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Bring the sexy back to blog posts please. Smashing Mag has a...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:39:00 -0800

Bring the sexy back to blog posts please. Smashing Mag has a great overview on blogazines. I’m starting to notice a few bloggers breaking away from the boring style and short content conventions that dominates the blogosphere by applying unique designs for each of their posts. Great for inspiration, but hard on time.

I still love my Tumblr, but I have forgotten how exhilarating it is to craft a well thought out blog post that has a middle, beginning, end and thesis.

"Japanese companies are worried that herbivorous boys aren’t the status-conscious consumers..."

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:14:27 -0800

“Japanese companies are worried that herbivorous boys aren’t the status-conscious consumers their parents once were. They love to putter around the house … They are more likely to want to spend time by themselves or with close friends, more likely to shop for things to decorate their homes, and more likely to buy little luxuries than big-ticket items. They prefer vacationing in Japan to venturing abroad. They’re often close to their mothers and have female friends, but they’re in no rush to get married themselves…”

- Alexandra Harney, Japan panics about the rise of “grass-eating men

I am totally fascinated by the dramatic changing mores and values in Japanese societies over the past 50 years. Post war, rapid mechanization, and economic boom/bust sure did a number on the island race. In some ways, it’s honest and brave and frightening.

Need a good iphone app that makes use of Flickr-Twitter...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:03:00 -0800

Need a good iphone app that makes use of Flickr-Twitter integration. So far, I’ve only seen Birdfeed. Hoping more support will come soon.

Ingrid Michaelson, You and I Make everybody look like ants..

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:41:56 -0800

Ingrid Michaelson, You and I

Make everybody look like ants..

When did Google add comments and votes to their search? Weird...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:37:00 -0800

When did Google add comments and votes to their search? Weird how when I work on the interwebs, I sometimes lose track of stuff that’s going on. I wonder what the uptake on this kind of human-centric search is…

"To my mind cities are distillations of human life itself, in all its nuances, with all its..."

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:56:15 -0800

“To my mind cities are distillations of human life itself, in all its nuances, with all its contradictions and anomalies, changing from one year to another, changing with the weather, changing with history, changing with the state of the world, changing above all in one’s own personal responses. How can I have a favourite? Sometimes I prefer one city, sometimes another. Inconstancy governs my responses to cities – fidelity in personal matters, promiscuity in civic affairs.”

- Jan Morris, so many great insights in this Guardian interview

Twatpackers

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:55:01 -0800

Twatpackers:

Shining a light on dimwitted knuckleheaded backpackers in Vietnam. Genius.

Prospective client: $400 for a logo?! Why are you so expensive? My nephew has Photoshop—I can just get him to do it.

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:34:11 -0800

Prospective client: $400 for a logo?! Why are you so expensive? My nephew has Photoshop—I can just get him to do it.
Me: Does your nephew have Microsoft Word?
Prospective client: Yes.
Me: Then have him write you a novel while he’s at it.

Morning Song, Zero 7 Days behold lives unfold Can’t move...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:43:31 -0800

Morning Song, Zero 7

Days behold lives unfold
Can’t move on so much untold
Shades of gold we’ve been sold
Been deceived while we believe

If today is all we see
Then tomorrow seems to me
Is just an elusion we believe

Strive to see hope to be
To be some small part of eternity

If today is all we see
Then tomorrow seems to me is
Just an elusion we believe

Amazing. More from the Big Picture.

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:14:06 -0800

Amazing. More from the Big Picture.

Earth in motion

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:51:26 -0800

Earth in motion

I like that the durian makes an appearance. Most of the scenes...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:43:00 -0800

I like that the durian makes an appearance. Most of the scenes (if not all) are reappropriated from images that the director (fffff)found on the web and thought it was random or clever or whatnot. Not sure how I feel about this - it can either be derivative, inspired, theft, copycat or mashhup. Whatever the case, the final product is brilliantly strange and random. Thanks to everyone (willingly or not) who made it happen. Full discussion can be found over on Antville.

airport: (via sarahschneider) Wow, a picture of a #23 tackling...

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:27:11 -0800

airport:

(via sarahschneider)
Wow, a picture of a #23 tackling another #23. How earth-shattering.

serenastyle: archresearch: via www.urban-age.net

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:30:09 -0800

serenastyle:

archresearch:

via www.urban-age.net

serenastyle: wucancook: spent wayyy too long in the kitchen...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:08:11 -0800

serenastyle:

wucancook:

spent wayyy too long in the kitchen today preparing 2 king crabs:

mincing garlic

melting butter

chopping up cilantro & parsley

prying open the shell & taking out the gills

cracking the legs & chopping up the body into pieces

smothering on the butter/garlic/herbs & squeezing lemons

baking & waiting impatiently for 30 minutes

sounds brutal, tastes fantastic.

call me chef.

I love my job.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:05:00 -0800

I love my job.

8asians: Complex Magazine rates the top 10 best fights scenes...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:58:41 -0800

8asians:

Complex Magazine rates the top 10 best fights scenes of Tony Jaa’s still budding career.

Noticings iPhone application launched

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:05:58 -0800

noticings:

We just launched an iPhone app! It’s designed to help you get photos from your iPhone onto Flickr, including all the metadata required for Noticings, with the minimum of hassle.

Take a look at our splash page for it, or jump straight to the App Store.

Close to Me - The Get Up Kids

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:04:21 -0800

Close to Me - The Get Up Kids

Hey Mickey Ds — you guys should definitely check out...

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:34:00 -0800

Hey Mickey Ds — you guys should definitely check out what’s going on in the ground.. some good ideas on the street! How bout a bun-kabob?

via pakistani