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A Paraglider’s Breathtaking Views - George Steinmetz Click...

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:14:41 +0000

A Paraglider’s Breathtaking Views - George Steinmetz

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The other day, while walking down Brixton’s Coldharbour Lane (a road frequently referred to as...

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:43:48 +0000

The other day, while walking down Brixton’s Coldharbour Lane (a road frequently referred to as Crackharbour Lane) I happened upon a scene which not only restored my faith in humanity but also made me grin uncontrollably. Picture the scene: on the stoop of a tenement building stand three men. Perhaps in another less savoury Coldharbour Lane situation these men might be considered intimidating; however, here on the stoop they have an air of innocence about them. You see, these three men are concentrating intently on a brightly coloured Slinky cascading down the steps. The Slinky reaches the bottom and comes to a halt. One of the men picks it up reverently, places it on the top step and sets it off once more. They are utterly engrossed. I stop for a moment; I am equally transfixed with their antics as they are with the Slinky. This is one of those sublime moments where you forget about the bad things and feel that everything is alright in the world.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-18)

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:37:00 +0100

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-18):

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Currently reading. This book is amazing. I love it.

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:23:13 +0100

Currently reading.

This book is amazing. I love it.

Progress, or something...

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:21:00 +0100

A list for 2009:

This is list of books I drew up, which I definitely want to read this year - as part of letusread. I keep reading lots of other stuff in between though. Distractions!

In bold, are the ones I have started reading but then stopped for whatever reason. (I tend to read many books at the same time, as you can see…)
The struck out are those I have finished. At the bottom are other, non-list books which I’ve finished reading.

A list of books I plan to read in 2009:

~~The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood~~
~~The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks~~
Status Anxiety - Alain de Botton
The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov
The Myth of Sisyphus - Albert Camus (About a quarter of the way through this. It’s taking me ages to read because I am finding it hard to understand parts and therefore having to re-read. Plus I get too frustrated with reading it so slowly that I start / finish reading other books instead. I’ll finish one day though…)
The Plague - Albert Camus
Breakfast at Tiffany’s - Truman Capote
Tender is the Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer
The Collector - John Fowles
~~Brighton Rock - Graham Greene~~
Deep Simplicity - John Gribbin
Chocolat - Joanne Harris
~~Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway~~
On the Road - Jack Kerouac
The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
~~Ascent - Jed Mercurio~~
Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami
Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
Nausea - Jean-Paul Sartre
~~Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut~~
Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
~~The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde~~
~~Old School - Tobias Wolff~~
~~Revolutionary Road - Richard Yates~~

Random other books (not on the list) which I have finished reading:

The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith
Slumberland - Paul Beatty
Metropole - Ferenc Karinthy
Fup - Jim Dodge
Cards on the Table - Agatha Christie
Pastoralia - George Saunders
The Moving Toyshop - Edmund Crispin
Why Are You Doing This? - Jason
Charlotte’s Web - E. B. White
The Man in the Brown Suit - Agatha Christie
After the Funeral - Agatha Christie
Casino Royale - Ian Fleming
The New York Trilogy - Paul Auster

As you can see, I am quite rubbish at reading what is actually on the list. Working in a bookshop is kinda distracting though… too many books!

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-27)

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:04:00 +0100

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-27):

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-20)

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:20:00 +0100

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-20):

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drrr: roseann: bauldoff: QLOCKTWO is a typographic wall...

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:11:58 +0100

drrr:

roseann:

bauldoff:

QLOCKTWO is a typographic wall clock from Biegert & Funk that tells time in words. It is available in a variety of colors and languages.

It has a quadratic matrix of letters, where some of the letters are illuminated. The time is displayed as text in five minute intervals. If you need to have a more exact time, look in the corner at the illuminated dots. QLOCKTWO has a brightness sensor; with its help the illuminating power of the letters is automatically adjusted.

There is also a QLOCKTWO iPhone app.

(via @Typophile)

this is beautiful.

Love.

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Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:40:16 +0100

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-6)

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:44:00 +0100

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-6):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr…

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-23)

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:24:00 +0100

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-23):

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Currently reading.

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:21:07 +0100

Currently reading.

thecount: hipsterdiet: walpaper: Aldous Huxley vs. George...

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:17:24 +0100

thecount:

hipsterdiet:

walpaper:

Aldous Huxley vs. George Orwell
A cartoon about the two great writers.

Orwell feared the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance.

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I’d rather live in a Huxley world than an Orwell world anyday.

“orgy porgy Ford and fun, kiss the girls and make them one”

Moderate Progress...

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:11:27 +0100

A list for 2009:

This is list of books I drew up, which I definitely want to read this year - as part of letusread. I keep reading lots of other stuff in between though. Distractions!

