October 2011
11 posts
But wait!” I can hear you wail. “We’re Americans! We love nothing more than to...
– Mark Morford, “Hurry up, get more done, and die” (via curiositycounts, filed under: idleness)
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that...
– Albert Camus (via petitefeministe)
StyleLikeU Closet Interview With Fatima Robinson
37thStateDOTcom: WAfrica-Ankara Japanese kimonos... →
BRILLIANT! This is a true representation of ‘fusion.’ Neither culture diluted; only enhanced.
37thstate:
The name WAfrica is a combination of the word for Japanese spirit, “wa,” and Africa. “In 2007, I experimented with Japanese kimono by producing them with African fabrics,” says Serge Mouangue. “After showing them to Japanese audiences, many people felt the…
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I Can't Believe This isn't Illegal Already. →
ridingwithstrangers:
Jenna Wortham, writing for the NYT:
It costs the carriers about a third of a penny to send text messages. Considering that the major carriers charge 10 to 20 cents to send and receive them, “it’s something like a 4,090 percent markup,”
At 20 cents and 160 characters per message, wireless customers are paying roughly $1,500 to send a megabyte of text traffic over the...
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Charlie Kaufman: Why I Wrote Being John Malkovich →