May 2012
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kottke.org: The unified theory of Quentin... →
This is kind of awesome.
jkottke:
In the past day, I’ve run across two related theories of how all of Quentin Tarantino’s films are part of the same universe: this video and this post on Reddit. They differ slightly but the Reddit one is more interesting…specifically that Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, etc. take place in the…
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How do I know - Here we go magic A great song by a Brooklyn band
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Beautiful
Cat Power - Ramblin (Wo)man
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The safest illegal way to mail someone $1000 cash
From Ben Maurer, on Quora:
Get 10 new $100 bills. Cut them into thirds. Put all of the left sides in one envelope, right sides in another, and middles in a third. Send the envelopes separately.
1/3rd of a bill is not legal tender. Therefore, each shipment has no value. However, banks can reissue the money as long as you have > 51% of the material for each bill. Therefore, if one of the...
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Individualistic perspective
I’ve read a couple things today that reminded me about individualism and I thought I would organize my thoughts on the subject in general in the form of a post. By individualism, I mean listening to yourself, and only yourself, when facilitating the most important aspects in your life. These important aspects are almost always connected to the things we love to do (and on occasion, to the...
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“I don’t play for your fucking approval.”
– Kobe Bryant, when asked how he handles criticism, in an interview with Y! Sports
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After I give facebook permissions to an app, I'm...
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Fucking hilarious
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After graduation, when anybody asked if I had...
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Can you call a 9-year-old a Psychopath? →
Long read in the NYTimes this week. The story documents a family of a 9 year old named Michael who exhibits signs of psychopathy. The story is wildly enthralling, especially for someone who finds differing forms of insanity as intriguing as I do. Michael, the child in question, is not only unempathetic, but markedly manipulative. The most fascinating behavioral pattern of Michael (and his peers...
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Ernest Hemingway on Writing
In a 1958 interview:
When I am working on a book or a story I write every morning as soon after first light as possible. There is no one to disturb you and it is cool or cold and you come to your work and warm as you write. You read what you have written and, as you always stop when you know what is going to happen next, you go on from there. You write until you come to a place where you...
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“I’ve never heard a scream block a jump shot.”
– Kobe Bryant (Regarding tough road games)
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“You can never love anything as much as a person”
– It seems stupid and simple, but it’s true. Every day we make decisions without thinking in which we choose a thing or a comfort over a person. There is an extremely easy way to tell how misguided this thought process is: if given the choice between the existence of a thing or a person close to...
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When I'm on a conference call, I'm like
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“In your personal surroundings there should be places where you have some...”
– Dieter Rams
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When an ugly guy buys me a drink
This is so wonderfully condescending.
whatshouldwecallme:
I’m just like,
(Source: racheljingles)
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