August 2011
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“More than just a place to crash, CouchSurfing is about meeting people, and about...”
– Benchmark plops down $7.6M to make CouchSurfing into a for-profit | VentureBeat
(via rafer)
Awesome news. Coincidentally, my first couch-surfing guest arrived this morning! We immediately got into a discussion on the merits of Houllebecq and the subtleties of the French language, which was...
La Carte et le territoire - Wikipedia, the free... →
Well, I guess I have to learn French now.
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“We’re moving from our house in Portland to Berlin. It’s sort of annoying....”
– Stephen Malkmus assesses his VHS collection. (via pitchfork)
“The word “decide” shares an etymological root with “homicide,” the Latin word...”
– Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue? - NYTimes.com
Fascinating article on the mental cost of making decisions and how our brains ‘optimize’ behavior based on things like chemical levels and metabolism.
“Basically, the human condition consists of doing really stupid stuff over and...”
– Bike Snob NYC
This one’s for Anthony. Let’s go to Tilden before the summer’s over, dude!
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