October 2010
2 posts
September 2010
1 post
“Certain things die when you count them. I don’t want metrics on my joy. But, I...”
– Frank Chimero, More Happiness (via veen)
August 2010
1 post
May 2010
1 post
March 2010
1 post
September 2009
32 posts
Portrait of Thor Muller as a young man. http://flic.kr/p/72Xzbx
“The Constitution mentions the rights of the people frequently but does not cite corporations.” http://bit.ly/JsUBO
Loved @robinsloan’s last 2 stories, and so I’m happily kicking $40 @ his clever approach to his next book release. http://bit.ly/1bj0Yu
“a radically new kind of citizenship, in the deepest sense, of a city-dweller engaged in the fate of his or her city.” http://bit.ly/EIRLe
A side-swipe to @alexsteffen’s city-future-state argument I pointed to last from the ever-clever @russelldavies: http://bit.ly/mCH1w
from an Amazon email: “As someone who has purchased fiction and a Kindle, you might be interested in…” seriously? that’s the bar?
Apparently the pub I’m in is owned by Madonna.
“We’ve driven cross-country, been pantsless in nonsexual contexts, & accidentally hospitalized each other in good fun.” http://bit.ly/lZunk
Amazed @ how quickly the dollar is collapsing as a meaningful international currency. Just spent ~5 bucks on a tiny bottle of water.
“In lauding Dr. Borlaug’s achievements, the UN World Food Program said he had saved more lives than any man in history.” http://bit.ly/InS6T
Curved apartments over canal. http://flic.kr/p/6ZzLwF
Ate an entire plate of incredibly fresh tomatoes. @cskott would be so proud of me.
“There’s no doubt in my mind that if I stayed in Russia I’d be either dead, or incredibly wealthy.”
Much as I love and appreciate Dutch design, I still don’t get glass doors on bathroom stalls.
Click the little pull-cord on the upper right side of this page to see my new favorite interface design convention: http://bit.ly/P6vFy
My experience of Amsterdam so far: all beer and bicycles and canals and rooftop terraces. So, basically like Heaven.
What I’ve learned so far in Rotterdam: The Dutch really, really, really hate Bill O’Reilly.
Not @ all surprised to learn that @tempo has mastered the moonwalk.
Thanks for the bday wishes, everybody! I think you’re all very pretty. Especially you, @escapist.
Drinking a Charlie Chaplin @ The Pied Piper in SF’s Palace Hotel. Absinthe, rye, dubonnet, honey, pischard bitters. Highly recommended.
Hey NYers - I’m in your town Monday night speaking @ the Social Media Club’s Sept. meeting. Come out! Drinks after! http://bit.ly/2NQiE
“One of the leading products of the American food industry has become patients for the American health care industry.” http://bit.ly/hfJTN
“Where political righteousness and a reverence for luxury items mix together as well as dry vermouth and gin.” http://bit.ly/HUUzp
Vote for @jessiep’s lovely, lovely wobble bowls in Apt. Therapy’s Design Showcase. Ends today; give ‘em 3 stars! http://bit.ly/130H2U
“What is the relationship between car dealerships alongside the highway & giant inflatable ape balloons? I’ve never understood that.”
“Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.” -Franklin Roosevelt, 1936. http://bit.ly/hPqTC
successfully opened the broken washing machine door using just my wits and a large rubber mallet.
Dorkily excited to discover that @alaindebotton is on Twitter.
August 2009
44 posts
“I’m too conceptual for America.”
Saddest thing I’ve heard all day: “I’m getting a lot of coding done in Hawaii.”
“high modernism, narrow lapels, bullet bras, smoking, heavy drinking at lunch, good hotel sex, and bad office sex.” http://bit.ly/Hxjb9
f/ @joshmedia re: Burning Man - “Our limousine-sized art car looks like a spaceship & has electric dandelions you can pluck and dance with.”
“Do you really want to get that call about the firewall going down when you’re surrounded by an actual wall of fire?” http://bit.ly/nB1DA
“Our social nature—that we depend on one another—makes the case for the value of markets that help us work together.” http://bit.ly/CJSb0
“If most people are good, all you have to do is build a minimal infrastructure 4 them to get together & work things out.” http://is.gd/2y3jJ
Instructions for fig collecting from the tree: “If it feels like an old man’s testicle, it’s not any good.”
New series: Southern phrases spoken by our CEO @wendyslea. Today’s entry: “We need to figure out if we want to put wood behind that arrow.”
Took a personality test. 1 result: “You might particularly enjoy roles in medicine, consulting, computer programming, or customer service.”