A possum broke into an Australian bakery and ate so many pastries it couldn’t move. This is how they found him.
Oh my god it’s me at the lunch buffet!
(Source: inthelifeofa)
In 2013, ignoring technological change is not an option. It affects everything. No one’s job will be the same in 20 years as it is now– and that’s a good thing. However, it is dangerous. Broadly speaking, there seem to be two schools of thought on the labor market’s predicted response to enhanced efficiency, global labor pools, and automation of work.
Corporate “Work” is the most elaborate victim-shaming structure ever devised. | Michael O. Church
När jag läser Tidholms och Kielos texter är det som om de sekvojasågande jägarna, vildmarksmännen och de riktga männen som hatar vindmöllor blandas samman till något som jag vagt känner igen. Och plötsligt faller poletten ned och jag inser att jag mött dem gång på gång på gång genom åren: motorsågsmännen.
Den riktiga mannens natursyn | Maskinskrift
Jag har mött dem på pubaftnar och sektionsträffar på olika jobb och vid ytterligare tillfällen som jag mestadels förträngt. Det är en chockartad upplevelse varje gång. Efter någon öl brister de plötsligt ut i bisarra kärleksförklaringar till sina motorsågar och sin passion för att fälla träd och rensa upp i sly.
— Du har inga träd som behöver fällas? Bara ring i sådana fall, jag gör det gratis.
Och de berättar ingående och detaljerat om när de röjde upp en slänt på landet, ofta i en anekdotisk och dramatiserad form där karaktärer som frugan och grannen flitigt förekommer. Vid ett av dessa tillfällen satt jag och lyssnade i en halvtimme på en sådan historia. Den tog aldrig slut. Jag var helt förstummad. Berättelsens själva klimax är när trädet slutligen faller, och på samma gång når Motorsågsmannens salivproduktion sitt maximum.
Det är då det blir riktigt obehagligt, för en insikt växer fram och man kan inte riktigt värja sig mot motorsågens symbolik: skövlingen, ödeläggelsen och miljöförstöringen är den Riktiga Mannens sexuella erövring av naturen.
[F]or the first time in the history of the arts, in the history of culture, man found the means to take an impression of time. And simultaneously the possibility of reproducing that time on screen as often as he wanted, to repeat it and go back to it. He acquired a matrix for actual time. Once seen and recorded, time could now be preserved in metal boxes over a long period (theoretically for ever) … Time, printed in its factual forms and manifestations: such is the supreme idea of cinema as an art.
Andrei Tarkovsky, quoted in J. Hoberman’s Film after Film (via fourwindsshotgun)
Everyone, I’m elated to tell you that Tumblr will be joining Yahoo.
Before touching on how awesome this is, let me try to allay any concerns: We’re not turning purple. Our headquarters isn’t moving. Our team isn’t changing. Our roadmap isn’t changing. And our mission – to empower creators to make their best work and get it in front of the audience they deserve – certainly isn’t changing.
So what’s new? Simply, Tumblr gets better faster. The work ahead of us remains the same – and we still have a long way to go! – but with more resources to draw from.
Yahoo is the original Internet company, and Marissa and her team share our dream to make the Internet the ultimate creative canvas. I couldn’t be more excited to have her help. We also share a vision for Tumblr’s business that doesn’t compromise the community and product we love. Plus both our logos end with punctuation!
As always, everything that Tumblr is, we owe to this unbelievable community. We won’t let you down.
Fuck yeah,
David
I’m delighted to announce that we’ve reached an agreement to acquire Tumblr!
We promise not to screw it up. Tumblr is incredibly special and has a great thing going. We will operate Tumblr independently. David Karp will remain CEO. The product roadmap, their team, their wit and irreverence will all remain the same as will their mission to empower creators to make their best work and get it in front of the audience they deserve. Yahoo! will help Tumblr get even better, faster.
Tumblr has built an amazing place to follow the world’s creators. From art to architecture, fashion to food, Tumblr hosts 105 million different blogs. With more than 300 million monthly unique visitors and 120,000 signups every day, Tumblr is one of the fastest-growing media networks in the world. Tumblr sees 900 posts per second (!) and 24 billion minutes spent onsite each month. On mobile, more than half of Tumblr’s users are using the mobile app, and those users do an average of 7 sessions per day. Tumblr’s tremendous popularity and engagement among creators, curators and audiences of all ages brings a significant new community of users to the Yahoo! network. The combination of Tumblr+Yahoo! could grow Yahoo!’s audience by 50% to more than a billion monthly visitors, and could grow traffic by approximately 20%.
In terms of working together, Tumblr can deploy Yahoo!’s personalization technology and search infrastructure to help its users discover creators, bloggers, and content they’ll love. In turn, Tumblr brings 50 billion blog posts (and 75 million more arriving each day) to Yahoo!’s media network and search experiences. The two companies will also work together to create advertising opportunities that are seamless and enhance user experience.
As I’ve said before, companies are all about people. Getting to know the Tumblr team has been really amazing. I’ve long held the view that in all things art and design, you can feel the spirit and demeanor of those who create them. That’s why it was no surprise to me that David Karp is one of the nicest, most empathetic people I’ve ever met. He’s also one of the most perceptive, capable entrepreneurs I’ve worked with. His respect for Tumblr’s community of creators is awesome, and I’m absolutely delighted to have him and his entire team join Yahoo!.
Both Tumblr and Yahoo! share a vision to make the Internet the ultimate creative canvas by focusing on users, design — and building experiences that delight and inspire the world every day.
— Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo!
* The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, and is expected to close in the second half of the year. More information about the news can be found in the press release we issued today.
En av mina favoritvideos som visar hur det går att få ett naturligare löpsteg och olika övningar för att uppnå det.
This video with barefoot running tips was really good and one of the resources that got me started when I first experimented with barefoot running.
I can run 3 miles at a 7 minute mile, and I can run 4 miles at 7:30 pace, but my calf muscles give out if I go more than a mile at a 10-11 minute pace. If I speed up after a mile, I’m fine again. What is going on?
I have noticed the exact thing when I walk from work (it’s about 5km). I am not sure but I think I tighten my calfs more and don’t relax them as much as when I am running a faster pace. At a lower pace I tend to take less steps per minute.
But it’s just a theory… try running forward with a slow pace but keep moving your feet fast and see if it improves?
