September 2009
206 posts
Stark realisation: I no longer depend on Google to...
slantback:
alexjcampbell:
This is the fundamental problem with Google search: there is no trust. Once upon a time we could trust that the best products would be at the top of Google’s search results for any given term. This is no longer true. In fact we should be especially skeptical of those who come up first in Google results - as they are more than likely to be the ones whose products suck...
Watchpassthemike:
This guy plays 100 famous guitar riffs. I still like the 32 songs in 8 minutes better.
whileibreatheihope:
beenthinking:
“Fake...
August 2009
23 posts
Smells of New York City - NYTimes.com →
interweber:
New York secretes its fullest range of smells in the summer; disgusting or enticing, delicate or overpowering, they are liberated by the heat. So one sweltering weekend, I set out to navigate the city by nose. As my nostrils led me from Manhattan’s northernmost end to its southern tip, some prosaic scents recurred (cigarette butts; suntan lotion; fried foods); some were singular and...
passthemike:
“Ice Ice Baby” (cover) - Ben Kweller
“When you start to know someone, all their physical characteristics start to...”
– Lisa Unger, Beautiful Lies (via carinaavila: taramarie: gatekeeper: wideeyedhippiechild) (via kittivanilli)
carinaavila:
How Soon Is Now? | The Smiths
“Quarrels end, but words once spoken never die.”
– African proverb (via reluctantbuddha)
passthemike:
Sometimes you have to take a hit for the team and be a complete jerk to a friend to help them see things clearly. Sometimes they never see what you are saying, and sometimes they take all their misplaced anger out on you. But it’s worth the risk because the juice is worth the squeeze. This must be where that saying “this is going to hurt me more than it’s going to hurt you” comes...
“I forfeited one future for another, which is something all of us do every day in...”
– (via Nightmare Brunette) (via grl-afraid) (via omfgitstabitha)
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply...”
– Lao Tzu (via maluna)
littlemiss:
1. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully. 2. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other. 3. Don’t believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want. 4. When you say, “I love you”, mean it. 5. When you say, “I’m sorry”, look the person in the eye. 6. Be engaged at least six months...
“Don’t be afraid of showing affection. Be warm and tender, thoughtful and...”
– Sir John Lubbock (via justbesplendid)
“A guy out there was meant to be the love of your life, your best friend, your...”
– Nicholas Sparks (via lovespud) (via flew) (via dustier) (via cinnayum) (via omfgitstabitha) 