“Plan things, think things and then just guess.”
Jordan Harper
Miscellany, waffle, gratuitously stolen links, and much, much less.
Love this Drftwood sideboard. (via Design Milk)
NO, MARY, I’M NOT “TRYING TO GET A JOB AT AMERICAN APPAREL,” THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT’S ‘MOVEMBER’ AND I’M TRYING TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT CANCER BY GETTING SOMEONE TO SPONSOR THIS MOUSTACHE.
UNLIKE EVERY BARISTA AND/OR FIXED GEAR BICYCLE AFFICIONADO IN THE CITY I’M PERFECTLY AWARE HOW HORRIBLE I CURRENTLY LOOK.
“I wouldn’t wear shorts. I don’t think there’s any excuse for that unless you’re involved in some sort of sport.”
— Bill Nighy, in a wonderful interview on MR PORTER
Flat-pack disposable contact lenses. Amazing stuff. 1day Menicon Flat Pack (by MeniconMagic)
Beautiful autumn leaves along the Thames.
Awesome micro hotel room idea from Russian architects Arch group: SLEEPBOX hostel edition.
Love this little video we (@cimex) have done for UK Parliament about the Houses of History project.
(Source: youtube.com)
“app.ft.com took a full-time team of 3 developers at Assanka 8 months to launch on iPad, and that team a further 4 months to bug-fix the iPad and ready for distribution to Android tables.”
— Tom Hume: app.ft.com, and the cost of cross-platform web apps
An Unbelievably Awesome Retail Experience
This is exactly the sort of digital/real-world crossover that could change the way retail operates. Fantastic stuff from Apple.
“You didn’t make the fish. You caught the fish. Now you can cook it in a good way or a bad way, but that’s as far as it goes. The fish came from someplace else.”
— David Lynch, from David Lynch: ‘Sometimes the fish talks back to you’ | Film | The Guardian
The Hierarchy Of Digital Distractions: ‘Loud Mystery’ may be my new favourite term for iPhone notifications.
The forgotten story of ... John Crossan's ban from football
Fascinating story of the Northern Ireland international who, at 17 years old, was banned for life for theoretically accepting a payment from a club for a transfer that didn’t happen. I’d love to say that the FA have come on a bit, but I wouldn’t believe it.
No one is stealing my phone, because this is now my permanent wallpaper. 画
Love it.
“If you work hard, and become successful, it does not necessarily mean you are successful because you worked hard, just as if you are tall with long hair it doesn’t mean you would be a midget if you were bald.”
— Lemony Snicket, Thirteen Observations made by Lemony Snicket while watching Occupy Wall Street from a Discreet Distance.
