October 2011
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As I walked in the dark through the tunnels and tunnels of books, I could not...
– Carlos Ruiz Zafón (The Shadow of the Wind)
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September 2011
7 posts
(via Creative Suite Podcast: Photographers - How to Remove a Background from an Image in Photoshop CS5 | Adobe TV)
Just watched this great video for Photoshop CS5 on removing a background from an image. A common question here, and a valuable skill.
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August 2011
22 posts
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Cynicism is not maturity, do not mistake the one for the other. If you truly...
– Smart Versus Realism
Clever Makeup Tips For Girls Who Wear Glasses →
Required reading!
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Today, we see very talented, intelligent designers who use their skills to...
– French Visionary Starck’s Advice to Designers: Create Fewer Useless Products | Wired.com (via nathanielswhite)
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When women’s reproductive rights are no longer threatened, when cleaning...
– The Catchy New Word For Feminism
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Things I won't be doing today:
world-shaker:
Catching up with people I’m not that close with.
Finding out about crappy bands I don’t like.
Discovering which of my friends is “really upset right now,” but “doesn’t want to talk about it.”
Facebook being down has its perks.
Poetry connects, he says, by “having enough of the world in there to make...
– Philip Levine named new American poet laureate
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Infographics - Why Your Stitches Cost $1500
arashikami:
Why Your Stitches Cost $1500 - Part One
Why Your Stitches Cost $1500 - Part Two
Commentary by nudityandnerdery: “Someone once told me I was irrationally angry, when it came to how my country handles health care. I’m not. I promise you, I am very, very rationally angry about these things. I think everyone should be.”
Pop is so much better in languages you don’t understand: you can enjoy the...
– (via jetpackexhaust)
July 2011
18 posts
Minnesota’s IT office concluded: “When compared to their younger...
– Bridging the Generational Tech Gap
BBC News - Americanisms: 50 of your most noted... →
What’s funny is that for some of these, I don’t know what a British person would rather have me say….
Art is a lie. And every day I kill to make it true. It is my destiny to exist...
– Lady Gaga for V Magazine (via cultural-sense)
Bolded by me for emphasis.
90s Nickelodeon Nostalgia Returning To Your... →
OMG. So there.
A woman candidate is not the same thing as a woman’s candidate.
– (via feministblackboard)
It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when...
– Oscar Wilde (via perfectcoma)