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Friday night

Fri, 11 May 2012 19:52:23 -0400

Friday night

mokoyfman: My kind of fuse box. (Taken with Instagram at...

Thu, 10 May 2012 19:57:39 -0400

mokoyfman:

My kind of fuse box. (Taken with Instagram at WorkMarket.com)

Fletch 1985

Tue, 08 May 2012 00:42:20 -0400

Receptionist: May I help you Dr...?
Fletch: Oh, it's me, Dr. Rosenpenis. I'm just here to check out Alan Stanwyk's file.
Receptionist: Dr. who?
Fletch: Dr. Rosenrosen, I'm here to get to the records room.
Receptionist: What was that name again?
Fletch: It's Dr. Rosen, I want to check the records room.
Receptionist: Dr. who?
Fletch: Dr. Rosen. Where's the records room?

Portugal. The Man – So American - I am way behind on this band....

Tue, 08 May 2012 00:41:12 -0400

Portugal. The Man – So American - I am way behind on this band. Loving them right now.

Love this room

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:29:59 -0400

Love this room

mtvhive: Coachella releases hologram lineup for 2013. [via...

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:38:46 -0400

mtvhive:

Coachella releases hologram lineup for 2013.

[via Hipster Runoff]

Ha ja ha ja ha

"People in technology need to understand the creative process — how art is made — and vice versa. The..."

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:36:33 -0400

“

People in technology need to understand the creative process — how art is made — and vice versa. The two worlds are in a collision course, and they’re not necessarily going to break each other, one or the other won’t win, but they’ll fuse into something that isn’t recognizable to other at the moment.

‘Real artists ship,’ that’s a saying that Jobs uttered, but it actually came from Hollywood. Real artists weren’t people who stared at their navels, they were people who shipped a product and got paid for it. That was considered a virtue and that’s what Hollywood did to the envy of everyone.

”

- terrific episode of Horace Dediu’s Critical Path podcast (via whiskyvangoghgo)

Science Saved My Soul (mirror) (philhellenes) (by Knightyme)

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:51:39 -0400

Science Saved My Soul (mirror) (philhellenes) (by Knightyme)

alittlespace: now that’s a worthy photoset.

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:25:29 -0400

alittlespace:

now that’s a worthy photoset.

Saw Zulu Winter open for Polica last night at Brooklyn Bowl. I...

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:10:04 -0400

Saw Zulu Winter open for Polica last night at Brooklyn Bowl. I think I may have liked them better than Polica who happened to put on a great show and a great finale to their two month tour.

"A particular problem is that he [Mitt Romney] betrays little indignation at any of our problems and..."

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:37:21 -0400

“A particular problem is that he [Mitt Romney] betrays little indignation at any of our problems and their causes. He’s always sunny, pleasant, untouched by anger. This leaves people thinking, “Excuse me, but we are in crisis. Financially and culturally we fear our country is going down the drain. This guy doesn’t seem to be feeling it. So why’s he running? Maybe he thinks it’s his personal destiny to be president. But if the animating passion of his candidacy is about him, not us, who needs him?””

- Peggy Noonan on Mitt Romney, WSJ

There’s probably a phrasing of this that is equally damning of a certain kind of entrepreneur—the one that is pursuing a project not out of passion but out of a kind of megalomania to be the top dog in their own pony show.

(via christmasgorilla)

david-noel: Silversun Pickups | Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings) In...

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:36:59 -0400

david-noel:

Silversun Pickups | Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings)

In the spring of 2009, I spent some time visiting my friend Sergie in Los Angeles. I had to rent a car to get around and spent what felt like 60% of my time stuck in traffic. Since I didn’t bring any CDs, I mostly listened to local radio stations while on the road. Back then, the song they played at least 5 times a day was Silversun Pickup’s Panic Switch which has a wonderful chorus.

Bloody Mary is the new single of their upcoming album Neck Of The Woods out on May 8th via Dangerbird Records.

unhappyhipsters: Lonely? (Yes.) Worth it to enjoy the ineffable...

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:56:28 -0400

unhappyhipsters:

Lonely? (Yes.) Worth it to enjoy the ineffable serenity of indoor/outdoor living? (Only kinda.)

(Photo: Joe Fletcher; Dwell)

Future Rock - “Nights”

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:06:06 -0400

Future Rock - “Nights”

Rock OUT! STS9 has really stepped it up.

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:00:40 -0400

Rock OUT! STS9 has really stepped it up.

Seriously Pandora?

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:27:33 -0400

Seriously Pandora?

msg: michaelryap: In reviewing my notes from...

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 18:28:35 -0400

msg:

michaelryap:

In reviewing my notes from class—Entrepreneurial Design—I took a moment to draft a chart that our professor sketched on the whiteboard: the trajectory of happiness an entrepreneur experiences when creating a startup.

Uniformed Happiness is the state that all of us revel in when conceiving a novel idea.

Informed Pessimism is the fall from grace that occurs when we begin to understand the implications of our idea: the complexities of its implementation. This is the turning point when euphoria has worn off and the work becomes hard.

However, if the entrepreneur can chip away at the myriad problems she will inevitably face and avoid Crashing and Burning, there is distinct transition to Informed Optimism.

Most end up Crashing and Burning; the AirBnB’s, Foursquares, and Kickstarters of the world enjoy Informed Optimism.

i like the framing of this but what ppl tend to overlook is that this occurs on a DAILY BASIS for an entrepreneur and not just the lifespan of the company/idea/project.

My life

"Barry Diller, chairman of IAC: I’m not saying that cable and satellite are dead. Ali Velshi,..."

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:00:06 -0400

“

Barry Diller, chairman of IAC: I’m not saying that cable and satellite are dead.

Ali Velshi, CNN business correspondent: Good, because I’d be coming to you for a job.

Mr. Diller: Thats all right, everybody does.

”

- In this morning’s discussion with Barry Diller, where he walked the audience through his forthcoming Aereo cloud-based TV service. Unless a lawsuit stops it from debuting next week, it will stream live broadcasts to Internet devices for $12 a month. — Lexi Mainland (via nytsxsw)

This band is opening for Polica at Brooklyn Bowl in a couple...

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:04:33 -0400

This band is opening for Polica at Brooklyn Bowl in a couple weeks. Excited to see them.

Open, Modern Kitchens with Few Pops of Color

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 08:56:17 -0500

Open, Modern Kitchens with Few Pops of Color