11 September 2014
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
Programming: it's like being sad, but for money.
Weird how rich people seem to appreciate the finer things in life more than poor people, based on their purchasing behavior. Works out well!