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anthonybourdain:
GET JIRO debuts on NYT Bestseller List at #1 hardcover graphic novel! Congratulations Langdon, Joel, Jose!
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theeconomist:
Daily chart: the world’s most popular theme parks. California may be a dysfunctional place but it still leads the world in making three dimensional fantasies. The top eight theme parks worldwide are owned by Disney, drawing in 100m punters between them.
(via theeconomist)
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life:
Not originally published in LIFE: Gene Kelly rehearses with dancers at the Paris Opera, 1960.
LIFE offers rare photographs of the protean dancer, singer, actor, producer, director and choreographer in France in 1960, as he enjoys a prestigious off-screen career highlight: creating a ballet for the storied Paris Opera.
See the photos here.
(via timemagazine)
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tmagazine:
Aline Weber in flowy hippie gear from our 2008 Women’s Fashion issue. Photograph by Mark Segal. Styled by Alister Mackie.
(via tmagazine)
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theeconomist:
How can companies attract more creative employees? Amy Cappellazzo of Christie’s International has a strategy: “I don’t hire anyone who doesn’t speak a second language fluently.” Find out more ideas for hiring creative talent in a video from The Economist’s Ideas Economy events series.
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thepenguinpress:
Famous writers and their typewriters.
(Photo from Smith Journal volume one. Typewriters from the collection of Robert Messenger.)
(via thepenguinpress)
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watershedplus:
An innovative initiative is taking place in the Philippines to bring sustainable lighting to homes in impoverished communities. Empty plastic bottles are installed in the roof, filled with water and bleach they refract sunlight. These “solar light bulbs” provide light equivalent to a 55watt light bulb.
See how they’re made here. From Visual News
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daniel sinker: OpenNews: Why Develop in the Newsroom? sinker:
As the deadline to apply to become a 2013 Knight-Mozilla Fellow approaches, there’s one question often comes up: Why would I want to work as a developer in the newsroom?There are all sorts of reasons—from being in the room when news breaks, to working with a community of people creating…
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Allen Paltrow: My Experience with Jobs and Apple allenpaltrow:
Update: I have appended this follow-up. All Photos are by Sara Krulwich, staff photographer at the NYT and my mother, with two exceptions. The last is a Reuters picture taken at the event, and the first is credited AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh.
Growing up I was a huge apple fan-boy (fine, still am.)…
