December 2009
40 posts
Documenting the Decade - NYTimes.com →
geekfriendly:
A great project by the times to document the decade through pictures taken by its readers. I’m honored to not only have two of my photos included (here & here) but also to have one of them featured on the Lens blog and main page of the project.
I’m super crazy proud of ze boy. My favorite is the first photo.
Religion has convinced people that there’s an invisible man living in the sky,...
– George Carlin (via beeleevinmee) (via ejj22) (via mityelpoc)
2009: The Year in Pictures - The New York Times →
geekfriendly:
Probably the best edited ‘year in pictures’ I’ve seen so far, and a one-stop shop for the best photojournalism of the year as well.
On a related note, I’m super proud to have one of my photos featured (#10) on the New York Times Lens blog. I’ll make sure to link to the final gallery on the main site when its up.
554. YOU SHOULDN'T CARE IF YOU DIDN'T GET THAT ONE...
(via gotwisdom)
Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe...
– Noam Chomsky (via eunichick) (via quote-book)
My Holiday Wishlist
aworldofwant:
I want you to look in the mirror each day and identify one magnificent, unique, amazing thing about your own body.
I want you to accept that “skinny” and “healthy” are not synonyms.
I want you to learn what flatters your angles and curves.
I want you to utilize clothes that help you look your best instead of lamenting the fact that you can’t rock every style.
I want you to...
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Wear Sunscreen
jilliananne:
This piece was presented as Kurt Vonnegut’s commencement address at MIT in 1997. It’s great stuff, but apparently it wasn’t written or delivered by Vonnegut. It’s still a beautiful piece…
Ladies and gentlemen of the class of ‘97:
Wear sunscreen.
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by...
A woman will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own.
– Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Submitted by: ShayanneMichelle) (via quote-book)
So if your goal is to have a useful web site, you often won’t be meeting that...
– non sum qualis eram re: that link i posted about scrolling
statements like these are why that scrolling link exists.
microsoft word docs scroll. software applications scroll. your cell phone scrolls, i guarantee it. you scroll through channels on the tv. scrolling is NOT a crazy, hard to grasp...
Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable...
– Carl Jung (via johannal) (via quote-book)
We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we...
– Albert Einstein (via mnmal) (via proofmathisbeautiful) (via infinitebutterflies)
"I really LIKE you."
nyminute:
“I think we have a wonderful marriage. I love my husband. He’s my best friend. But I always like to talk honestly about it because I think about other young couples who think there are no struggles to get here. And there are. That’s part of it. The message is - work through the struggles. Start out with somebody that you respect and that you trust so that when you hit the bumps...
The world will tell you that the way you say things is more important than what...
– via: I wrote this for you (via kari-shma)