January 2012
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Zach Klein's Blog: Conspicuous Production →
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Yancey Strickler posted an item yesterday about the wane of conspicuous consumption among wealthy people in Silicon Valley. But, as it turns out, conspicuousness hasn’t vanished. The post suggests that the Startup is the new conspicuous. Look at What I’ve Done.
The first comment on that…
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December 2011
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And they made me realize that the part of Christmas I most look forward to isn’t...
– Frank Bruni, Silent Night? Not with us.
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A great sentence.
Astronomers report that they have taken the measure of the biggest, baddest black holes yet found in the universe, abyssal yawns 10 times the size of our solar system into which billions of Suns have vanished like a guilty thought. - Astronomers find biggest black holes yet, NY Times
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Go husband!
girlwalkallday:
Check out Jacob’s interview with Cindy Hsu on the CBS Morning Show!
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November 2011
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Noah Kalina. Blog.: Photobook Meetup New York →
Looking forward to this.
noahkalina:
I am excited to announce that I am going to be hosting a Photobook Meetup at my studio on Friday, December 9th at 6pm. The event is being organized by Bryan Formhals and Jörg Colberg. Go here or here to read the twitter conversation that inspired the Meetup.
The pitch: There has…
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William Gibson on his writing schedule
When I’m writing a book I get up at seven. I check my e-mail and do Internet ablutions, as we do these days. I have a cup of coffee. Three days a week, I go to Pilates and am back by ten or eleven. Then I sit down and try to write. If absolutely nothing is happening, I’ll give myself permission to mow the lawn. But, generally, just sitting down and really trying is enough to get it started. I...
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October 2011
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Haruki Murakami on Concentration
“Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life,” he said. “If you cannot concentrate, you are not so happy. I’m not a fast thinker, but once I am interested in something, I am doing it for many years. I don’t get bored. I’m kind of a big kettle. It takes time to get boiled, but then I’m always hot.” — The Fierce Imagination of Haruki Murakami, NY Times Magazine
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September 2011
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The alternative to soda is water, and the alternative to junk food is not...
– Mark Bittman, Is Junk Food Really Cheaper?
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