February 2012
“But economists are not people of wisdom, and I do not even consider them...”
– The Future After the End of the Economy | e-flux
cosinewave asked: The Intimacy vinyl is by Bloc Party :)
Amazon.com's many bots feud over book-prices |... →
‘Before I talk about my own troubles, let me tell you about another book, “Computer Game Bot Turing Test”. It’s one of over 100,000 “books” “written” by a Markov chain running over random Wikipedia articles, bundled up and sold online for a ridiculous price. The publisher, Betascript, is notorious for this kind of thing.
It gets better. There are whole species of other bots that infest the...
“Design is largely code these days. It wasn’t print that died, it was the graphic...”
– Messageboard post, Tim S. (via magnificentruin)
“[front] First I was like… [back] Then I was like…”
– Just posted this slogan on threadless. Go vote! (and yes, ALL my slogans are based on memes. Judge me.)
“[shirt intentionally left blank]”
– My best scoring slogan on threadless at 22%.
this was followed up with this on my dashboard. There is no such thing as coincidence. And I follow the best people.
“Hell, it took our species about 99% of its existence just to figure out that the...”
– Part of Dear Coke Talk: On struggling with mortality.
“I’ve always said that you can tell what a company is most worried about by...”
– …that is an amazingly insightful and helpful guideline. Thanks John; The daily irrelevant » ANZ rewards staff with holiday while customers get rates pain
Watchspecialneedslisbon:
How to pronounce Bon Iver
This seemed timely/ handy after the grammy’s
Me: I'm just pissed off about stupid things...Chris Brown just won a Grammy.
Brian: What? Chris Brown just punched his Granny?
“Fucking t-shirts how do they work?”
– Slogan I submitted to threadless I cannot believe only 10% liked this. Sigh.
“There are times, however, and this is one of them, when even being right feels...”
– Excerpt from Generation of Swine - Hunter S. Thompson (via criminalwisdom)
“You don’t blast a heart open,” she said. “You coax and nurture it open, like the...”
– Melody Beattie, The Lessons of Love: Rediscovering Our Passion for Live When It All Seems Too Hard to Take (via her0inchic)
“Because you know what’s going to happen now, don’t you? A fucking supermarket...”
– Awesome. Read GIRAFFE BREAD for context.
“Data” has become the default word used to describe the constantly generated,...”
– The Dilemma of Being a Cyborg - NYTimes.com (via porcupineschool)
“If he is a good designer the form he invents will penetrate the problem so...”
– Notes on the synthesis of form - Christopher Alexander - Google Books (via slantback)