What I’ve learned after 10 years of quantifying myself – Medium – I’m tempted to try out Eternity myself. Here’s my conundrum though: there’s lots of evidence that the act of tracking something – food, goals, exercise, time spent – produces results even if you don’t seriously analyse the results. But what happens when “tracking” becomes effortless? It seems like there’s a point at which the results drop off. If I were using a manual pedometer and logging my steps each day, I suspect I would be fitter and more motivated than I am when my Fitbit just handles it all for me (and sometimes I forget to even look at the results).

How Bad Are K-Cups for the Environment? – The Atlantic – Two things I found fascinating: 1) Singapore doesn’t have K-Cups. Huh. Another tick in Singapore’s favour, as far as I’m concerned! 2) Keurig actually argues that their machines are more environmentally efficient because non-Keurig machines waste too much coffee (since rarely to people measure out exactly the proper amount), and coffee uses a lot of water to grow. That would be interesting to try to quantify. I know that the Snook (and I) thinks that the coffee he produces by grinding fresh beans and using an espresso machine at home is far superior to K-Cup taste… but judging by the coffee grinds all over the counter top each day, there’s definitely some wastage and inefficiency. (Not to mention when somebody – *cough cough* – forgets and leaves the machine on all day…)

• The Design Sprint
• Google’s New Flight Search Tool Helps You Find The Best Price
• Mondaine’s Apple Watch rival is absolutely stunning

How One New Yorker Lives Comfortably In 90 Square Feet – House Calls – Curbed NY – Spotted on Max’s Facebook. My favourite bit:

“I really like getting rid of things,” says Mary Helen Rowell, as she stands in the middle of her minimally furnished West Village apartment. “It’s my favorite thing.”

MINE TOO, MARY HELEN. MINE TOO.

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• We’ve just reached the logical extreme of the ‘Uber for X’ economy

• ‘Different kind of girly’: Princess Awesome dresses challenge gender stereotypes
• Texting this phone number will get you ‘anything you want as long as it’s not illegal’
• Managing Tensions In Online Marketplaces

• Don’t Say ‘Cyclists,’ Say ‘People on Bikes’
• How Successful People Quash Stress

A Gorgeous Vintage 1956 Kitchen With Original GE Appliances That Has Gone Untouched for Half a Century – I am kicking myself that we didn’t go with cabinet hardware like that. Those knobs! So cool! Funnily enough, the place my dad and stepmom bought had a very retro kitchen which they’ve slowly been replacing (much to my consternation). It had a toaster and a blender BUILT INTO THE COUNTERTOP, as well as this fabulous “NuTone Transistor Intercom AM-FM Radio” in the wall.

I wish “futuristic” still meant “lots of funky buttons and knobs”. Today’s sleek button-less minimalism is sexy, but it doesn’t really make you feel like you’re living the Buck Rogers in the 25th century dream, does it?