This is where I went this weekend. See that little blue tent on that gorgeous piece of white granite? That’s where I slept. This place is a magical wonderland. I’ll have more pictures and more to share on it soon.
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"Streamlining"
I’m sure it’s purely coincidental that just as iMessage is about to hit in iOS 5, AT&T is removing all of their lower-priced text messaging plans.
It’s not like the masses were about to rush to downgrade their rip-off SMS plans or anything.
Now it will be all or nothing — meaning most won’t downgrade. How weird, this timing.
A cynical person may think that AT&T are being huge fucking scumbags here. Really, they’re just “streamlining” their plans. Just like when they “streamlined” their plans by removing unlimited data a few months back.
It’s all in the name of what’s best for the consumer. What class acts.
A fragile glass couldn’t help but break
Philosophy Bites interviews philosopher Helen Beebee on The Laws of Nature and Beebee continually revisits the metaphor of a fragile glass throughout the interview as she builds this poetic line of thought:
When you say a glass is fragile, you’re saying something about how it’s going to behave in certain kinds of situations. If I say, “Oh be careful that glass is fragile,” you know that I’m telling you not to drop it on the floor, or to dry it very carefully, or whatever it is, because to be fragile is to be disposed to break in certain kinds of situations.
Apron Anxiety: Win A Free Class (For Two!) at Corkbuzz
I have no interest in ever becoming a “food snob,” sorry, but a “wine snob” is a secret aspiration. Wine talk - at its best - can be a blast … Taste the Ryan Gosling of reds … a rose that will be your best friend, then blow your husband … this white is a paranoid schizophrenic and she’s off…
parislemon: This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
A lot of people have asked for my take on The New York Times piece yesterday about the true cost of making Apple products in China. Let me first just say that it’s an important piece full of good reporting by Charles Duhigg and David Barboza. Parts of it are very sad — sickening, really.
But…
These complicated elevator rules are just begging for a puzzle:
There are 153 people, 45 electric wheelchairs, and 37 manual wheelchairs waiting to get onto the elevator. Find the minimum number of elevator trips necessary to take everything.
UNBORN WHISKEY: Writing, then, is the way followed by someone who uses words like...
Writing, then, is the way followed by someone who uses words like bait: a word fishing for what is not a word. When that non-word—the whatever’s between the lines—bites the bait, something’s been written. Once the between the lines has been hooked, you can throw the word away with relief. But…
