August 2009
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Frightened Rabbit - The Modern Leper
Well are you...
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Can Money Buy Happiness?
Conventional wisdom says that money can’t buy happiness, but can it? While most research supports the idea that it cannot, new research is investigating the idea from a different angle, namely the effect of spending strategies on happiness. The key may be spending money on building memories, not the accumulation of material goods:
For deep-seated psychological reasons, when it comes to...
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“If any of my competitors were drowning, I’d stick a hose in their mouth.”
– Ray Kroc, McDonald’s
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“You see this goblet? For me this glass is already broken. I enjoy it; I drink...”
– Ajahn Chah
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“I don’t trust anything that bleeds for five days and doesn’t die.”
– Mr. Garrison, on women.
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“I always thought I was going to get fired. Even when it was done I thought it...”
– Francis Ford Coppola, on the difficulty and uncertainty of making The Godfather
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WatchTelevision Profile of Clayton Cubitt, aka Siege.
Everything that I’ve gone through has just reinforced that notion that the clock is ticking, and you’ve gotta work. You’ve gotta show what’s in your heart, and each day that you let pass that you don’t express yourself honestly and that you don’t let the people around you know how you feel about them,...
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The Perishers - Trouble Sleeping
I’m having...
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She & Him - Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?
Why...
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Frightened Rabbit - The Twist
Lift your dress...
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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you...”
– Mark Twain
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August 14th, 2009
Officially one year older wiser.
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“If your old work doesn’t shame you, you’re not growing.”
– Jeffrey Zeldman
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WatchA great video portrait of Rick Bishop of Mountain Sweet Berry Farm in Roscoe, New York, who grows strawberries and vegetables and sells them at the Union Square Greenmarket in New York City.
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“Facebook is a good match for FriendFeed, insofar as I’ve never understood why...”
– John Gruber
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Dynamite Walls - Hayden
(via fluffed)
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Does Closing Roads Cut Delays?
It turns out that everyone optimizing their driving routes using things like GPS devices and Google Maps actually increases traffic congestion. The solution might be to close certain roads, limiting the ability of people to optimize their routes:
It all hinges on something called Braess’s Paradox (and yes, I appreciate the irony of a Wikipedia entry that challenges the wisdom of crowds), which...
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Someone just called my house at 6:20am
Me: Hello?
Her: Are you up yet?
Me: Err... what?
Her: You have to get up.
Me: I'm sorry, can I ask who this is?
Her: Oh my God. Oh my God. I am. So. Sorry. I must have dialed the wrong number.
Me: Oh. Well, that's alright.
Her: Quick! Go back to bed!
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“We’ve had a lot of things not work, and that’s OK too. If it’s a good idea and...”
– Jim Coudal
“if i used emoticons, i’d send you a sad face right now.”
– a.f.r.
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The Perishers - Pills
I hope my love can blind...
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The Truth About Grit
There is an increasing amount of scientific evidence to support the role of persistence and hard work versus intellect as a determinent of success:
Although biographers have long celebrated Newton’s intellect - he also pioneered calculus - it’s clear that his achievements aren’t solely a byproduct of his piercing intelligence. Newton also had an astonishing ability to persist in the face of...