A list of books I plan to read in 2009:

~~The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood~~
~~The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks~~
Status Anxiety - Alain de Botton
The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov
The Myth of Sisyphus - Albert Camus (About a quarter of the way through this. It’s taking me ages to read because I am finding it hard to understand parts and therefore having to re-read. Plus I get too frustrated with reading it so slowly that I start / finish reading other books instead. I’ll finish one day though…)
The Plague - Albert Camus
Breakfast at Tiffany’s - Truman Capote
Tender is the Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer
The Collector - John Fowles
~~Brighton Rock - Graham Greene~~
Deep Simplicity - John Gribbin
Chocolat - Joanne Harris
~~Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway~~
On the Road - Jack Kerouac
The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
~~Ascent - Jed Mercurio~~
Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami
Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
Nausea - Jean-Paul Sartre
~~Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut~~
Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
~~The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde~~
Old School - Tobias Wolff
~~Revolutionary Road - Richard Yates~~

Random other books (not on the list) which I have finished reading:

The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith
Slumberland - Paul Beatty
Metropole - Ferenc Karinthy
Fup - Jim Dodge
Agatha Christie - Cards on the Table
George Saunders - Pastoralia
The Moving Toyshop - Edmund Crispin
Why Are You Doing This? - Jason
Charlotte’s Web - E. B. White

Here is a video of a jerboa for you. Super cute!!!!!! [via]

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:14:56 +0100

Here is a video of a jerboa for you. Super cute!!!!!! [via]

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-2)

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:08:00 +0100

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-2):

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So. I am now selling books on Amazon. Check it out!

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:03:12 +0100

Here I am!

Progress...

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:17:18 +0100

A list for 2009:

This is list of books I drew up, which I definitely want to read this year - as part of letusread. I keep reading lots of other stuff in between though. Distractions!

A list of books I plan to read in 2009:

~~The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood~~
~~The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks~~
Status Anxiety - Alain de Botton
The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov
The Myth of Sisyphus - Albert Camus (About a quarter of the way through this. It’s taking me ages to read because I am finding it hard to understand parts and therefore having to re-read. Plus I get too frustrated with reading it so slowly that I start / finish reading other books instead. I’ll finish one day though…)
The Plague - Albert Camus
Breakfast at Tiffany’s - Truman Capote
Tender is the Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer
The Collector - John Fowles
~~Brighton Rock - Graham Greene~~
Deep Simplicity - John Gribbin
Chocolat - Joanne Harris
~~Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway~~
On the Road - Jack Kerouac
The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
~~Ascent - Jed Mercurio~~
Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami
Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
Nausea - Jean-Paul Sartre
~~Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut~~
Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
~~The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde~~
Old School - Tobias Wolff
~~Revolutionary Road - Richard Yates~~

Random other books (not on the list) which I have finished reading:

The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith
Slumberland - Paul Beatty
Metropole - Ferenc Karinthy
Fup - Jim Dodge
Agatha Christie - Cards on the Table
George Saunders - Pastoralia
The Moving Toyshop - Edmund Crispin

Currently reading.

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:10:44 +0100

Currently reading.

Progress...

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:51:00 +0100

A list for 2009:

This is list of books I drew up, which I definitely want to read this year - as part of letusread. I keep reading lots of other stuff in between though. Distractions!

Progress is slow but steady due to this, that and the other. (Distractions!) Anyway. I’ve finished university now and am properly getting back into reading again. Which is nice. Still have about twenty books to finish, by the looks of it though. ¬_¬

A list of books I plan to read in 2009:

~~The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood~~
The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
Status Anxiety - Alain de Botton
The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov
The Myth of Sisyphus - Albert Camus (About a quarter of the way through this. It’s taking me ages to read because I am finding it hard to understand parts and therefore having to re-read. Plus I get too frustrated with reading it so slowly that I start / finish reading other books instead. I’ll finish one day though…)
The Plague - Albert Camus
Breakfast at Tiffany’s - Truman Capote
Tender is the Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer
The Collector - John Fowles
~~Brighton Rock - Graham Greene~~
Deep Simplicity - John Gribbin
Chocolat - Joanne Harris
~~Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway~~
On the Road - Jack Kerouac
The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Ascent - Jed Mercurio
Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami
Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
Nausea - Jean-Paul Sartre
~~Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut~~
Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
~~The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde~~
Old School - Tobias Wolff
~~Revolutionary Road - Richard Yates~~

Random other books (not on the list) which I have finished reading:

The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith
Slumberland - Paul Beatty
Metropole - Ferenc Karinthy
Fup - Jim Dodge
Agatha Christie - Cards on the Table
George Saunders - Pastoralia
The Moving Toyshop - Edmund Crispin