If there’s no afterlife or reason for the universe, how do you make your life matter? Warning: The last answer may break your heart.
Source: I Asked Atheists How They Find Meaning In A Purposeless Universe
Wow. Yeah, the last one did make me tear up. That’s probably the one I identify with the most.
You can now post full-size landscape and portrait photos on Instagram | The Verge – Woohoo! No more weird diagonal mirror shots. 🙂
How did I not know there was an awesome 80’s pop song inspired by The Stand? (Incidentally, the IRS Records: 80’s Pop playlist on Apple Music Australia is rocking my world today.)
Here’s a really cool article about the design of the “new” NASA logo seen above (which was then dropped in the 90’s to bring back the old “meatball” round logo). I like them both. The worm is the one from when I was a kid in the 80’s, so to me it feels exciting and science-y and space-y… but also a bit dated. I look at it and I think of the movie Space Camp and amusement park rides. The meatball is kinda corny, sure, but in an appealing “Buck Rogers” kind of way. It looks great as an embroidered patch. (I have it printed on a sweatshirt.)
Shaped by the rise of home economics, the industrialization of the food system, World War II, and changing expectations about women’s labor, few foods can tell us more about US life in the 20th century than the wobbling jewel of domestic achievement: the Jell-O salad.
Source: A Social History of Jell-O Salad: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon | Serious Eats
I actually kind of want to make a Jello-O salad now. It’s just a less fancy terrine!
Yep, yep, yep. I think I sported every single one of these bar the brown lipstick.
The force awakens, indeed.
Source: Disney’s $4 Billion Steal — 500ish Words — Medium
I’m so conflicted about the new movies. The geeky part of me wants them to be awesome. MORE STAR WARS, YAY! Broke-ass crashed Star Destroyers looking epic! Young Han being a dashing rogue! Martyred Bothans escaping with Death Star plans! Not to mention light saber lipstick! New theme lands at Disney!
But a tiny part of me resents this. It resents Star Wars suddenly belonging to everybody rather than just those of who know the odds of successfully navigating an asteroid field. (3,720 to 1, of course.) It resents Chewbacca posing for pictures with Mickey Mouse. It resents the tawdry commercialisation of it all.
Which is completely stupid. Star Wars is just as nakedly commercial as it ever was.
I think it’s just that the prequels burnt me so badly. I really, really wanted them to be good. I remember being in college, watching the video livestream of those crazy people who were waiting in line for weeks outside Mann’s Chinese Theater, and getting super excited when THEY READ MY CHAT ROOM COMMENT OUT LOUD. (We didn’t have Twitter back then. It was 1999. Hell, I’m amazed we even had streaming video.) I camped out myself in South Bend overnight during Senior Week to get tickets, playing Star Wars Trivial Pursuit with strangers and getting interviewed on the local news. And then for the premiere, my Mom even helped me make a costume…
And the movie sucked. It sucked SO BADLY. I was shattered. I want to believe, but I’m not sure I can.
Help me, J. J. Abrams. You’re my only hope.
I’ve just bookmarked two kinda weird chicken recipes to try out:
General Assembly are running a special event called the “Out of the Garage” Pitch Fest Party on September 1st. It’s to commemorate the 20th anniversary of realestate.com.au‘s launch, and they’re going to be giving away five $1000 prizes to the best startup pitches on the night! And yours truly will be there as one of the judges. If you’ve got an idea and could use an extra grand, you should sign up to pitch. 🙂
