A virtual hoard of the shiny things I find on the internet.

 

The other [love] is an outpouring of everything good in you - of kindness, and consideration and respect - not only the social respect of manners but the greatest respect which is recognition of another person as unique and valuable. The first kind can make you sick and small and weak but the second can release in you strength, and courage and goodness and even wisdom you didn’t know you had…. It sometimes happens that what you feel inside is not returned for one reason or another - but that does not make your feeling less valuable and good.

John Steinbeck to His Son Thom

Louise Brealey calls this Steinbeck’s advice to the Molly Hoopers of the world. Which explains both why I am so fond of Molly Hooper AND of Louise Brealey.

youknowyourebritishwhen:

Seems about right, perhaps ‘Britain’ in place of ‘England’ as not to forget the Scots, Irish and of course the Welsh.

So totally using this on my next trip to London.

youknowyourebritishwhen:

Seems about right, perhaps ‘Britain’ in place of ‘England’ as not to forget the Scots, Irish and of course the Welsh.

So totally using this on my next trip to London.

Dear proprietors of the BBQ joint we passed on our way to dinner tonight:

The name of your restaurant makes me uneasy. “Ribs-n-Things” shows an alarming lack of specificity in describing what you serve. 

People cling with surprising strength to the idea that the sights can be seen without much walking, or that parking near memorials is free. Even folks with handicapped placards got frustrated. I once encountered a woman who, accompanied by her veteran father, screamed at me that there was no place for her to park at the World War II Memorial. I wasn’t unsympathetic. But I did wish she understood that just because I was wearing a nametag and a polyester necktie didn’t mean I was an authority figure.

Justin Bieber - GQ Profile June 2012: Celebrities: GQ

The only article on Justin Bieber worth reading by adults. 

mrgan:

If you use Panic’s Coda web-development app, thanks and guess what! We have 2 exciting new things for you. Coda 2, a seriously beefed-up (and trimmed-down) update. And Diet Coda, the potent portable iPad version for quick fixes on the go. It’s serious business.

I will probably do less and less coding as time goes on in my career but I am thinking about getting this anyway because OMG.

mrgan:

If you use Panic’s Coda web-development app, thanks and guess what! We have 2 exciting new things for you. Coda 2, a seriously beefed-up (and trimmed-down) update. And Diet Coda, the potent portable iPad version for quick fixes on the go. It’s serious business.

I will probably do less and less coding as time goes on in my career but I am thinking about getting this anyway because OMG.

The issue, then, will always stem from studios that long for competent managers who turn out amazing product, but too often end up with mercurial creators who follow their own whims down paths studios would prefer to avoid. To make the stuff, they need people who make the trains run on time, but to make it great, they need weird geniuses who might be hard to deal with.