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Olson Kundig Architects - Projects - Delta Shelter Love this.

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:46:08 -0600

Olson Kundig Architects - Projects - Delta Shelter

Love this.

WWIII

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:15:24 -0700

Sometimes I feel like the 3rd world war is currently being waged… online. Like the battles that are constantly being fought by Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Apple, Sony, IBM, Verizon, AT&T, et. al. over my attention/money/data essentially constitute a war over who will “own” me.

Maybe I just think too much, or drink too much.

What do you think?

First Listen: Broken Bells An awesome pairing of Danger Mouse...

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:30:00 -0700

First Listen: Broken Bells

An awesome pairing of Danger Mouse and James Mercer (The Shins) in NPR’s First Listen format. But don’t delay, they yank the audio stream once the album’s released. Which is soon.

They have Gorillaz new Plastic Beach up too.

"Forgive me, for my mind is a crazy hoarder with a million cats."

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:39:59 -0700

“Forgive me, for my mind is a crazy hoarder with a million cats.”

- Smile.

- PureDoxyk

"I was perfectly content before I was born, and I think of death as the same state. What I am..."

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:30:16 -0700

“I was perfectly content before I was born, and I think of death as the same state. What I am grateful for is the gift of intelligence, and for life, love, wonder, and laughter. You can’t say it wasn’t interesting. My lifetime’s memories are what I have brought home from the trip. I will require them for eternity no more than that little souvenir of the Eiffel Tower I brought home from Paris.”

- Roger Ebert: The Essential Man

Wow. Great article. The little gem above is his take on his imminent passage from life. I’ve always been fascinated by death, and by what the people who are palpably facing it have to say about it.

Weather pending… Back in November and December, this would...

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:49:20 -0700

Weather pending…

Back in November and December, this would make me happy. Now I feel like I do when I’m sitting at a campfire and the wind shifts and blows smoke in my face.

crit blur '08

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:05:47 -0700

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I really need to work on the 80% rule. (via sdn)

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:44:48 -0700

I really need to work on the 80% rule.

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WakeMate Definitely falls under the category of, “what...

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:22:48 -0700

WakeMate

Definitely falls under the category of, “what will they think of next?”

"Blue Cross has just announced that it’s immediately raising premiums charged to hundreds of..."

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:48:31 -0700

“Blue Cross has just announced that it’s immediately raising premiums charged to hundreds of thousands of individual customers by as much as 39%—even though their parent company’s profits soared to a record $4.7 billion last year.”

- Anthem Blue Cross sucks. Their premiums take huge leaps almost every year I’ve been with them, but they can drop me with the first major claim. Maybe this is just their insurance policy against future regulation? Or just plain old hoarding.

MoveOn.org Political Action: Demand an explanation from Anthem Blue Cross

Kills me every time.

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:24:56 -0700

Kills me every time.

"Danielle Laporte: How do we rise above the grip of resistance-addicted lizard brain into unleashed,..."

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:28:00 -0700

“

Danielle Laporte:
How do we rise above the grip of resistance-addicted lizard brain into unleashed, energized, full tilt mojo and artistic moxy?

Seth Godin:
The lizard is the prehistoric brain stem, the amygdala, the part of our brain responsible for anger, revenge, sex and safety. It’s what a chicken has, all that a chicken has.

The lizard is mistaken.

The lizard successfully believed, for a really long time, that safety was good. Avoid saber-tooth tigers. Duck your head. Don’t raise your hand. That = survival.

Now, of course, that equals burger-flipping and Wal-Mart greeting. Safety is a recipe for food stamps.

What the lizard ought to be doing is pushing you to do art, pushing you to stand out, pushing you to do work that matters and to make a difference.

So, you rise above by seducing and quieting the lizard, and then, when it’s snoozing, do exactly the opposite of what it wants you to do.

”

- From a short but sweet interview on… Burning questions with seth godin: faith, lizards, and your art

Just a little reminder why sodas (and other junk foods and diets...

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:42:00 -0700

Just a little reminder why sodas (and other junk foods and diets heavy in meat and dairy) will harm you in the long run…

Say goodnight Kindle. Goodnight Kindle. Apple - iPad - The best...

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:40:14 -0700

Say goodnight Kindle.

Goodnight Kindle.

Apple - iPad - The best way to experience the web, email, & photos

Search for the ultimate espresso: a video with Kyle of Intelligentsia Coffee Boing Boing

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:53:01 -0700

Search for the ultimate espresso: a video with Kyle of Intelligentsia Coffee Boing Boing:

Just when I thought I’d rid my body of the last of Intelligentsia’s infinitely delicious Black Cat Espresso Boing Boing goes and posts this video. Damn you Boing Boing.

"Mr. Q was Disney’s audio experience engineer, and he designed the original ambient music system for..."

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:02:31 -0700

“Mr. Q was Disney’s audio experience engineer, and he designed the original ambient music system for Disney World in 1968…”

- Any Disney geeks out there? Here’s a fun article on an almost invisible aspect of Disneyland: theme park audio.

Everyone notices the screams of people and machines, but do you notice how the background music remains at 2 on the volume dial, or how where/when/how it changes melodies from one “land” to another?

How Mr. Q Manufactured Emotion | Dustin Curtis

iCal, please don't make new events in the past

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:18:19 -0700

[mac geek alert]

For the most part the integration between Apple Mail and iCal works for me. To Do items are seen and created in both places. And the quick “create new iCal event…” for dates and times is a feature I use frequently. BUT it can bite hard if you’re not careful.

When trying to decide on a time to meet, having already decided on the day and place, it’s easy to reach the final email with the agreed upon time (say 10:30 AM) and go to add it to iCal with a control-click only to add it to today and not tomorrow.

Now I don’t expect Apple to be smart enough to follow the threaded conversation in order to find out other event details, but I do expect them not to add a 10:30 AM event when it’s currently 5:15 PM. That’s just stupid.

And I would’ve missed my meeting tomorrow had I not gone back to change it to 11 AM.

Phew. I feel better for telling all 2 of my followers, and 3 of my non-tumblr friends this crucial bit of info.

Peace.

"What I know now about relationships is that they can’t be defined.They are the grey area that..."

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:29:22 -0700

“What I know now about relationships is that they can’t be defined.They are the grey area that exists between two people, the combination of expectations, histories, and silent yearnings. They stand alone like a child, a mixture of two individuals that, decidedly, takes on a form of its own.”

- Stumbling through…

This woman’s (Natalie Kresen) words are remarkable. Eloquently crafted. Delicious to read and re-read. If you’re a lover of words, indulge in hers.

I won’t claim to know anything about Rapha cycling...

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:14:56 -0700

I won’t claim to know anything about Rapha cycling clothes, but this collection of well documented rides is amazing.

The Holidays...

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:22:31 -0700

Raise your heart above the fray.
Be gracious to those you love, and even those you don’t.
Go out of your way to be slow and contemplate the bliss of a cup of coffee, or the quiet of a walk in the woods.
Wrap yourself in as much nature as you possibly can. It helps maintain the balance. Happy Holidays.

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