeline turns your old updates into an unexpurgated biography
by Giovanni Tiso
Timeline is the story of your life.
—Mark Zuckerberg
Nine beef consommés, one iced cucumber soup, one mussel soup
—Georges Perec, “Attempt at an Inventory of the Liquid and Solid Foodstuffs Ingurgitated by Me in the Course of the Year Ninteen Hundred and Seventy-Four”
Four months...
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“Microsoft’s excellent “Metro” design language… [is]...”
– Paul Miller, The condescending UI
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“I have a kneejerk reaction to most modern computer user interfaces (also, all...”
– Paul Miller, The condescending UI
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Facebook Timeline: another wonderful way to sell your soul to the devil that is Facebook.
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“Count no man happy until he be dead.”
– Solon
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“If you want to write, if you want to create, you must be the most sublime fool...”
– Ray Bradbury (via qu4ntity)
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“No live shows, ‘cause I can’t find sponsors / For the only black kid...”
– Fire Fly, by Childish Gambino
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“I fled, and cried out “Death;” / Hell trembled at the hideous name,...”
– Paradise Lost
November 2011
9 posts
Anonymous asked: On a scale of 1-10, how much do you love Apple Juice? And be completely honest.
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“I never feared to die as much as then, / and my fear might have been enough to...”
– Dante
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Flash found dead in seedy San Jose motel room →
Yet another great bit of satire from Scoopertino.
Hey, “Miss Anonymous” who loves my blog and is “OBSESSED” with me. I don’t think I ever actually liked you. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever known you. If indeed you exist, you can be obsessed with me and love my blog, that’s cool; but I’m not sure if we’re ever going to “hang soon.” Nor do I particular want to see “body...
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“And when my gaze moved down below their faces,
I saw all were incredibly...”
– Inferno
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“You have built yourselves a God of gold and silver!
How do you differ from the...”
– Inferno
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“O Simon Magus! O scum that followed him!
Those things of God that rightly...”
– Inferno
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“We did not stop our journey while he spoke, / but continued on our way along the...”
– Dante’s Inferno
October 2011
12 posts
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Feeling fresh, pot of coffee, burritos, and Sigur Ros: recipe for disaster, otherwise known as an essay.
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If you can... →
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“How sad it is to know I’m in control.”
– “Triple Spiral” by Bright Eyes
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Steve Jobs Was Always Kind to Me (Or, Regrets of... →
This is great. It’s also the last thing I’ll post about Steve Jobs. I promise.
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qu4ntity:
Repeat after me:
“Minimalism is not about a lack of content. Minimalism is not about a lack of content. Minimalism is not about a lack of content.”
It is concerned with presenting whatever content is needed in an efficient way. Subtracting content is actually more likely to decrease efficiency. Please try to remember this before making a “minimalist” poster for your favorite movie.
Hiding the Lockheed Plant During World War II →
Incredible.
Before:
After:
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“Intelligence is not the ability to store information, but to know where to find...”
– Albert Einstein
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Last night, while laying in my bed, sipping my tea, I stumbled across a little article on Lifehacker about writer’s block, claiming a sure-fire cure to the common ailment. Although there’s much merit in this cure, what really took me was what it says about talking. The writer makes the point that no one suffers from talker’s block. The reason for this is that we talk so often...
September 2011
10 posts
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French 101 Homework
qu4ntity:
Dale Cooper est un homme très intelligente, un peu fou, et amusant. Il est grand, brun, et mince, aussi. Cet homme est un agent du FBI. Il est de Twin Peaks. Êtes-vous le regarder? Ce personnage est altruiste et idéalist mais triste. Il n’est pas fatigué. Il est toujours énergenique. C’est Dale Cooper, mon héros!
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Dream Jobs That You’re Glad You Didn’t Pursue:... →