February 2009
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January 2009
27 posts
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CrowdSprout.com's Facebook page →
who’s to blame for it being rough around the edges?
alexbain:
It’s new, and a little rough around the edges, but if you wanna get in on the ground floor of the future of e-commerce, “become a fan” of CrowdSprout on Facebook.
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In respsonse to this post:
“Twittering, glittering, on Facebook”
http://bit.ly/VH5E
I absolutely concur. And though no longer spring in Boston, the wonderful thing (for me) is the archival aspect of Twitter or Facebook. Whereas my grandparents might have kept tin boxes of seemingly meaningless objects: pins, stones, scraps of messages, I’ve gone about it differently. The meaning and intention behind my...
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WatchSome sounds and stills as we cross into the Bronx. There are better-quality photos somewhere, but I don’t know if they’re on flickr or facebook. My photostoring life has become complicated. At least I know where my videos live.
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In Other Words
French
esprit de I’escalier [es-pree de less-ka/-iay] (idiom)
A witty remark that occurs to you too late, literally on the way down the stairs. The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations defines esprit de l’escalier as, “An untranslatable phrase, the meaning of which is that one only thinks on one’s way downstairs of the smart retort one might have made in the drawing...
Hyperreal and imaginary
“Disneyland is a perfect model of all the entangled orders of simulation. To begin with it is a play of illusions and phantasms: pirates, the frontier, future world, etc. This imaginary world is supposed to be what makes the operation successful. But, what draws the crowds is undoubtedly much more the social microcosm, the miniaturized and religious revelling in real America, in its delights...
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"T T/ 7. January"
While rummaging through my Grandfather’s remains, ie, letters, broken watches, camera equipment, & a jade locust, I found a stack of cards bound by a leather string. In the top corner, written in lead, are the letters, “T T” followed by a “number” and a “month.” There are 35 of these cards, which I think I will present once a month. And though the...
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“Young Lady, come and sit on my lap and let us commence kissing, and then see who...”
– Dr. Samuel Johnson
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“While some have difficulty with the cuteness versus deliciousness ratio — that...”
– New York Times
http://bit.ly/17OGd
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of one IQ’s beginnings
Little is known about the formation of Ivan Qunitox, his projects, or for that matter his agendas; and thus Ivan’s purpose remains mysterious to those who scour the libraries for information. What is known, or so it’s been narrated, is that a rag-shack boat off the coast of the Azores is said to belong to one, Mister Ivan Quitox, from which this project’s name is thought to have derived....
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This Time Two Years Ago
“Dream: Chatting with Andreea about Salman Rushdie. About eating Biscuits.
Returned: Modem and Cable
Reading: Austerlitz by Sebald
Movie: Lost in Translation”
from The Day, Sad - Jan 4, 2007
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Post-It Note #5
Date: The Friday post Thanksgiving. 2007. Location: Newberg, Oregon Reason: Wine Tasting. The obscenely bright and unseasonably crowded car park that is, in all realistic description, a gravel driveway between a barn and some barren vineyard, is the first stop on The Willamette Valley Wine Country Thanksgiving 2007 Open House Wine-Tasting Tour.
The temperature is crisp. The sky — blue. ...
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Anybody's Guide to Winemaking (complete book) →
Only 11 copies made. But now viewable online forever. The book is hosted by a neat company, Issuu. Definitely check them out.
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