unbroken thread

These look delightfully dangerous. 

(via shoelust)

Bring those gorgeous little tendrils of bitter blood orange to my lips that I may consume them and be fortified.

(via dirtyprettything)

new-aesthetic:

“Neil Harbisson introduces himself as the first cyborg ever legally recognized by any Government (2004). He was born colour-blind; so he can only see in black and white (Achromatopsia disorder).

An electronic device implanted in his neck allows him to translate colours into sounds. The camera that hangs from his forehead 24/7 was accepted as part of his British passport photo. By that very fact, the camera became congenital and not prosthetic to his body anymore. Thanks to it, light frequencies are captured and translated into sound frequencies by the chip, which in turn sends them to his brain. He literally listens to colours with his electronic eye.

A standard eye perceives light, tone and saturation. Harbisson’s organic eyes perceive light, but tone is converted into sound, and saturation into volume through his third eye.”

deconcrete/////, via Warren Ellis

ybot:

jennaddenda:

ybot:

laughingsquid:

[a link i removed because eh]

I just saw an opinion piece somewhere talking about how we need to make tech nerdery “uncool” again, and looking at this poster, I gotta say… there is really something to that. This thing is insulting and gross and a huge waste of time and effort, and the longer I look at this stupid poster the more I dislike it and the event it is advertising. Fuck This Thing.

Ok, I’ll bite. Why? What about this poster is insulting and gross? Other than the obvious punk-band-throwback style?

I started writing up a response, but instead I just found the article I was talking about. Hopefully it’ll help shed some light on why I feel the way I do.

http://www.betabeat.com/2012/01/29/we-need-to-make-tech-uncool-again/

I am dissatisfied with reading the article and would prefer to know why you feel this article is important enough aim the cannon at a Hackathon poster, but I will marinate on this a bit. My initial reaction is the article was “this is alarmist bullpucky.” I fully expected the reason to be that these Hackathons encourage talented hackers to donate their time (which might otherwise be spent making money or developing their own projects) to contests, similar to some design contests I’ve seen designers get cagey about. And that the proliferation of Hackathons is now de classé and mainstream (which it is) but calls to mind the “I participated in Hackathons before they were cool” indie mindset. But there are a lot of different kinds of hackathons which range from the above to creating websites for non-profits in 48 hours, to developing SMS platforms for emergency aid workers. 

It’s true that the celebrity and status issue is always going to be an issue in our culture. And that this celebrihacker mentality can be seen across the industry from Angel firms, attorneys, advisors, and mentors who want only to work with “gazelles” (Hi, Bizstarts). The image of the teenage genius entrepreneur has friends of mine in their 30’s thinking that they’ll never come up with the genius runaway success product now that they’ve got a few gray hairs. Runaway successes are rare and aiming for “the stars” is a sure-fire way to kill the entrepreneurial spirit in its infancy. And can be emotionally devastating to a team that’s had a taste of success as in the case of the tragic story of the Diaspora team, a project that is finding new life with the Occupy movement right now. (See also: Learning How to Fail)

Tech will be cool until it is not and then something else will be cool. We’ve seen it before in other industries (hello, Advertising) and we’ll see it again when we run out of oil and suddenly Alternative Energy will rule the day.

ybot:

laughingsquid:

[a link i removed because eh]

I just saw an opinion piece somewhere talking about how we need to make tech nerdery “uncool” again, and looking at this poster, I gotta say… there is really something to that. This thing is insulting and gross and a huge waste of time and effort, and the longer I look at this stupid poster the more I dislike it and the event it is advertising. Fuck This Thing.

Ok, I’ll bite. Why? What about this poster is insulting and gross? Other than the obvious punk-band-throwback style?

Daniel Mackie

It was vintage Playboy night at Highbury last night. I couldn’t resists snapping a pic of this ad. 

ee cummings

(Source: yimmyayo)

ashedryden replied to my post: Patricia Lockwood is an actual poet…

I think that’s part of the schtick/appeal. It’s very McSweeney’s-esque. Maintaining a classic poetic style while playing on pop-culture phenomena.  Anyway, I got a kick out of ‘em :)

via Poptech

“We have now learned that there are these languages that are occurring in communication between each organism. If we don’t get our act together and come in commonality and understanding with the organisms that sustain us today, not only will we destroy those organisms, but we will destroy ourselves. ” ~Paul Stamets

Donovan - Wear Your Love Like Heaven

Zucchini fritters for smoked trout with greek yogurt and green onions. 

modeavenueparis:

Arizona Muse | Atelier Versace Spring/Summer 2012 | Paris

I’m pretty sure this is what Athena would wear in her modern incarnation.