30.Jul.2010 Art – American (Barbie) Gothic
By Brad Goodell, the original is available for sale at Etsy (http://www.etsy.com/shop/bradgoodell/ )
29.Jul.2010 Nice Design – Moxsie
I ordered a pair of shoes on the cheap from Moxsie.com and just received them. Check out the awesome packaging (this is right out of the exterior shipping box): And a coupon?! Impressive or excessive, at least it looks nice. They also had great, responsive customer service and free shipping. (The shoes are nice too.)
27.Jul.2010 Quote – Haruki Murakami
Still, some might read this book and say, “hey, I’m going to give running a try, and then discover they enjoy it. And of course that would be a beautiful thing. As the author of this book I’d be very pleased if that happened. But people have their own individual likes and dislikes. Some people [...]
Music – Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros: “Home”
Popularized most recently by a Levi’s commercial…I’m digging the tune.
13.Jul.2010 Quote – Pat Welsh “Is college overrated?”
70% of the freshman class is likely to end up not with a diploma but a pile of debt. USA Today, “Is college overrated?” by Patrick Welsh All I have to say is, “Boooooooo!!!!”
09.Jul.2010 Quote – Richard Vedder
In the zeal to get students, [colleges and universities] are going after them on the basis of recreational amenities. Richard Vedder, from the NYTimes article “Study: Colleges Spent More on Recreation Than Instruction” by Sam Dillon
02.Jul.2010 Quote – Michael Spector
When you start down the road where belief in magic replace evidence in science you end up in a place you don’t want to be. Michael Spector [http://www.michaelspecter.com/], TED Talk “The danger in science denial”
24.Jun.2010 Ultimate Happiness (in a photo)
Priceless.
18.Jun.2010 Quote – I can has Cheezburger in Paradise
If the wacky cats are a fad, they are one that has had surprising staying power, as shown by a recent Cheezburger happy-hour event at Safeco Field before a Seattle Mariners game. More than 1,000 fans turned up to listen to cat-themed songs blasted over the loudspeakers, snack on miniature cheeseburgers, slurp from plastic cups [...]
16.Jun.2010 Digital Journalism #kmddj10 @p2pu; Welcome to no-credit college.
Who needs credit these days anyway? Peer to Peer University (P2PU), if you’re not familiar, is a free, open, online “university” (non-accredited) that offers courses I never would have found at the University of Vermont (no offense UVM, but you’re not exactly pushing the boundaries of higher learning). This whole notion of free, online, open [...]
