September 2007
“My underlying desire is to affirm and sanctify the crucial role of the...”
– current work
jratlee: spent morning in bed, lunch in the park w/ katefinn and now off to watch some football with friends at shannon rose. big cowboy game tnite. (via Twitter / jratlee)
jratlee: at tom biro’s party. katefinn thinks she’s cool. but she’s missing out on Pims and ginger. (via Twitter / jratlee)
More Subway Music
via 1938 Music share this video - quicktime version
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"If you have jealousy, you can resolve it in one...
???If you have jealousy, you can resolve it in one of two ways. You can get the thing that you want, or you can tear down the person who has it.???? ??? - Julia Allison (via jratlee’s shared items in Google Reader)
Idiot
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Split brain behavioral experiments
To reduce the severity of his seizures, Joe had the bridge between his left and right cerebral hemisphers (the corpus callosum) severed. As a result, his left and right brains no longer communicate through that pathway. Here’s what happens as a result.
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Dawkins is asked “What if You’re Wrong”
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Dying Professor Gives Last Lecture
Sad but inspiring.
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Ignorance
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Carl Howe on Apple’s iPhone Marketing Strategy
Carl Howe is a very smart dude:
Consumers value what they pay for. They don’t value things the perceive as free. And that’s the marketing blunder the US mobile phone market has bought into over the last 10 to 15 years. By bundling “free” and generic phones with cell phone service, mobile carriers have devalued both the brand values of the handset makers and their own services.
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Carl Howe on Apple???s iPhone Marketing Strategy
Carl Howe is a very smart dude:
Consumers value what they pay for. They don???t value things the perceive as free. And that???s the marketing blunder the US mobile phone market has bought into over the last 10 to 15 years. By bundling ???free??? and generic phones with cell phone service, mobile carriers have devalued both the brand values of the handset makers and their own...
jratlee: one thing i really hate is when you try to make guacamole and the avocado’s aren’t ripe. and yes, i did everything i could. (via Twitter / jratlee)
Honestly.
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jratlee: @kottke: hello from across the park! (via Twitter / jratlee)
jratlee: first ever shake shack burger and gorgeous early fall day in Madison square park. (via Twitter / jratlee)
jratlee: i’ve been drinking my coffee black. (via Twitter / jratlee)
Wes Anderson's AT&T Commercials
Reuters: “The new initiatives are designed to highlight how AT&T helps connect people to their worlds wherever they live and work,” AT&T Chief Executive Randall Stephenson said in a statement. “We want to ensure this message is reflected in our brand.”
Field Notes: Notebooks/sketchbooks that Futura-buff Wes Anderson would surely approve of/use in his movies.
The Darjeeling Limited...
"It brings me much mirth to think about living in...
“It brings me much mirth to think about living in a time when a great many of the most successful recording artists are entertainers who put much effort into convincing their audience that they are actually criminals (I’m looking at you, Curtis!) in an industry run by criminals who put much effort into convincing the public they’re legitmate businessmen (payola, price gouging,...
jratlee: @tombiro: they had to “check it in.” apparently unscrewing a MBP case is a big deal. everything works fine anyway. (via Twitter / jratlee)
jratlee: actually left the apple store without buying anything AND without getting my computer fixed/looked at. 5-7 days w/o pro care? no thanks. (via Twitter / jratlee)
jratlee: sitting at the genius bar, apple store, tice’s corner. bergen county back rounds threw me for a loop in getting here but i made it. (via Twitter / jratlee)
jratlee: just bought a CD. ::gasp:: at ringside in Caldwell no less. yup, believe it. (via Twitter / jratlee)
jratlee: finishing my MBA… (via Twitter / jratlee)
jratlee: this (https://www.cottyn.com/item/43/guys) and iphone-purchase-temptation will surely test my will this weekend. must. resist. shiny. (via Twitter / jratlee)
DJ Sara and DJ Ryusei (sarascratch)
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Digital Cable is sort of the opposite of plumbing....
Digital Cable is sort of the opposite of plumbing. It’s a service that brings shit into your house. (via jratlee’s shared items in Google Reader)
jratlee: next month’s anniversary dinner reservation at del posto has been made. 3 years of dealing w/ @katefinn. ;) don’t let me down batali. (via Twitter / jratlee)
jratlee: @petelacis: going to find out on sat. everything functions fine. but when i pick it up, it sounds like ball bearings are inside it. boo. (via Twitter / jratlee)
jratlee: apple just schooled me: i called to confirm my genius bar reservation and after many rings, someone just picked up and hung up on me. (via Twitter / jratlee)
jratlee: took dog for a walk, ate breakfast, opened macbook pro, heard loud crunch, determined it was not a frosted flake, going to apple store soon. (via Twitter / jratlee)
jratlee: @bmwPR: i’ve been listening to tiesto all week. its pumping in my headphones right now. wish we could have whole office wired for sound. (via Twitter / jratlee)
jratlee: resolved to actually start writing more, realized i’m wearing two different socks and botched 1st iced coffee attempt in company mug. (via Twitter / jratlee)
The water cycle: still going.
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jratlee: no one told me that a two hour commute into work is the absolute best thing in life. america: we have a problem. no, really. this sucks. (via Twitter / jratlee)
Potential.via farm1.static.flickr.com
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jratlee: hotel bar. r. kelly says the lobby is next. for us, its room 307. (via Twitter / jratlee)
jratlee: 3 bottles of champagne in a half hour. bill is a married man and on the way to recep. (via Twitter / jratlee)
jratlee: channeling the golden girls: driving a gold pt cruiser (rented) to a wedding rehearsal. if blanche could see me now! err… (via Twitter / jratlee)
jratlee: karma is when your car breaks down an hour from home and you have a wedding rehearsal in 3. sitting in bayonne, loving life to the max. (via Twitter / jratlee)
jratlee: all you nerds can stop crying about your iphones: google reader just added search and updated its UI. you heard it here first. well done. (via Twitter / jratlee)
jratlee: glad I’m sitting LIE traffic instead of kicking myself about being had by apple and that phone thing they make. haha. will read up tonite. (via Twitter / jratlee)
Olbermann Special Comment-Bush Playing Us
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Really Guilty Pleasures: Microwave Popcorn May...
You probably thought the new, digitally zombified Orville Redenbacher was the most disturbing popcorn-related thing you’d see in 2007, but CNN is reporting (warning: video) that the butter flavoring in microwave popcorn causes permanent, debilitating asthma-like effects in popcorn factory workers. The chemical, diacetyl (pronounced DIE-ASS-UH-TEAL) has been known to be dangerous for some...
jratlee: at 25, the “end of summer” means a longer commute to work and that i have to start wearing socks again. dammit. what does it mean for you? (via Twitter / jratlee)
Plays well with others.
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"It is impossible to compute the extent to which...
“It is impossible to compute the extent to which the gray, docile, fear-ridden, appeasement-minded mediocrity of so powerful a medium as television has contributed to the demoralization of our culture.” - Ayn Rand (she doesn’t mean “unwholesome” when she speaks of morals. more here.) (via jratlee’s shared items in Google Reader)
Barry Schwartz: The paradox of choice
Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central belief of western societies: that freedom of choice leads to personal happiness. In Schwartz’s estimation, all that choice is making us miserable. We set unreasonably high expectations, question our choices before we even make them, and blame our failures entirely on ourselves. His relatable examples, from consumer products (jeans, TVs,...