The “Rainman Carafe” looks fabulous while pouring….
But is kind of hideous left sitting on the table.
How rich is your life? November 21, 2008
If this thing is always in your face, I have a feeling you don’t have rich life experiences. It amazes me what I miss when I have my eyes glued to my Blackberry.
I think it entertains me/keeps me organized/keeps me in touch — but in actuality, I just end up becoming scattered. That glowing screen makes me miss the fall leaves, the funny exchange between the little old lady and her husband on the train. I miss sights and sounds that might inspire me, move me, or spike my curiousity. Life simply is less rich.
It really all goes back to this question:
Search Terms Which Led Folks Here November 12, 2008
hair dragging on floor (my personal fave)
victoria ghost
ghost chair in a room
baby bird
beautiful apartments
office clusters
little office
cheerful interiors
my little pony
when a bike is stolen a fairy dies
jcrew champagne
relax
morticia addams
reading biographies
6′2″
Sanrio… Luxe? November 12, 2008
Apparently a “Sanrio Luxe” store opened in Times Square, New York. This is Hello Kitty for very, very rich little girls or very, very deranged grown-ups. Jezebel kindly posted some shots for us to go “Pfft, wow, seriously??!” at.
Hello Kitty Diamond Jewelry (by Kimora Lee Simmons)
Hello Kitty Mary-Janes (in what looks like suede?)
Blinged-Out Pez Dispensers
WHAT RECESSION???
Quote du Jour November 11, 2008
Buying is much more American than thinking, and I’m as American as they come. - Andy Warhol
“The Age of Tweety Cats” November 7, 2008
Q: When does a cat go tweet instead of meow?
A: When it’s on Twitter.
When I was speaking to Mary Hodder at the Web 2.0 Summit, the subject turned, not so surprisingly, to Twitter. Ms. Hodder is an academic-entrepreneur-consultant-developer who seems to be all over the most interesting corners of the social media world. And of course, she clicks what she preaches, which these days means using Twitter’s 140-character messages — Tweets in Twitterspeak — as her main way to communicate with friends and figure out what news to read. (Her Twitter feed.)
Mary Hodder.
So wired is Ms. Hodder’s household that her many cats tweet as well.
She began transcribing the tweets of her cats when she was taking care of a friend’s pet, which wanted to stay in touch with its owner. Then she discovered many others hissing and purring on Twitter. One is Sockington, who now tweets to nearly 3,000 followers.
Here’s some of the latest from Ms. Hodder’s flock of Felines 2.0:
CalibanTheCat: I hate the rain. wet kitty smell. ON ME!
MimiTheCat: (who tweets only in Haikus): quiet black cat / a day free of bullying / ummm, you ok pal?
Pantherthecat: @sparklecat so far.. it’s only hyroid medicine. think of it. they’ll put it in my mouth and i’ll hiss at them. twice a day. for life.
arielthecat : @Pantherthecat running away from youz scary kitties.. yr already dressed for halloween!
(Twitter users, human or otherwise, use the @ sign to indicate they are replying to a message from someone else.)
There’s a long history of animals on the Internet, of course, with a menagerie of blogs, e-mail lists, profiles and even live puppy cams. Facebook has tried, in vain, to ban nonhuman members, which has led to entire canine social networks.
Twitter, Ms. Hodder argues, is not suited to all animals. Cats, she said, are always striking a pose that implies the sort of pithy bon mot that is perfect for Twitter.
“Cats have something to say,” she said. “Dogs don’t. They are always lying around doing the same boring things.”
- NYT.com
