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And, yes, absolutely, all events get triple-annoying when most of the people there seem concerned primarily with either promoting something or repeatedly ejaculating their location and dinner plans onto the hapless faces on their social network lists.
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I love this piece on people, friends and real world stuff that matters. It’s something I noticed at likemind this morning. Most people were looking at each other and talking, not looking down at their phones, laptops or taking snaps of the latte art to post on Twitter. I’m as guilty as the next man, but I’m trying hard not to let my desire to capture stuff ruin my natural desire to hang out and communicate with clever interesting people.
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Anyhow. Take it as you will, but remember that the web is not you and it’s not me. The web is just a braindead platform for moving information around, but it’s not your actual friends.
Talking about meeting people who speak in sentences and have complicated lives and make great things and care about a lot of the same stuff you do. That’s the thing.
kung fu grippe - Conferences, Friends, and Stuff That Really Matters
The primary task is to increase the combat readiness of our forces, first of all our strategic nuclear forces,
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Quick, let’s spend all that oil money.
BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Russia announces rearmament plan
Love this MP3 player inspired by Braun design.
Bootleg Objects: #BO.01: REBRAUN MP3 jukebox and server (Monoscope)
When in the old days you would wait for a confirmation from somebody that they received your message by post AND expecting their reply every single month? I love the anticipation and wondering in the old analog world, all the sadness and melancholy during the wait, all the joy and excitement looking at a sealed envelope . These days everything’s bottle neck originates from procrastination 99% coz email and messaging is so instant. You don’t get a chance to wonder what happens in a chain of potential mishaps and you treasure less of everything. I remember months of waiting for a letter from a girl I loved so much when I was in Canada while she was in Australia. To me, a written message with a pen and a heart sending from afar is most romantic. How about nowadays? What is romantic these days?
(via An Analog Message from a Year Ago - Delayed Postcard and Being Romantic - Vox)
This compact 35mm camera was one of the most technically advanced gadgets of 1930s.
(via Jaeger LeCoultre Compass (Monoscope)
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