June 2008
23 posts
The cocktail divide: West Coast and East Coast... →
“San Franciscans tend to want to know where the ingredients in a cocktail come from in a geographic sense, whereas New Yorkers are more interested in where they came from historically”
–Phil Ward, Head Bartender, Death & Co., NYC
“Just look for the short brown couple drinking short brown drinks.”
– –Robert, telling The Sandwich how to ID us in a bar.
Rumplo →
Awesome T-Shirts, from around the world.
The Future Of Apple Is In 1960s Braun: 1960s Braun... →
Proof that good design is classic.
When you look at the Braun products by Dieter Rams—many of them at New York’s MoMA—and compare them to Ive’s work at Apple, you can clearly see the similarities in their philosophies way beyond the sparse use of color, the selection of materials and how the products are shaped around the function with no artificial design, keeping the design...
smirk™ :-] alpha →
video mood icons
the cottages of napa valley →
weekend getaway. The breakfast baskets from Bouchon are a huge draw amongst many other things!
nickdouglas:
busterkeaton:
“B.J. Don’t Cry”
I...
.: evil jungle prince :.: Braised Korean Potatoes →
FINALLY found a recipe for the shoyu potatoes I loved so much when I lived in Hawaii. These are apparently specifically “Honolulu Style”.
Shorpy :: History in HD | High-Definition... →
“Shorpy.com is the 100-year-old photography blog that brings our ancestors back, at least to the desktop. The site is named after Shorpy Higginbotham, a boy who worked in an Alabama coal mine near…
“The worst of it is that extroverts have no idea of the torment they put us...”
– Jonathan Rauch, “Caring for Your Introvert” (thanks, weniki) (via cygnoir)
This quote also resounds for me:
“Oh, for years I denied it. After all, I have good social skills. I am not morose or misanthropic. Usually. I am far from shy. I love long conversations that explore intimate thoughts...
Feeds in Tumblr
Hey guys, I’m no longer going to follow those who use Tumblr as just a dump for their feeds. I see most of your Twitters/Flickr pix/Yelp Reviews/etc anyway by other means. Also, FriendFeed does the same thing… and I only look at that when I’m really bored.
Oh man, I’m suffering from the same “un-friending” dilemma that I mentioned in my previous post. But I...
“A site that visibly promotes how many ’friends’ you have turns friends into...”
– Kevin Fox of Gmail & FriendFeed on User Experience Design
I think this is very perceptive—it’s something I’ve been concerned by and thinking about for a long time. The more I’ve pondered it, the more I’ve started to feel that the social applications that have had the most utility and long-term...
The Internet Vs. The Care of Your Soul
ernie: kfan: 1. No laptop in bed. 2. No internet for at least 30 minutes before you got to sleep. 3. Nothing on your feed reader that posts more than X times per Y. 4. Being bored does not mean you have to check your email. 5. Don’t only read websites related to subjects you know inside and out. 6. For every X feeds that you add to your reader, remove Y. 7. Don’t read email on your phone. 8. If...
Furoshiki :: techniques →
Wrapping techniques I plan to use for our bento boxes.
