In my perfect world, Scandinavia and Japan are one. Danish "high-design tchotchke chain" Tiger, marks one more step toward this holy union of cheap, cute and funny-looking alphabet. They open doors in Osaka in July. ...
Your Wiki of the Day: Manhattanhenge – sometimes referred to as the Manhattan Solstice – is a semiannual occurrence during which the setting sun aligns with the east–west streets of the main street grid in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It's semi-annual, y'all. Today's your lucky day. Don't miss it. ...
I actually still remember Beta-vision but let us not digress: VHS still lives, resisting obsolescence in the loins of immigrant populations preponderant in Queens County NYC and the like. via NYTimes. In this age of online streaming and Blu-ray Discs, there is still a place where the bulky VHS cassette endures: the immigrant communities of New York City. The...
It's tough being the sidekick. They rarely set off in life looking to be Number 2. There's a reason Number 2 is a piece of poo. It stinks. Vivian Vance had to stay 20 pounds fatter than Lucille Ball as her sidekick on I Love Lucy. Ed McMahon had to forgo his own career in...
I was asked the other day how much I thought it would cost to start a business. After hearing a short description of the business, I said, "half a million, if you want it to be above-the-board." (For the sake of privacy I'll only say this woman wants to manufacture and sell a new consumer...
(Sigh) The surprising thing wasn't that a 28-year-old "assclown" would channel The Social Network's Sean Parker—it was that Van Horn's comments came on the heels of a whole series of tech-startup flareups over everything from advertising women as "perks" at a company event, to a marketing video featuring a woman clad in a corporate T-shirt and underwear, to...
This should be on your mind when you start your hustle the second half of this year. ...
via Something interesting is taking place in broadcast media today, and it has to do with the consequences of declaring video the heir apparent of our future. Video is the future. If I never heard it again it’d be too soon. As a web-consumer of course I realize the salience of video, youtube, chatroullette, gimmicky memes… As a...
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