Parts of a World

"Realize that every neuron in your brain, every human cell in your body (leaving aside all the..."

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:17:09 +0300

“Realize that every neuron in your brain, every human cell in your body (leaving aside all the symbionts), is a direct descendent of eukaryotic cells that lived and fended for themselves for about a billion years as free-swimming, free-living little agents.”

- THE NORMAL WELL-TEMPERED MIND | Edge.org

(via Indoor Clouds | Best Inventions of the Year 2012 |...

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:03:08 +0300

(via Indoor Clouds | Best Inventions of the Year 2012 | TIME.com)

Irony is wonderful, terrific, fantastic!...

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 09:32:53 +0300

Irony is wonderful, terrific, fantastic! http://www.theawl.com/2012/12/irony-is-wonderful-terrific-fantastic

Old Arab fort. Stone Town, Zanzibar

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 11:33:07 +0300

Old Arab fort. Stone Town, Zanzibar

Looks like Sleeping Beauty’s castle, huh? That’s...

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 12:06:00 +0300

Looks like Sleeping Beauty’s castle, huh? That’s because Disney based his castle on King Ludwig’s, who based his castle on neo-Romantic German kitsch, which was based on cultural memory of medieval castles that never existed.

(via Sometimes Liz Writes: March 2010)

French Fries Can Kill You

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:53:37 +0300

French Fries Can Kill You

(via Serious Grape: Pinotage, the Wine for Coffee Lovers |...

Sat, 21 May 2011 00:06:21 +0300

(via Serious Grape: Pinotage, the Wine for Coffee Lovers | Serious Eats: Drinks)

(via imgur: the simple image sharer)

Sat, 07 May 2011 20:06:47 +0300

(via imgur: the simple image sharer)

Triforce EndGrain Cutting Board by 1337motif on Etsy

Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:05:53 +0300

Triforce EndGrain Cutting Board by 1337motif on Etsy

"The shadow planets actually existed without actually existing. They were heavenly bodies without..."

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:08:29 +0300

“The shadow planets actually existed without actually existing. They were heavenly bodies without bodies…”

- Salman Rushdie - Shalimar the Clown

China has built the longest bridge in the world

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:00:51 +0300

China has built the longest bridge in the world

"A modern lithium-ion cell can pack nearly half the energy density of TNT."

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 11:36:55 +0300

“A modern lithium-ion cell can pack nearly half the energy density of TNT.”

- Editorial: rechargeable batteries are a vintage gadget’s Achilles’ heel — Engadget

"Trying to improve the quality of software by doing more testing is like trying to lose weight..."

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 14:40:07 +0300

“Trying to improve the quality of software by doing more testing is like trying to lose weight by
weighing yourself more often.”

- Steve McConnell. Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction.

The Optimist Wine Bottle - Top 100 Package Designs of 2010

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 12:20:06 +0300

The Optimist Wine Bottle - Top 100 Package Designs of 2010

Rebranding carrots as junk food - Top 100 Package Designs...

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:44:07 +0300

Rebranding carrots as junk food - Top 100 Package Designs of 2010

For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror which we are barely able to endure, and it amazes...

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 12:21:06 +0300

For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror
which we are barely able to endure, and it amazes us so
because it serenely disdains to destroy us.

-- Rainer Maria Rilke : The Duino Elegies

Language casts a shadow in Stephen Doyle’s paper sculptures...

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 12:21:07 +0300

Language casts a shadow in Stephen Doyle’s paper sculptures « Felt & Wire

"She was so beautiful and delicate, but she was of ice, of dazzling, sparkling ice…"

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:44:00 +0300

“She was so beautiful and delicate, but she was of ice, of dazzling, sparkling ice…”

- The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen

Bach - Chaconne in D minor, BWV 1004 Pt. 1 (Viktoria Mullova)

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 12:23:07 +0300

Bach - Chaconne in D minor, BWV 1004 Pt. 1 (Viktoria Mullova)

"Well, I’ve gotta go learn a bunch of people’s names before I fire them."

Mon, 27 Dec 2010 10:02:00 +0300

“Well, I’ve gotta go learn a bunch of people’s names before I fire them.”

- The inimitable Roger Sterling in Mad Men Season 4 Ep. 12