August 2009
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‘SMS’ (2002) by Barcode Brothers
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WatchEve Ensler on security | Video on TED.com
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“A new study provides evidence for what many have long suspected: that single...”
– New Scientist
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“if I use Lua and run into difficulties, my boss will think I am crazy. And if I...”
– Coding Places: “Fast and Patriotic”
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NameChk →
Check username availability at multiple social networking sites.
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“It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we...”
– Anaïs Nin [via Bunny Mandala]
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“In the early days it was said the Apple marketing department consisted of Jobs...”
– ‘Steve Jobs: The man who polished Apple’ from Times Online. I’m not sure we really need another profile of Steve Jobs, but this one’s actually not uncomplimentary if you can identify with Jobs’ mechanisms. Indeed I’m not sure why he is attempting to suppress it—except that he...
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“18yr ol cuz abt a fashion boutique: «Now I need to stop buying from here, for...”
– vinodhn on Twitter
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“the law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep...”
– Anatole France [via Is It Now a Crime to Be Poor? - NYTimes.com]
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“A *Peak of Eternal Light* describes a point on a body within the Solar System...”
– Peak of Eternal Light - Wikipedia
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LUXIRARE →
Sartorial and epicurean aesthetics come together to tease you with creative essays presented in great big photos.
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CutfromStone ‘Living Paint’ →
“The paint contains living elements which react to the environment it is in. If you give it sunlight and moisture it grows giving the surface a texture. If kept in a darkened room the paint changes colour. The paint […] was primarily designed as a medium for street artists to use. It’s 100% biodegradable […].
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“the fascist’s formula: combine millions of dollars of lobbyists’...”
– Frank Schaeffer (Right-Wing Turncoat Gives the Inside Scoop on Why Conservatives Are Rampaging Town Halls | AlterNet)
“You cannot walk straight when the road bends”
– Romani proverb
The iPhone is a tool
I used to be an Apple fan-boy, but that was a phase, now I just use Apple kit because they’ve got the nicest tools for the job, that also get the job done. This hullabaloo about people quitting the iPhone is a resurgence of the whole Mac versus Windows trollfest.
iPhones, like Macs (or ‘PCs’) before them, are just tools, and should be used as such. If the iPhone doesn’t do...