February 2012
8 posts
Sherpaa →
david:
Another incredible project from Jay. : )
I’m very excited to announce that we’ve officially launched Sherpaa.
Who it’s for: Currently it’s for Tumblr’s employees. In the near future, we’ll be signing up other NYC-based companies.
Why: When you’re sick or hurt, figuring out exactly who and what you need and when you need it is difficult. You need an accessible, friendly doctor...
“Hamilton’s ideas remain powerfully influential in our society — above all, the...”
– All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace – the latest BBC documentary by Adam Curtis explores how technology limits rather than liberates us, tracing the history of how Ayn Rand’s philosophy permeated Silicon Valley and, eventually, global political and economic structures. (via...
“So what would our mornings look like if we re-engineered them in the interest of...”
– New neurosciences studies show most morning routines kill creativity, but there might be something we can do about it. (via curiositycounts)
January 2012
27 posts
“You want a job, a vacation, heath insurance, validation, a back rub, a scalp...”
– Ryan O’Connell, What 20-Somethings Want (via colporteur)
grace-notes:
Etta James - Sunday Kind Of Love
nevver:
Have you ever wondered which part of the other side of the earth is directly below you?
Haha, one of the big questions of my life answered precisely!
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“उस शख़्स को बिछड़ने का सलीका भी नहीं;
जाते हुए खुद को मेरे पास छोड़ गया”
WatchMoonrise!
“Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and...”
– Anne Lamott in one of 9 essential books on reading and writing, for a New Year’s resolution to read more and write better (via curiositycounts)
“A team at Cornell University, with support from Darpa, the Pentagon’s out-there...”
– Wired: Pentagon Scientists Use ‘Time Hole’ to Make Events Disappear (via curiositycounts)
“I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It’s not. The...”
– Robin Williams (via modernhepburn)
December 2011
35 posts
“The world lost Steve Jobs and we’ll miss him dearly. But thanks to a Horcrux he...”
– Chris Hardwick in his rhyming recap of 2011 on the Nerdist year end special. (via popculturebrain)
“Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents...”
– Bobby, age 7 (via themostsophisticatedwoman)
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An amazing take on the Coldplay classic, must...
“In our dreams we do make the journeys we seem to make…”
– Mark Twain
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