February 2010
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“Art is not a mirror to hold up to society, but a hammer with which to shape it.”
– Bertolt Brecht (via velvetrobots) (via un)
…I definitely agree!
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RT @lemondefr : La diversité linguistique de l’Inde recule http://www.lemonde.fr/tiny/1312170/#xtor=AL-32280258
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Clients From Hell: Nowadays, employers seem to... →
Nowadays, employers seem to think that all graphic design work is done by software and that the employees are just doing data-entry. I’ve even seem job offers that refer to graphic artists as “computer operators,” rather than the trained and (hopefully) experienced professionals they are.
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W-T-F !!!
The Guardian : Berlusconi bribed David Mills, but charges against him now “timed out” - http://bit.ly/9aKco0 - Oh, W-T-F !!! :-(
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Really not feeling going to project management...
pearlsbeforeswine:
The only thing that is motivating me to go to class is a stop at Starbucks.
I do feel the same, now and again…
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un asked: I look forward to your photos Alessandro. How are you, and what are you up to. I am working on my book, enjoying life, some business, working with refugees and teaching some classes.
I scored 76/100 on the Pew Research Center How Millennial Are You? Quiz : http://bit.ly/bezeLo - not bad for an old baby boomer… ;-)
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To Do's...
post pictures shot in Malakoff (southern Paris’ border) last Sunday;
post pictures shot at the Aligre Market (east of place de la Bastille), same;
post pictures shot @ the Champs Elysees and at other locations in Paris on last December;
SHAME…
But, first of all:
have breakfast!
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“A fan of Old Jews Telling Jokes once sent us an email saying he loved the videos...”
– Eric Spigelman: Video as Publishing [The Awl]
This piece speaks to me: I constantly apply best practices learned from my magazine jobs to my work at Rocketboom, from freelancer relations to marketing content. I think it’s all part of that lean-forward experience of watching online video. When the...
Good news! Andrini-cutie packed today… Reminds me somehow of Faulkner, Sound & Fury… More on infamousartcontests - http://bit.ly/cMuUiC
Back from Paris, yesterday. Tiring, but packed w work/sight-seeing. Visited Malakoff (very nice market, and a good sandwich!) for a change..
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Back to Rome from Paris...
…oh, how happy I am… (almost feel like choking…)
:-(
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bCreative - A Trailer →
bCreative Episode 1: Boise Art Museum (BAM) Idaho Triennial, by filmmaker Madeline Behrendt
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How Vacations Affect Your Happiness... →
Tara Parker-Pope describes in the New York Times a Netherlands based study on happiness related to vacations and vacation planning…
Lets me think - I’ll have to plan another trip away in about a couple months: that way, I’ll stay happy for the whole 8 weeks involved in the process… :-)
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“In his book The Jungle, Sinclair wrote about the inhumane conditions wage...”
– via Wikipedia, “Upton_Sinclair” - looks pretty actual…
(…and what are you reading, Esau?)
(via museumstudies)
(“The Jungle” Alessandro :-)) Did you know that he initially published it in a series of articles? And then got a 4K advance from his publisher in 1905? The book had a major impact on...
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Illustrator Tigz Rice: Beautifully Bewitching
jiliallen:
Within the deepest darkest depths of the internet where only the creative roam, I discovered the gorgeous Tigz Rice: Illustrator extraordinaire. With a completely modern take on illustration, Tigz uses everything from photography and digital expertise to the hand-made wonders, to create her divinely dark images with nightmarish beauty. With beautifully bewitching album covers for...
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A Phrase A Week →
That’s an very nice free service. Every week or so you get an e-mail with the explanation of the origin of a commonly-used English phrase or saying.
As stated in the web site : “The origins of phrases are researched continuously and published in this site’s idioms and phrases section.”
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“Fancy schmancy is one of many examples of Yiddish humor, which offers wonderful,...”
– via The Phrase Finder, August 05, 2000
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“Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world, and people die of it as they...”
– Oscar Wilde, “The Decay of Lying. An Observation” (1889 and 1891).
Errr… o.k., I do confess that the original text carried “England”, instead - but this same trend has been considerably moving around, during the last century or so…
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Liberi tutti Libere tutte →
Picture by giulyart, an architect / photographer from Rome.
Look at her nice blog here on tumblr.
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“Cercano di farmi fuori fisicamente… [They are trying to kill me!]”
– Silvio Berlusconi, speaking at a dinner @ his residence in Palazzo Grazioli, Rome (February 17, 2010).
GO AHEAD, SIR! OUR BEERS ARE COOLIN’ IN THE FRIDGE ALREADY, FOR A MIGHTY, BAWDY TOAST!
(via infamousartcontests)
Cheers! :-)
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