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These are the tunes playing @ TNW HQ right now. We are getting ready for the weekend already here!
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Before I went to see Before Midnight, I watched Before Sunrise and commented that it was startling, even as someone who’s seen it many times, to...
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If Yahoo buys Tumblr...
In 2007, I was drinking coffee in Marco’s livingroom/dining room/office. He told me he and David had launched...
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Street Faces by Aurélien Fontanet
When you laugh, the world laughs with you. Often times literally with creepy faces that appear...
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Mark Ghuneim and David Peris dug up this delicious chestnut from January, 1999: “Internet search...
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Patrick Stewart’s incredibly personal and powerful story...
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For readers with a rustic aesthetic: reclaimed wood Tribeca Shelf by GreenFurnitureDesign.
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Yahoo paid billions for a somewhat-Tumblr-like site back in the '90s
- $3.6B was the amount Yahoo bought Geocities for back in 1999. Remember...
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In his fantastic SVA commencement address on the false division between “high” and “low” culture, critic Greil Marcus adds to history’s finest...
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May 2, 1963: The Birmingham Campaign’s Children’s Crusade Begins
On this day in 1963, the Children’s Crusade began as hundreds of students walked out of their classrooms to peacefully protest segregation laws in Birmingham, Alabama. They were met by police officers who were ready to escort them to jail, and later by high pressure fire hoses and police dogs.
It would become a major catalyst for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and usher a new era of freedom and equality in the United States.
Revisit this moment in civil rights history with PBS Black Culture Connection’s Birmingham Campaign collection.
Photo: African American children are attacked by dogs and water cannons during a protest against segregation organized by Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth in May 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images).
Our country has come a long way — but there is still a lot of ground to cover.
There is something about aircraft — wonder mixed with mystery and a good dose of humility.
TINY HEROES
We came home on Monday night to find this Mama Raccoon in our backyard, begging for more cat food. Now that we’ve foiled the skunks, the next challenge is to foil the raccoons. I feel like we’re in some real-life version of Tiny Heroes (similar to Plants vs. Zombies) where we have to keep upgrading our defenses in order to withstand the next wave of attackers. This photo cracks me up because the markings on a raccoon make it look like a thief with a mask over its eyes and it’s so cute that I’m tempted to just start feeding it regularly.
We are back from our extended vacation to the Czech Republic and England. It was relaxing and refreshing in many ways. I think we are finally at a point in our lives where we understand that a vacation is meant to be savored — the way you linger over a fine dinner over several hours. In our previous visits to Europe, we approached our vacations more like a hot dog eating contest. Soggy hot dog buns eaten in quick succession; quantity meaning more than quality. This is probably one of the first times in my life when I’ve returned from a vacation feeling energized and refreshed, rather than exhausted and sluggish. One of my favorite parts of traveling is coming home. Home never feels as profoundly comforting as when you have been away from awhile and return to it.
Something random that I really appreciate about the U.S. after being away a few weeks — I like how most public restrooms here have toilet seat covers. The toilet seats here are also wider and more comfortable. I think people in Europe just have skinnier bottoms. This is also evidenced by European branded jeans.
COMICS
Comic books at a sweet comic book store in Oakland that we stumbled across this past weekend, The Escapist (http://www.escapistcomics.com/).
FLOWER
I try hard to limit the number of flower photos I take but these petals were so thin and wispy — I couldn’t resist.
CARDS
These library check out cards make me feel so nostalgic. Found them in a closet at an old church.
Today at the National Mall: 857 empty school desk representing the number of students who drop out every hour of every school day.
RETWEET
Andy Gray (@si_vault)
Paul Pierce makes a three-pointer in LeBron’s face during the final minute of last night’s game: pic.twitter.com/5dC7f1zj
