January 2008
24 posts
The TH Interview: Andy Kunz, New Urbanist :... →
Great article about mass transit via trains.
“In their fascinating study “Would you be happier if you were richer?”, published...”
– http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2008/01/23/depression-how-you-label-determines-how-you-feel/ citing: http://www.princeton.edu/~ceps/workingpapers/125krueger.pdf
WatchTED | Talks | Vik Muniz: Art with wire, thread, sugar, chocolate (video) This video is great. I want to go see some of this guy’s art next time there’s an exhibit in town.
WatchOMG. Randy Newman has a song that sounds the same as all his other songs - and he’s batshit insane. oh btw - new embedable player! yay! reblog me! — iminlikewithyou i like the other vid better.
“In the future every website will be famous for fifteen minutes”
– Andre Stefan De Clercq via nav
“I don’t want to buy a car, I want to buy a driver.”
– myself (Charles, quoting yourself was a good idea.)
Seattle, Redmond, Bellevue
Out in WA for a few days for the first time. Seems pretty nice. Just met some cool peeps at dinner and decided that I should in fact tackle beauty barge with Jay and Co. Also, when decided cabs vs rental cars, had to go cabs. To borrow a page from Chuck’s book, I will now quote myself. (quote following)
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“I know I drink a little bit much
And you think Im talking crazy and such
I...”
– John Legend, All Right lol
YouTube - The Most Terrifying Video You'll Ever... →
awesome video. rofl about this comment:
“Fuckin commie hippy jackass. Warm this shit up. “
Why Counterculture became Consumer Culture -- some...
I just finished reading a great book called Nation of Rebels: Why Counterculture Became Consumer Culture. It’s probably the best analysis of contemporary American culture I’ve ever read. I highly recommend it, but in case you don’t want to read the whole thing, here are a few of the quotes I found worth noting: “The idea of a counterculture is ultimately based on a a...
“And some of them will storm off and found other “pure” open-source...”
– Silicon Alley Insider on contributors to Mozilla projects in the evet of an ipo lol
TED | Talks | Helen Fisher: The science of love,... →
man smart, woman smarter. interesting
TED | Talks | Eva Vertes: My dream about the... →
interesting lecutre about what causes cancer and new approaches to cancer treatment
TED | Talks | Jane Goodall: What separates us from... →
great lecture by jane goodall