February 2012
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tesslynch:
the kinks — dedicated follower of...
Watchpaulftompkins:
LADIES AND OPPOSITE-LADIES LIVING IN VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.
I AM RETURNING TO YOU UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS, STOWING AWAY IN THE SUPEREGO LIVE SHOW.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH.
CRAMPED UP IN A STEAMER TRUNK WITH ME WILL BE STEVE AGEE.
YOU NEED TO SEE THIS SHOW IN ORDER TO LIVE. SORRY TO JUST DROP THAT ON YOU LIKE THAT. BUT I CARE ENOUGH TO BE BLUNT.
TICKETS:...
Actual conversation
[redacted]: You shave your head right?
Me: No.
[redacted]: You don't?
Me: No.
[redacted]: I guess I've never seen your head.
Me: That's not true.
[redacted]: I got a thing for shaving your head and everyone said to give it to Billy.
Me: Do you think I'm Billy?
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WatchHave you seen this Al Gore documentary that Spike Jonze made in 2000? It’s great.
Watch the whole thing(13 min), but if you only have a minute, watch 6:05 to 7:08, where he is talking about how important education is to this country.
(Hmm…GoogleVideo embed seems wack. Click the link below to watch in a better format.)
(via Unseen Al Gore Campaign video)
“You can tell a man’s character by the frequency and seriousness of his...”
– An interruption
January 2012
34 posts
“The point being that where information was scarce, it is now more like air....”
– Raph Koster, Raph’s Website » Commodifying culture
Raphael Koster is a game designer and writes about theories surrounding various aspects of our physical lives intersecting with our digital lives in ways we may not realize.
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“I want them to remember that lawmakers and lobbyists who don’t understand the...”
– Erik Martin, reddit general manager, telling us what he thinks you should take away from today’s Internet blackouts. (via newsweek)
“Any company that is providing great content online in a way that’s easy to use...”
– Tim O’Reilly on SOPA: it protects the wrong people - Boing Boing
Pretty accurate, succinct way of putting it, Tim O’Reilly. Kudes!
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Internet Wormhole
Been distracting myself on the internet today looking up an assortment of chained-together topics on CNC milling then Python coding then C++ coding then multiplexers and demultiplexers then shift registering which finally lead me to BOOLEAN EQUATIONS.
And then my brain collapsed in on it’s own withered gray matter.
See you on Monday!
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“So, if I have any 2012 resolutions, I guess it will be to maintain a constant,...”
– Henry Rollins: The Column! My New Year’s Resolution: To Rock Out - Los Angeles Music - West Coast Sound
Yes and yes. Thanks, Henry.
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What Is It About Chairs? « Unframed The LACMA Blog →
My tumblr is taking a bit of a swing towards design in the last few days. Perhaps my mind is on the aspects of design that can intersect those things beyond the physical ones we interact with everyday. See my previous link about using New Years’ to redesign your life.
A little over a year ago, I made a chair. It was the first thing I ever welded. It was the first thing I ever designed as an...
This Year, Use Design Tools to Redesign Your Life →
I dug up this link to an article from the Huffington Post(January 2011, by Linda Tischler). I loved the approach she mentions to “redesigning” your life; not necessarily an overhaul, just looking at the themes you are focusing on, looking at yourself, and making an version for the new year. Like an update for your life’s OS.
It is an interesting approach and incredibly useful,...
December 2011
34 posts
amandarust:
It’s 10:45 am and it already sounds like the Russians are coming.
