January 2012
2 posts
tumblrbot asked: WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER WHEN YOU ARE IN A BAD MOOD?
“Newspapers today are run by terrified beancounters. The industry is dying. They...”
– Charles Pierce (via azspot)
December 2011
1 post
May 2009
4 posts
“As corporations gain ever more control over our economy, government, and...”
– Life Inc. by Douglas Rushkoff
“Yes, he stole $65 billion from some already quite wealthy people. I know that’s...”
– Michael Moore (via azspot, read the whole article) (via marco)
“i don’t think you can be all things to all people and still have a point of...”
– marc jacobs (via sarazucker)
November 2008
11 posts
26-Year-Old To See Every Asshole He Ever Went To... →
mattlehrer:
rockuboff:
One of my biggest fears during the holiday season.
Esquire's 70 Greatest Sentences →
aja:
Now he would never write the things that he had saved to write until he knew enough to write them well. —Ernest Hemingway, “The Snows of Kilimanjaro,” 1936
They are a curious mixture of Spanish tradition, American imitation and insular limitation. —Helen Lawrenson, “Latins Are Lousy Lovers,” 1936
Bust, bosom, boobs, babaloos, beanbags, buds, bulbs, balcony, balloons, bangers, bazongas,...
WatchCarla Bruni: Today’s Show.
“Some users of social networking sites prefer to “friend” people who are...”
– By Joy Jernigan.
via msnbc.com
Cours de Bande Dessinee →
September 2008
13 posts
Moving Pictures →
Film Cards of the European Cinema 1895-1970 →
“Movement is where it starts, whether in painting, acting, dancing or writing.”
– from VOGUE London, Juliette Binoche on her first theatrical dance production “in-i” with Akram Khan coming up at the National Theatre in London this fall.
“fashion can be bought. style one must possess.”
– edna chase (via sarazucker)
Should a computer science degree require learning... →
marco:
Bijan:
In recent years, I’ve heard more and more people suggest that learning C should not be a requirement to get a CS degree. I know people my age or older may shudder at that thought.
Todd’s response:
Often people ask me, “what is the best computer programming language to learn?” and my response is always, “…dont bother learning ‘a’ language, learn to program…”
Very good point....
“Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don’t bother just to be...”
– William Faulkner (via affremblequotes)
Stylelist.com →
August 2008
8 posts
Everyone Really Is Just Six Degrees From Kevin... →
It’s actually 6.6 degree.
Using your browser URL history to estimate gender →
Likelihood of you being FEMALE is 64% Likelihood of you being MALE is 36%
(via frangry)
July 2008
8 posts
“Americans talk in decades and Europeans talk in centuries; the Chinese talk in...”
– A Day Off in Beijing.
People's Republic of Capitalism →
A four parts documentary series about a changing China on Discovery Channel(Koppel on Discovery), by Ted Koppel, of course.
Instapaper →
Steak
bleu
saignant
a point
bien cuit
“The water can carry a boat; It can also capsize them”
– an ancient Chinese wisdom.
June 2008
26 posts
“Anna: Life is pretty much in the grays for the most part and if you insist...”
– from The Last Kiss(film)
“The markets appear to be working fairly well, considering that Americans are...”
– Speculators and oil prices: an idea running on empty (via AZspot)
“Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into...”
– Barack Obama (via azspot). Quote of the decade. (via marco)