Um. Kinda horrifying that in addition to simply growing up, kids - girls - have this shit to deal with. Sometimes “fuck technology” seems so appropriate.
My wife and I are considering a “screen free” existence when the kids are awake. For everyone.
No one should be excluded because they don’t check some douchebag site like Facebook every minute or because they don’t own a certain type of hardware. No one should really be excluded at all.
From Kottke.org -
This interview with a 14-year-old girl about how she uses her iPhone and social media is almost equal parts fascinating and terrif
They don’t all work in reality, for example No. 6, but Nos. 1 and 9 are spot on.
Ten Things I Wish I Knew Sooner Rather Than Later — timeless life-wisdom from the brilliant Debbie Millman, who is wise.
This is a brilliant way to market your upcoming book. Not sure it would work for “How to Succeed in Corporate America,” but for this genre it is witty and cool!
My friend Chelsea makes her own book trailers with 12” fashion dolls and puts them up on YouTube… which is a thing that tickles me to no end.
She’s also twisted as shit. One afternoon with Chelsea Cain and you’ll never look at a stir stick and feel safe again.
This is an old video — for Kill You Twice. Her new book, Let Me Go comes out in August.
Follow her on twitter here.
Some things need to be re-blogged. Its a Mr. Andreessen Head!
(via merlin)
If you’re racing to work, you’re doing it wrong
Since I returned to work after my paternity leave in mid-April, I have been biking more to the office and I am reminded of an issue that has bothered me since I started biking to work in early 2008. Cyclists who are racing to work.
Folks, you’re doing it wrong. If you’re going to race anywhere it ought to be home, after the workday is done. Even then, I would still suggest taking it easy, being safe, and clearing your mind.
Not to mention that racing anywhere in this city on two wheels is a recipe for disaster. Riding casually and methodically gives you a better chance at increasing your awareness of the traffic around you, pedestrians who may cross your path, and following the traffic laws (yep, they do apply to cyclists).
If you find that you’re racing to the office, take a moment to slow down and see the world around you. Appreciate the fact that you aren’t sitting on a crowded CTA train or bus. Breath. Stop for a cup of coffee. Say “hi” to someone. Just live the trip instead of trying to be the first one to the traffic light.
This is why the 99% hate the 1%.
They are 1 percenters who are 100 percent despicable.Some wealthy Manhattan moms have figured out a way to cut the long lines at Disney World
This is what the school-to-prison pipeline looks like. This is how black youth criminalized.
- She was doing a science experiment
- She’s being charged as an ADULT
- She’s being charged with a FELONY
If this all goes the way the prosecution wants, this young woman will be LEGALLY discriminated against for the rest of her life. No voting, housing discrimination, employment discrimination (as if getting a job while black isn’t hard enough), etc. etc.
Uh. WTF America? What a load of horseshit.
A media organization uses a photo of a kid with Down Syndrome to label their “Retarded News” segment. Fuck you, Cox Media and your half-assed affiliate, WHPT-FM.
I can’t believe that anyone would even try and justify this, but they do make the attempt under the guise of an apology.
Family Sues Cox Media for Using Photo of Their Son for “Retarded News” Segment
Via Salon:
Nashville couple Bernard and Pamela Holland didn’t even take the photograph. It’s a nine year-old image of their son Adam as a teenager, smiling broadly as he holds up a drawing he made in art class. It’s a photo that’s now generated an $18 million lawsuit.
The Hollands filed the suit against Cox Media, claiming “invasion of privacy, misappropriation of likeness, defamation and emotional distress” after the image of Adam, who was born with Down Syndrome, began appearing as a punchline on various Web sites. Most notably, Cox’s Florida radio station WHPT-FM’s Cowhead Show reportedly altered the photo of Adam to make it appear he was holding a sign touting its “Retarded News.”
The station’s director has apologized, sort of, by issuing an email that says, “The segment ‘Retarded News’ is designed to highlight odd stories that are seemingly always in the news. Stories such as botched bank robberies and failed crimes. These stories are NOT about disabled individuals.” I guess if you’re using the image of someone with Down Syndrome on your “Retarded News,” but not actually talking about people with Down Syndrome, he thinks it’s somehow okay.
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Salon: Stop mocking Adam Holland.
Image: A nine-year-old photo of Adam Holland, via Salon
The ride home.
Yes. I’ve gone organic in my note taking in the field and at home. The Palomino Blackwing comes highly recommended and whatever turns out to be important gets scanned into Evernote, Omnifocus, or whatever I am using to track my “stuff.” I will let you know how it goes.
