Remarkable
How grief works
Not really appropriate, but I ran into this text in a book I was reading. The characters talk about grief:
Grieve without reservation or embarrassment until you can grieve solemnly and inwardly, and then finally hang up your tears and wear them only occasionally, as befits the true men of the hear. Grief is not a thing to be ashamed of or suppressed. Nor yet is it a thing to cherish. Feel it, inhabit it, and leave it behind. It is right, but it is not the end.
From the book The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway. And yes, that’s the second quote I get from this book.
Apple App Store; 2 billion downloads
Short stats from Apple’s propaganda desk after 14 months of App Store:
85,000 apps in the store
50 million iPhone and iPod Touch devices sold
125,000 developers
Launched in July 2008
Vanquishing strangers boosts testosterone
The discussion goes back and forth, this time it’s a suggestive title that might imply needless aggression. Which is not it; researchers at the University of Missouri in Columbia linked the testosterone levels to whether or not the gamer knows his opponent. Read more…
Fashion Impressions
This post will show some of the looks that have impressed me a lot the past 6 months, they are not necessarily for the coming season or whatever, I just like them and wanted to share. One of these I have posted before, but sadly due to a mistake I removed the image. It’s back now! Let me know what you think about the various looks. Press read more to check them out! Read more…
Francoise Nielly; expressionist
Impressive. Confronting. Almost iconic. And some of the people she’s painted are iconic in their own right. I ran into her website accidentally, but it is this style I can really immerse myself in. I would be very happy with one of her paintings on a wall, looking at me.
Monopoly on Google Maps!
The world is your playing field, and what do you do with it? Exactly, play one of the best known games on it, Monopoly!
Buy your own street? Nah, just buy the street with the White House on it for a mere $2.000.000! This is what more people then just you and me thought and the result was the following messageon the official blog at http://blog.monopolycitystreets.com/ Read more…
Mobile Facebook users: 25%!
Of the 250 mln users Facebook currently has, 60 mln have at least logged in once using their mobile phone!
I’m hoping for the day (probably next year) that I don’t have any need for text messaging any more, I could just send my friends Facebook messages.