May 2013
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A nice piece of Glass
jesuschristsiliconvalley:
TL;DR: Fuck you.
Manufactured in China. Designed by douchebags.
The world — by which of course I mean tech “journalists” who earn a living making the Valley feel like it deserves reportage — seems to care about Google Glass, the idiotic new wearable computer from Mountain View.
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March 2013
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Losing the weight of history | smh.com.au http://m.smh.com.au/comment/losing-the-weight-of-history-20130228-2f6y2.html
February 2013
15 posts
Samsung Challenges Apple’s Cool Factor - NYTimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/11/technology/samsung-challenges-apples-cool-factor.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes&_r=1&
Watch@CilemaSnob: Deadly gorgeous. http://vimeo.com/49086474 Bahman Ghobadi. Rhino Season. via @ghaywan Looks amazing. Post from @CilemaSnob on Twitter (via Scope)
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The future of Internet Search and what time does... →
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What Are These Animals Doing Here? →
In his project, “Until the Kingdom Comes,” Simen Johan creates and photographs animals living in harsh, confused, and climate-disrupted landscapes. His work, on display through Feb. 17 at David Winton Bell Gallery, in Providence, R.I., is a magnificent display of these shifting environments.*
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Alright. “Suggestion Box: Puppies Predict the Super Bowl” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe3OOac4liQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
January 2013
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Long Live Yezdi Roadking →
My first motorcycle was a 1979 Yezdi Roadking, my dad’s old bike. I was 17. This is an excellent post about Yezdi Roadking and why it’s a bike in a class of it’s own.
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A can of fresh air coming right up sir! →
A Chinese millionaire is reportedly trying to capitalize on his native country’s worsening air pollution problem by selling canned fresh air.
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Life of Pi
Not only am I extremely impressed with the book - Life of Pi. I enjoyed watching the film last weekend on the big screen too. I had serious doubts any director would do justice to the awesome descriptive narrative that is, the book.
Well played Ang Lee - you did it!
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When Jim Crow Drank Coke →
harmreduction:
Coke’s recipe wasn’t the only thing influenced by white supremacy: through the 1920s and ’30s, it studiously ignored the African-American market. Promotional material appeared in segregated locations that served both races, but rarely in those that catered to African-Americans alone. Meanwhile Pepsi, the country’s second largest soft drink company, had tried to fight Coke by...
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real milk only 2% fat
I love my coffee and I always buy full cream milk. But I figured I’m on the wrong side of 30 and might as well try to eat healthier.
So I got the 2% fat milk very apprehensively. The taste is surprisingly similar to “real” milk. I was wondering is it even worth switching for only 1.3% less fat that “real” milk? I’m not sure 1.3% less fat in a cup of Piccolo...
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“Your work can either get better or get easier. Not both. - Teju Cole.”
– https://twitter.com/tejucole/status/289767529235243008
Pangeekery: You Should Wet Shave →
elomis:
You know how you shave right? You’re a fella who likes to look like he is employed or at least housed and thus you routinely use a device to cut your facial hair off at the skin line. You may not cut it all off, there’s all sorts of stuff you can do to leave various bits on at various lengths and…
November 2012
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Slumdog Millionaire - Golf Edition. →
The incredible story of a golfer from the slums of Mumbai.
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is this the best 404 error page on the internet? I... →
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