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Unfillable.
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Since Google’s business is advertising, shifting industries away from paying business models is in their interest. If people are willing to pay for email, mapping and documents, Google’s business model is limited. Thus, using the outsized revenues they make from advertising on search, Google gives away Gmail, Maps, Docs, navigation, translation, et cetera, so no one can compete in those areas—to make free the norm for these services. If Google is giving away a quite good service, it’s hard to compete with them in that area, and so the economics of that business shift away from paid services to advertising-supported. And if a business becomes dependent on advertising for revenue, that’s good for Google, because they’re better at it than everyone else.
–Kyle Baxter (via marco)
Most insightful quote I’ve read in a while.
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In light of the recent disasters, our hearts are focused on the vibrant and wonderful community in Japan. Your resilience is inspiring, and we hope that recovery will be swift and complete. 少しでも皆さんの力となり、一日でも早く日常の生活が取り戻せる事を願います。
As of today, Japanese is now the newest language available on Tumblr. We’re very grateful for our amazing members in the Japanese community, and we hope you’ll find the new option useful. You can change your language setting on your Preferences page.
To aid the relief and emergency efforts, we’re asking all of our members to contribute to Red Cross International from your Dashboard. Look for the message on the sidebar. Members who donate will unlock the Limited Edition Japanese Tumblr Logo, and Tumblr will match your contributions up to $15,000.
You can also keep up with news from Japan via the #Japan tag page.
日本の皆さま, 頑張ってください。
Love, タンブラー
Beautiful graphic by Rob Dobi
Donated.
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A topographical model of the entire nation of Iceland is on display in the Ráðhús Reykjavíkur (Rekyavík Town Hall).
This is pretty cool. Always been fascinated by topographical representations of different places.
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Instant reblog.
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The Cloud
Post coming soon! Within a week or two!
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– Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food (via primalpalette)1. Don’t eat anything your great grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food. “When you pick up that box of portable yogurt tubes, or eat something with 15 ingredients you can’t pronounce, ask yourself, “What are those things doing there?” Pollan says.
2. Don’t eat anything with more than five ingredients, or ingredients you can’t pronounce.
3. Stay out of the middle of the supermarket; shop on the perimeter of the store. Real food tends to be on the outer edge of the store near the loading docks, where it can be replaced with fresh foods when it goes bad.
4. Don’t eat anything that won’t eventually rot. “There are exceptions — honey — but as a rule, things like Twinkies that never go bad aren’t food,” Pollan says.
5. It is not just what you eat but how you eat. “Always leave the table a little hungry,” Pollan says. “Many cultures have rules that you stop eating before you are full. In Japan, they say eat until you are four-fifths full. Islamic culture has a similar rule, and in German culture they say, ‘Tie off the sack before it’s full.’”
6. Families traditionally ate together, around a table and not a TV, at regular meal times. It’s a good tradition. Enjoy meals with the people you love. “Remember when eating between meals felt wrong?” Pollan asks.
7. Don’t buy food where you buy your gasoline. In the U.S., 20% of food is eaten in the car.
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Hong Kong!
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Minimalist Traveling [Part 3]
Part 3 of my series on minimalist traveling. See Part 1 and Part 2.
Packing the main bag
What I should pack in the main travel bag which contains all my clothes, toiletries and other miscellaneous items is a more difficult question. If I want to keep my baggage minimal, I’m going to have to be very selective in what I keep, but more importantly, what I leave out.Let us begin by talking about the issue of washing clothing while on the road. So far, I have yet to do that but I realize for minimal traveling, that is a must as there is no way I can bring enough underwear and shirts. I believe the sweet spot is always aiming to pack for 4 days. I think that gives enough variety in my clothing and even for longer trips, I have sufficient clothing to cycle through before having to wash. Here’s a run down of the clothing I aim pair down to:
Warmer climate:
Clothing:
- 5 x T-shirts
- 3 x boxers (ExFocio, these will be washed daily with me in the shower)
- 1 x jeans
- 1 x synthetic pants
- 1 x shorts
- 1 x gym shorts
- 1 x swimming trunks
- 3 x socksShoes:
- 1 x walking shoes (gore-tex)
- 1 x Vibram FiveFingersColder climate:
These items I will bring in addition to the above:
- Thin and tight fitting long-sleeved base layer
- Breathable Fleece
- Lightweight soft-shell jacket
- Ski glovesThe key to maintaining light baggage despite cold conditions is to pack in layers. Each layer is light, thin and more importantly breathable. With the above three items of clothing, I should be good to go for places up to -10C. Any colder and a big jacket will become necessary. Let me know what you think!
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Minimalist Traveling [Part 2]
Part 2 of my series on minimalist traveling. See Part 1 here.
Packing light for a day out
In my continuing series on minimalist traveling, I will be talking about what I aim to wither my daily needs to (when exploring a foreign city for example) and how that will fit in a day pack. This depends on the climate of course, but I think generally, here is what I want to shoot for in my soon to be delivered Black Diamond Bullet (pictured below):
Main compartment:
- Light Soft-shell windbreaker. Hopefully something from Patagonia
- Sunglasses
- Water
- Small snacks
- Canon 7D with 30/1.4 or 10-20/4-5.6 lensSmall outside compartment:
- iPod earbuds
- Burt’s Bee Chapstick
- Kleenex
- GumOn me I will have:
- Slimmy Slim Wallet with 3 cards and cash
- iPhone
- Money belt for Passport and extra cash (especially if hotel has no safe)This is I think the bare minimum I am comfortable with on a day out and it shouldn’t weigh too much, especially since the camera will probably be slung around me half the time. In the next part, I’ll be discussing what goes in the main travel bag which will remain in the hotel.
