December 2009
46 posts
“The core connotations of this act are firstly materialism - that is an...”
– A Theory of Shopping
“The couple also have to contend with a problem with their son, which time and...”
– Daniel Miller - A Theory of Shopping
What a lovely quote that I have forgotten about:
“It’s everybody, I mean. Everything everybody does is so — I don’t know — not wrong, or even mean, or even stupid necessarily. But just so tiny and meaningless and — sad-making. And the worst part is, if you go bohemian or something crazy like that, you’re conforming just as much only in a different way.”
—
J.D. Salinger (Franny and Zooey)
You...
“Cowell succeeds because television needs him. By aggregating an audience so fast...”
– Back Story - Cowell TV
“‘Murdoch’s mainstream publications simply cannot tell the truth...”
– Murdoch on Journalism and Freedom
“Now, if I choose one magazine to subscribe to out of myriad sources, it feels...”
– E&P and the emotional commitment of a subscription » Nieman Journalism Lab
“Most people, in most fields of consumption, most of the time are NOT maximisers...”
–
Do people in the music industry understand music? - Rory Sutherland’s Blog
“My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best.”
– Winston S. Churchill (via quote-book)
“First off, the author creates a main character which is an empty shell. Her...”
– How Twilight Works - The Oatmeal
“Our world is now riddled with what C. West Churchman referred to as “wicked...”
– Design: A New Engine for Society
“People want to wander at a holiday party, though truth be told, there are no...”
– Christmas and Holiday Party Planning Ideas - Esquire
“Just imagine; people simply get bored of consumerism, vandalism, of all isms in...”
– Meatloaf
Trash | Track →
Imagine a future where immense amounts of trash didn’t pile up on the peripheries of our cities: a future where we understand the ‘removal-chain’ as we do the ‘supply-chain’, and where we can use this knowledge to not only build more efficient and sustainable infrastructures but to promote behavioral change. In this future city, the invisible infrastructures of trash removal will become visible...
“As the holder of one of the grand, hereditary titles of Britain, you merely had...”
– January 2010: Charles Spencer on the English Aristocracy
Top 10 Facebook Statuses That No One Gives A ....... →
9) Incorrect Grammar Example: Rudy Mezzy is oh my god Bill Belichick your such an idiot. Why would you go for it when theyre team had Peyton Manning? Wow, ok first of all before you call someone an idiot, make sure you can correctly identify them as a contraction instead of a possessive. Attend Elementary School before changing your status.
“Take the promise of Third Place. Starbucks has borrowed – expropriated —...”
– Brand Autopsy
“Built for the postneed, status-seeking, civically challenged world, Starbucks...”
– Brand Autopsy: Bryant Simon on Starbucks
Photo dump coming up
Reorganising things on the HDD
“At the high end of coveted-object acquisition is the coffee-table book, that...”
– James Wolcott on Cultural Snobbery
“Books not only furnish a room, to paraphrase the title of an Anthony Powell...”
– James Wolcott on Cultural Snobbery
“I’m a security technologist. My job is making people secure.
I think...”
– Bruce Schneier (Afterword to ‘Little Brother’)
Echoes <3
“Apparently, iPhone users are more likely to see themselves as “media...”
– AdScam/The Horror! : More wanky iPhone information!
“I spend much of my time assuming the rest of the world knows better, that...”
– Charlie Brooker | Remember those dreamlike images of Dubai? Guess what. You were dreaming
“America’s future leaders were photographed naked. Quickly forgotten and...”
– Ivy League Posture Photos
