Samsung Doesn’t Copy Apple
How demoralizing it must be to work in marketing there… (via Daring Fireball )
How demoralizing it must be to work in marketing there… (via Daring Fireball )
Seriously: A High Line in Philadelphia?
It’s only logical that a Philadelphian who knows about the High Line park in New York would ask the question “When will Philly do the same with the Reading Viaduct?”
The answer, in a logical, only-in-Philly way, may be never — due to political, neighborhood, financial, and general urban…
It makes running a joyous celebration and makes me more mindful.
Shopping | Baby, you were Born to Run, barefoot | NWsource
p.s. I know it says ‘shopping’, but you don’t need to buy anything to go running.
Some doctors resist. They call it ‘poor care for poor people.’ This is a misunderstanding. It’s the most effective use of our resources.
White vinegar and carbon dioxide are used to identify and remove pre-tumors.
In Thailand, an Innovative Fight Against Cervical Cancer - NYTimes.com (via @melissamcewen)
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(via Shakesville: Holy Shit) See also "Video: Alberta woman files lawsuit over flaming water". Lighting water on fire is the new planking?
Clean your hands with olive oil
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This is a preview of the new Facebook, right? (via kottke.org )
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Playing Angels (1950) by Carl Milles (by sudama)
Right before I left New York, I had my manager tell me: ‘You need to get a girl on your arm or people will start talking.’ I remember telling him: ‘I’m gay.’ He had no idea. And he said: ‘All the more reason to get a girl on your arm.’ My agent was also like, ‘It’s best if you keep your options open. Maybe bisexual?’
Not a chance.
Sling Shot: A Camera That Only Captures Expressions of Fear
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Announcing Streets Dept Presents at PhilaMOCA!!
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I regard romantic comedies as a subgenre of sci-fi, in which the world operates according to different rules than my regular human world. For me, there is no difference between Ripley from “Alien” and any Katherine Heigl character. They are equally implausible.
A great pencil can be a magical thing. It turns simple note-taking into a charcoal sketch, with darker or thicker lines depending on how firm your grip is and how fast you’re scanning the page. It’s not just a pencil; it’s a lead paintbrush.
It seems like putting Facebook in jail is the only way to keep it from tracking you everywhere you go on the Web.
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Somehow, no-nonsense cooking and eating — roasting a chicken, making a grilled cheese sandwich, scrambling an egg, tossing a salad — must become popular again, and valued not just by hipsters in Brooklyn or locavores in Berkeley.
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By listing, with certainty, the accomplishments of my future self, I hope to plaster over panic that I will achieve nothing close to them.
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