Beautiful afternoon for a walk on Bloomingdale (the place, not the store). Just picked up a bottle of Zacapa at Martin Bros. Thirsty?
Totally out of focus for the week—too bad I have bonus rounds both Saturday and Sunday.
But it’s not just Republicans, surely, who feel an itch for novelty, a distrust for the wisdom of political élites, and a willingness to reward anyone who can enliven the televised debates that have somehow become even more influential in what is supposed to be a post-television era.
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Comment: The Rise (and Fall) of Herman Cain : The New Yorker
The post-television era looks like it is shaping up a lot like the post-pc era: the device is the only thing that is deprecated while the medium grows exponentially in importance. The debates are not a television event, they are raw material for a media mill that spans many channels and technologies.
Totally out of focus for the week—too bad I have bonus rounds both Saturday and Sunday.
Spooky. 15 years after Michael Jackson’s Superbowl Halftime premier of Black and White, I now have a more canonical to imagine when someone starts talking about morphing faces. I sure that’s just what you’ve been waiting for too …
(Source: fastcodesign.com)
This looks quite amusing, but only if they can make the feed management really hum.
(via A Newspaper For The Twitter Age: The Size Of A Sales Receipt, And Edited By You | Co. Design)
Bronx Botanical Garden #urbantransect http://t.co/qTE0VBAi
Pelham Parkway #urbantransect http://t.co/b2AXN24s
“Coffee as cheap fuel for the masses is a historical anomaly,” says Peter Giuliano, director of coffee…” http://t.co/Z3tgrbOM
Coffee as cheap fuel for the masses is a historical anomaly,” says Peter Giuliano, director of coffee at the North Carolina-based roaster Counter Culture. “There’s no nutritive value. It’s drunk just for the pleasure of it. It’s a total miracle of global agriculture, a feat that spans cultures and countries.
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The End of Cheap Coffee: Why the Diner Staple Is About to Become a Luxury - Lifestyle - GOOD
Peak Coffee is my current environmental nightmare. I’m not really prepared for the social unrest that will inevitably result from businesses and nations scrambling for this dwindling resource.
