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They make their mark in mug shot history - CNN.com
I think I just found my Halloween costume

They make their mark in mug shot history - CNN.com

I think I just found my Halloween costume

GPOYW* @ Google HQ
*Photo was taken on Monday but arrived in my inbox on a Wednesday.

GPOYW* @ Google HQ

*Photo was taken on Monday but arrived in my inbox on a Wednesday.

It’s a beautiful pain when all you wish is to make someone happy. It is up to each of us alone to be happy in and of ourselves. @ang [Angela Baxley]
Stressed backwards is dessertS

found via @SeanBonner

I realize he is not the 1st person to notice this but as the NBC adage goes:

If you havent seen it, it’s NEW to you.

Also of note:

Twitter Results vs Google Results

free according to Cory @Doctorow [news, film, music]

via giantrobotlasers

free according to Cory @Doctorow [news, film, music]

via giantrobotlasers

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The Freelance Whales - Hannah

via oats

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I’m really enjoying The Freelance Whales these days.

You should buy their album its good for the soul.

[itunes link]

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Freelance Whales - Generator ^ 1st Floor.

via courtneyc

and then I was sitting next to this guy (via @MSG)
he’s a bomb sniffing bad ass - dont mess

and then I was sitting next to this guy (via @MSG)

he’s a bomb sniffing bad ass - dont mess

Aviary closes Series B Spark's fly

Really excited to be working with Mo Koyfman:

Today we announced Spark’s investment in Aviary (www.aviary.com) – a pioneering suite of digital creation and editing tools in the cloud.  With this investment, we join a terrific team of existing investors including Bezos Expeditions and a prominent network of angel investors who continue to be engaged in the business.

Aviary’s business is exciting on two primary fronts.  Firstly, Aviary is fundamentally democratizing digital creation by bringing free browser-based tools to a previously desktop software dominated market.  The software as a service model has been proven over and over again in multiple markets (Salesforce, NetSuite, Google Docs, Flickr, Vimeo, DropBox, etc.) and it is sure to extend to the creative marketplace.  And the Freemium business model is continuing to prove itself across a number of these businesses as well as many others.

We are also in the very early stages of an emerging digital economy.  I’ve said before that I expect the digital goods market to grow substantially over the coming years and mirror the market for offline goods in many ways.  We recently reached the $1B threshold of digital goods sold, and it’s still incredibly early.  Aviary provides the manufacturing capacity for this digital economy.  Their toolset and open API empower the market for creation, allowing users to participate in the creation as well as consumption of digital goods.  This completes the circle necessary to exponentially increase the number of creators and collaborators contributing to the digital goods marketplace and ultimately drive the velocity of the digital economy.

What I’m most excited about though is having the opportunity to work with Avi, Michael, Iz and the rest of the terrific Aviary team.  The products they’ve built to date are nothing short of fantastic.  And they’re just getting started…

I’m with brit I hate purses too :)

Just bought myself one of these awesome scarves with built-in pockets. Fabulous for a person like me who hates carrying purses. Now I can throw my phone + keys into my scarf instead. Genius.
Also, I love the story about how it was made:
Last winter, Kristen and Sarah were at a club in downtown New York (They’re still not sure why). The coat check was expensive and the dance floor was hot and sweaty, so Kristen stashed her jacket in a dark corner somewhere in the vicinity of the DJ booth, praying nothing would be stolen out of the pockets, while Sarah kept accidentally whacking people on the dance floor with her gigantic purse. Determined to avoid this in the future, Kristen designed a scarf that functioned as a small tote so that someone could shed his or her coat or bag but still keep valuable items safe and close.  Thus, the Julian Scarf was born.
Thanks to Amit for the share!

I’m with brit I hate purses too :)

Just bought myself one of these awesome scarves with built-in pockets. Fabulous for a person like me who hates carrying purses. Now I can throw my phone + keys into my scarf instead. Genius.

Also, I love the story about how it was made:

Last winter, Kristen and Sarah were at a club in downtown New York (They’re still not sure why). The coat check was expensive and the dance floor was hot and sweaty, so Kristen stashed her jacket in a dark corner somewhere in the vicinity of the DJ booth, praying nothing would be stolen out of the pockets, while Sarah kept accidentally whacking people on the dance floor with her gigantic purse. Determined to avoid this in the future, Kristen designed a scarf that functioned as a small tote so that someone could shed his or her coat or bag but still keep valuable items safe and close.  Thus, the Julian Scarf was born.

Thanks to Amit for the share!

I want this
found via jenbee:

Nila by Walton Ford
On my top ten list of ridiculously expensive items that I want desperately: Pancha Tantra.
I shall comfort myself with the recent, more affordable edition.

I want this

found via jenbee:

Nila by Walton Ford

On my top ten list of ridiculously expensive items that I want desperately: Pancha Tantra.

I shall comfort myself with the recent, more affordable edition.

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