March 2010
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Is Gilt Groupe Good or Bad for Fashion? →
There’s money to be made in the discount market. Here’s a must read about Gilt Groupe, the company which invented the flash sale. Exaggerated prices, day-old styles made with leftover fabric; it sounds like Gilt is going the way of the outlet center. Or a department store’s private label goods. Reminding us that perhaps we should be paying more attention to the clothes than...
February 2010
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WatchToday’s inspiration. The world’s largest pillow fight, NYC, 2010. A few notes:
The music is ‘Late Blues’ by ida. iTunes link.
Footage by Casio Exilim EX-F1, a prosumer DSLR which shoots video for $1000.
I’m still saving up for a Canon EOS 7D.
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“Someone once told me that if you ask a woman what her favorite thing in the...”
– Jenna Lyons, J. Crew creative director
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Consumer driven healthcare doesn't work.
As a business, it’d function if we called it consumer driven video games or a consumer driven shoe market. There’s definitely no such thing as too many video games and too much footwear. Which is not the case when it comes to healthcare. Everyone’s a consumer, some are physicians, but few are both. So why is Dr. Mario setting the nation’s healthcare agenda?
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“We charge more if you make us do stupid things.”
– Jayne Agency’s Web site
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Rainn Wilson's 15 Rules of Fight Club →
RT @rainnwilson First rule of Fight Club? Don’t talk about ‘potpourri’.
Second rule of fight club? Don’t put a cigarette in your penis and pretend like it’s smoking.
RT @trollishtwit Third rule of fight club, always know where it is held so you don’t need to stop and ask for directions to Fight Club
Fourth rule of Fight Club: The safe word is...
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Pixelmator for $59 = Poor Man's Photoshop
Me: i just realized i'm enough of a dork to seek out the iphone photoshop 1.0 mobile app
RD: i haven't used ps in ages- using Pixelmator for the mac now
Me: huh. i did not know about pixelmator.
RD: yep, just a LITTLE cheaper than ps ;) doesn't do everything, but definitely does enough
Me: i take it the free version does the paint shop pro thing and doesn't let you save
not sure... yep - you have to buy it... to kill the watermark, anyway. looks like a cross between macromedia fireworks and adobe photoshop... pretty much exactly what anyone not a professional needs for editing
RD: exactly- it's powerful enough for 90% of people that will just pirate photoshop since they can't afford it
Me: even with the academic discount it's one hell of a price. i mean, hell, you can buy spanking new hardware that will hit you back for the cost of the newest version of photoshop
RD: i know... that's what a virtual monopoly will do. i mean, they really do have a monopoly in the design industries
RD: TRY getting a job claiming you prefer anything over photoshop
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“If Troy Polamalu had a baby with Carrot Top, it would look like Shaun White.”
– MD
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A manuscript which was smuggled out of Nazi... →
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Coffee shop worker: Was the sinking of the titanic foreshadowing the future sinking of the tech market in 2001-2002?
James Cameron: No, i just wanted to make high school girls cry.
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internet shorthand if written by a proper... →
hah!
I found your last comment humorous, good sir!
hahaha
My jubilant utterance could be heard in the next room!
lol - laugh out loud
I did laugh merrily in an out loud fashion.
rofl - rolling on floor laughing
I dare say I fell onto the ground, and proceeded to roll about as if I were swine of some sort.
omg - oh my god
Gordon Bennett!
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“I love football, but it has become a sport that’s immensely more entertaining to...”
– National Football Post
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The Chicago Transit Authority: we're going to...
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venomous porridge: A conversation I have every... →
Me: (tries to visit a local restaurant’s website via iPhone) Restaurant website: I require Flash. Fuck off. Me: I just want to know how late you’re open. Website: Nope. Me: But I’m on my phone. Don’t you have a little “HTML Version” link up in the corner or something? Website: I’m ignoring…
Thank goodness for the MenuPages iPhone app. Sweet deliverance.
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Why Flintstones Vitamins Don't Include Betty - By... →
Spokesperson Greg Decker: “You can tell the difference between Fred and Barney, and between Pebbles and Bamm Bamm, but you can’t with Wilma and Betty. That’s why they put the car in there. Children like different shapes.”
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Kevin Smith Kicked off Southwest Flight for Being... →
staceys-scrapbook:
So, a famous person has finally been fucked by an airline’s fat policy. Director Kevin Smith got booted off a Southwest plane tonight, after he was already settled in “WITH ARM RESTS DOWN,” as he put…
This is what you get when you make films like Jersey Girl. The real tragedy is the Director’s Cut is a much, much better flick than the one they went to print with. I...
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Why do two lesbians always get to where they’re going faster than two gay guys? Because the lesbians are always going 69.
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“You know you’re in love when you don’t want to fall asleep because...”
– Dr. Seuss
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My Valentine's Day plans.
Stay out Saturday night and get sloshed on my friend’s 30th birthday. Go to a diner and get pancakes. Mmm… Pancakes. Workout. Sleep. And then catch the premiere of Tyrannosaurus Sex on Discovery Channel.
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“The number of people who view their friends and peers as credible sources of...”
– Edelman’s 2010 Trust Barometer. Maybe this has something to do with Facebook fan pages and Tweets for sale.