“ A thousand pounds per unit actually forces you to recontextualise the iPhone a bit. That’s not a mainstream consumer street device anymore. That’s a digital instrument. That is something very different from a mobile phone. That’s something you don’t dare carry around in your pocket because it costs a thousand pounds. And if you do carry such a thing around in your pocket, you are either a wilfully conspicuous consumer of a piece with the people who used to lug mobile phones around when they came in briefcases or you are some kind of scientist performing science on the street with a digital instrument or else why would you be carrying around a device that costs a thousand pounds per unit?
second verse. tumbling.
I'm Ryan Freitas, and I'm a better at Tumbling than I am at blogging.
We’re building a service to help people make their own newspapers. This is the blog where we’re alarmingly honest about where it’s all going wrong. And occasionally smug about where it’s going right. You can stick your name on the beta invite list here. (via Newspaper Club - A work in progress)
“… it is possible to construct a string theory whose left-moving (counter-clockwise) excitations “think” that they live on a bosonic string propagating in D = 26 dimensions, while the right-moving (clock-wise) excitations “think” that they belong to a superstring in D = 10 dimensions.” (via Heterotic string - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
The Web is Agreement (via psd)
Codes of the City
Baby stroller in apartment building lobby: Cocaine wholesaler.
Pile of Q-tips: Hmong turf.
Broken suitcase: Dead dad.
Discarded bike lock: Unlicensed dentist.
Overturned recycling bin: Popular brunch spot nearby.
Wig in gutter: Seafood restaurant.
Chair next to lamppost: Housepainters live here.
Pair of shoes, side-by-side: This way to haircuts.
Pair of shoes, toes pointed towards each other: Safe to poo between these cars.
Pair of shoes, toes pointed away from each other: Do not poo between these cars.
Single shoe: Abortionist.
Blood-covered ATM: Notary public inside.
Hamburger on streetcar seat: Party at the beach.
Box of books: Domestic dispute, call 911.
“ It’s amazingly easy, when you’re starting a new business, to forget everything that you’ve learned. In particular: sales is a numbers game, that sales cycles can often be long and unpredictable, and that not all leads—or even intense interest in your company—lead to project work.
My Elvis was Joey Ramone. But this is still good.
