April 2009
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“In a crisis, the ability to simultaneously communicate with all our friends (and...”
– Emily Gould (via tylercoates, tesslynch)
Apr 30th
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Apr 29th
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“Chic is the most impossible thing to define. Luxury is a humorless thing,...”
– While listing his ten favorite fragrances, NY Times perfume critic Chandler Burr recalls Luca Turin’s definition of chic. Via Kottke
Apr 29th
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WatchWatch
peterwknox: andrewglennflavin: rickyv: Real Life Twitter by Dan. “Just got to New York City. What are good things to see and do here?” I never watch “funny videos” but this is funny.
Apr 29th
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Apr 29th
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On the notion of a "self"
“Why do we do this? I like to think of these confabulations as necessary half-truths to preserve the unity of the self. At any given moment, our mind is overstuffed with disparate sensations and fleeting thoughts; our different hemispheres want different things and distinct blobs of brain pump out distinct emotions. Why, then, do we feel like a unified person? Why do I feel like “Jonah” and not...
Apr 29th
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Apr 28th
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“Tools don’t get socially interesting until they get technologically boring.”
– Clay Shirky (via azspot)
Apr 28th
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“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
– Lemony Snicket (via hibernate)
Apr 28th
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“Each new fad calls attention to one virtue or another—first it’s efficiency,...”
– “The Management Myth,” Matthew Stewart The Atlantic Online
Apr 28th
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Apr 28th
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Apr 27th
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The devaluation of the exclamation mark →
skimmingthesurface: “Today, the exclamation mark has become so common that its power has been lost. In fact, it has become so expected in e-mail, texts, Facebook and 140-character Twitter communications that its absence is considered a statement in itself. Imagine one of these messages without an exclamation mark: “Thanks for lunch.” “Can’t wait to see you tomorrow.” “Great report.” The message...
Apr 27th
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“The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you...”
– Stephen King (via devincastro) (via darylzarraga) (via constellation) (via inyourcar) (via kirstenbecken)
Apr 27th
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Apr 26th
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Apr 26th
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Apr 26th
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“I’m told that in war situations when people are interrogated, you’re...”
– Kazuo Ishiguro, who is “very good at talking without conveying any real sense of himself,” The Guardian
Apr 26th
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“… every employee of an institution should have intimate, easy, continuous...”
– Kevin Kelly, New Rules for the New Economy
Apr 26th
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Apr 26th
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Apr 26th
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Listenbritticisms: This year’s summer songs will most...
Apr 26th
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“Stop all the downloadin’, turn off ICQ, Prevent the paperclip from offering to...”
– A Geocities lament. (via dailymeh)
Apr 26th
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Apr 26th
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“This is just to say… I have squandered all of the billable hours budgeted...”
– Comment on a post talking about the episode of This American Life about non-apologetic apologies (“This is just to say” being one). I love the internet. (via zoya)
Apr 26th
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Apr 26th
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