August 2008
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1990
then…
ratcliffe-lee:
This was also written on the back of a cardboard advent calendar, but it’s written in John’s I-just-learned-cursive loopy script along with I-just-learned-this-word spelling and grammar. I think it’s cute just because it’s John pre-internet, and I know that he and it go way back.
Isn’t it funny knowing that someday I’ll be quoting myself or my family from blog...
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“Fan fiction. Brand hijacking. Copyright misuse. Sheer devotion. Call it what you...”
– We Are Sterling Cooper
In response to AMC’s mishandling of the fan maintained Twitter accounts of several Mad Men characters.
(via herosquad)
i’m going to be paying very close attention to this:
But it’s just the beginning. ‘We are Sterling Cooper’ is a rallying cry to...
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"Family Description"
ratcliffe-lee:
Sent to potential nannies:
“John, 10 years old…is in the 5th grade, plays soccer, Little League baseball, piano and giolin, has braces on his teeth. He is a Cub Scout. Likes to swim, ski, ride his bike and draw Army and Air Force battle pictures.
Betsy, 7 years old…is in the 2nd grade, plays soccer, Little League baseball, and piano. Likes to swim, ski, ride her bike and skip...
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“i am still alive”
– Twitter / JohnCleese
a triumphant first missive. (via bf)
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joe jonas.
my family’s strange (but sort of expected) connection to the jonas brothers continues.
while having drinks at gaslight with friends for my last days of being 25, bill (who, btw, gave me an awesome book) mentions that while at EC, joe jonas had the same locker that bill and i shared during my first year at eastern christian (‘93-‘94).
one day i’ll meet these kids in person...
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“I found every single successful person I’ve ever spoken to had a turning point....”
– Brian Tracey (via onherway) (via peggyanne) (via peterwknox)
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You're worth 10.199004 % less than you were a year... →
peterwknox:
From: EPA Says Life Is Worth Less - washingtonpost.com
Last week, it was revealed that an Environmental Protection Agency office had lowered its official estimate of life’s value, from about $8.04 million to about $7.22 million. That decision has put a spotlight on the concept of the “Value of a Statistical Life,” in which the Washington bureaucracy takes on a question usually left...
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uxlog
soxiam:
there’s no perfect experience for everyone. there’s just leading an experience that was crafted to work perfectly for people with certain expectations and then there’s an experience that was designed with an expectation to work for everyone but in reality doesn’t work for anyone.
this is important to understand on every level. interactive design is omnipresent. perception is all you...
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Open Systems →
In other words, think about how the term “most Americans” has some meaning, while the term “most writers” is becoming fuzzy.
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“when you don’t create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than...”
– why the lucky stiff (via bullshit)
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“Hate somebody. It’ll get you up in the morning.”
– Technology badass Jason Hirschhorn, at dinner tonight. (via rickyv)
i’m awake.
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“Dreams come from the past, not the future. You aren’t bound by them. The dreams...”
– Ice man by Haruki Murakami (via riazm)
never really thought about it this way. suppose that is right.
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“The word “capitalize” comes from “capital,” meaning “head,” and is associated...”
– On Language - Me, Myself and I - NYTimes.com (via df)
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yourmonkeycalled:
“By then, however, the show had settled into some semblance of order, with tens of thousands of white fists (apparently, the revolution will not be colorized) raised and pumping in unison, once again underscoring the unfortunate, frustrating limitations of Rage Against the Machine’s aggro approach to protest. However admirable or ambitious the band’s intent, the medium still...
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