A blog of aggregated miscellanea and things I like uncovered from my daily travails. I'm @jacobjay, a peripatetic designer/developer of British persuasion, having interests in gastronomy, fashion, technology, interiors and sustainability. I'm currently living between New Delhi and France, working on a Lua web platform and e-commerce. I dig Macs, mountain biking and smelly cheese.
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Stuff Expat Aid Workers Like
«an ongoing series of sometimes satirical, sometimes ironic, usually humorous (but sometimes dead serious), always honest vignettes of the humanitarian aid industry from the inside»
‘UNDERCITY’, urban exploration in NYC following Steve Duncan, by Andrew Wonder.
‘Where’s My Goat?’ Trailer for a documentary about ethical gifts.
(Source: youtube.com)
I have the sensation, as do my friends, that to function as a proficient human, you must both ‘keep up’ with the internet and pursue more serious, analog interests. I blog about real life; I talk about the internet. It’s so exhausting to exist on both registers, especially while holding down a job. It feels like tedious work to be merely conversationally competent. I make myself schedules, breaking down my commute to its most elemental parts and assigning each leg of my journey something different to absorb: podcast, Instapaper article, real novel of real worth, real magazine of dubious worth. I’m pretty tired by the time I get to work at 9 AM.
—“Sad as Hell” by Alice Gregory for n+1.
France's 'children of the revolution'
The education system is pumping out a generation whose expectations exceed their prospects. [BBC]
“ we all grow up in a bubble. That bubble is meant to [reassure you that you’ll] have at least as good a life as [those around you]. […] But the downside […] is that it also limits the scope of your horizons. What you believe is possible for yourself is significantly determined the radius of that sphere and what is encompasses ”
“ yes to the superiority of law — not the law of the superiors […] clumsily disguised political self-interest […] designed to protect the state, rather than individual citizens ”
Turkey votes “yes” to constitutional reform on GlobalPost.
“ Posh Brazilians have a new word: orkutificação, or becoming “orkutised”. ”
‘A cyber-house divided’ on The Economist; via The Imagination Age.
![« There are […] about 1000 members in Moscow.» from “Slavic Union” article on English Яussia.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7yj24hKOu1qz4yr8o1_500.jpg)
“ The French government has followed through on its vow to dismantle unauthorized Roma community squats and deport illegal immigrants […] the European Commission has cautioned that France cannot keep EU citizens from circulating freely. It is monitoring the deportations ”
France starts expelling its Roma, GlobalPost.
