2014-09-11 (Thursday)
Links
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A Watch Guy’s Thoughts On The Apple Watch After Seeing It In The Metal (Tons Of Live Photos) — HODINKEE - Wristwatch News, Reviews, & Original Stories
Interesting to read about the Apple Watch as a highish-end watch, ignoring the software. It compares well. A good point is raised though - traditional watches will last a long time, but how short will the life of an Apple Watch be? (via @GreatDismal)
Tweets
@aden_76 “As for us…” at the bottom of polarb.com is grating. “Sorry about your stuff, but as for us, we’re fine!” cc @Pinboard
@aden_76 Thanks - it’s hard to keep up!
@Zoonie King Charles II was also black: africaresource.com/rasta/sesostri…
@sonia__harris "When you can see straight quotation marks as beautiful, you know you've achieved true enlightenment."
@Zoonie I’d assume, like all AMAZING theories on the internet, that it’s a crackpot with an axe to grind unless proven otherwise :)
@Zoonie That thread has people arguing whether his mother actually was “a Moor” and whether Moors are actually “black”.
@Zoonie I’d suggest that, at best, this is “debatable” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ludw…
@Alby Beat you to it :) ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com/post/972297019…
@RandomEtc @antimega @flaneur Monocle readers don’t have time for standing and outsource it.
@boutique_felix I find choosing headline fonts hard enough, never mind body.
@boutique_felix Real designers don’t use that one.
Liked tweets
Weird how rich people seem to appreciate the finer things in life more than poor people, based on their purchasing behavior. Works out well!