May 2008
service elevator →
April 2008
Nike Football Ad (Guy Ritchie) →
Don’t normally link to ads, but this one is sah-weet. Also, footballers are hot.
Better airplane seats. →
I doubt these will ever take off on a large scale, but I hope, I hope, I hope.
“Internships—in general—encourage a climate that caters to students financially...”
– Jaclyn (via marco) Interesting. I could never actually afford to be an intern; I held anywhere from one to four simultaneous part-time jobs in college.
“While I doubt that Senator McCain studied the subtle nuances of this popular...”
– [ Debbie Millman, Sterling Brands via McCain’s Optimum Look in the New York Times’ Campaign Stops ] She hit the nail on the head: nothing screams “wishy-washy” like Optima used in a logo. It’s a transitional sans with one foot on either side of the typeface divide, and...
http://thewallofsound.muxtape.com/
Alice: Oooo... I *do* know this song
Alice: I just forgot.
Alice: "Be My Baby," that is.
Timoni: Yes, I figured you'd say that about...oh...all of those songs. 
Timoni: But it's so good!
Alice: I love it.
Timoni: It makes me so happy.
Alice: I think I have mixed feelings
Timoni: Why? Emotional association?
Alice: Yeah, I guess. Cuz it's like, she loves him so much, and he's never gonna appreciate her!!!
Alice: He don't deserve her three kisses for his every one.
Alice: The jerk.
On comments
jakoblodwick: When I see a blog with comments enabled, it turns me off. I’m like, “This person thinks anonymous opinions of strangers have value. Probably not worth reading their stuff.” (yes, there are exceptions — shut up) But how does he feel about reblogs?
“Security is a lot more about people than technology. One thing I’ve...”
– [ Bruce Schneier, from On People, the Death of Privacy, and Data Pollution ] I wonder how much of what Schneier thinks of as “internal contradictions” has more to do with people genuinely wanting it both ways (“I want an easy to remember password AND my information to be...
My dream guy's wife looks like me.
mareen: Great. How much would that suck?
[ So in Love, by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark...
“People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that’s what everyone wants....”
– Eat, Pray, Love (via jeralyndwile:jessehattabaugh) (via amyyy) (Seriously, where do people get this stuff? It sounds so…alterna-romantic, but the truth is I don’t know any happily committed long-term couples who came to the relationship expecting their SO to change them for the better. ...
“For much of the history of linguistics and the philosophy of language, language...”
– [ From the entry on Speech Acts in Wikipedia ]
Names That Match Forge a Bond on the Internet →
I am so alone.
“Easy is good but it is not enough. Focusing on ‘easy’ tends to marginalise it....”
– [ Usability or user experience - what’s the difference?, from e-consultancy ] The problem, in my case, is that I don’t have to imagine anything.
“Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.”
– [ George Patton, via Signals vs. Noise ] I wonder if this is true? I’m going to start paying more attention now.
“According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first passage in Asimov’s...”
– [ The Three Laws of Robotics, from Wikipedia ]
“Our environment and the products about us are of our own doing; it is for us to...”
– [ - Ralph Rapson, Lamenting an ‘angry sea of un-design’, in the Star-Tribune. via Mediabistro ]
“Ironic home furnishings are such special things.”
– [ - Better Living Through Design ]
“Coffee Equipment Co., the Seattle-based manufacturer of the Clover, was revealed...”
– [ Portland’s Top Coffee Roaster Dumps the Clover, and Why This Matters to Product Design, from Core77 ]
From "2 Days In Paris," a very frustratingly...
Jack: Are you friends with all your exes?
Marion: I'm friends with *some* of my exes. I mean, you know, most of them. This guy is a really wonderful writer-poet.
Jack: A French poet. Hm.
Marion: You're not friends with *any* of your exes?
Jack: No.
Marion: Really?
Jack: No.
Marion: I didn't know that about you.
Jack: When it was over, it was over.
Marion: [realizing] So...if we broke up, you would not like to see me ever again.
Jack: No...I mean, if I ran into you, I wouldn't *avoid* you. But I wouldn't go out of my way to hang out with you, no.
Marion: So that means...you don't think I'm a likable person outside of our relationship.
Jack: Uh, yeah, basically. [chuckle]
Marion: That's interesting, you know. I like you. I would like to be your friend when we break up.
Jack: Oh--"when."
Marion: Um, whenever we break up.
Jack: [sarcastic] Uh-huh. Okay.
Marion: [quickly] No, *if* we break up.
Jack: Uh-huh.
Marion: You know, I would like you even if we were not together.
Jack: Well, that's very evolved of you.