fred-wilson:

what he said

kirklove:

Washington Square Park

Snapped this coming down a back staircase of Skirball center at NYU. Man that is one beautiful view. Love that damn park. 

Wash Sq. Park was never once this pretty when I went there.  not once.

(and I wish Citibank Sallie Mae would take this into account when they’re declaring mine “past due”…)

jessk:

Indian girls hold up their name change certificates during a ceremony in Satara, some 250kms from Mumbai, on Oct. 22. More than 100 Indian girls named “Unwanted” by their parents are to get new names this weekend as part of a campaign to tackle bias against women that has led to the country’s huge gender imbalance. The girls named “Nakusa”, which means “unwanted” in the local Marathi language of western Maharashtra state, got rid of their first name for good under an initiative in the district of Satara.

“Now in school, my classmates and friends will be calling me this new name, and that makes me very happy,” said a 15-year-old girl who had been named Nakusa by a grandfather disappointed by her birth. She chose the new name “Ashmita,” which means “very tough” or “rock hard” in Hindi.

(via PhotoBlog - 285 girls make fresh start in India by changing their names from ‘Unwanted’)

this is horrible.  It’s possible I may have 285 Indian daughters sooner than I thought…

bijan:

splatf:

The Apple-fication of everything

yeah. i ordered one two. their video pushed me over the edge. 

I want to order two, over the edge.  three maybe, even.

dbreunig:

Eric Fischer is mapping language communities on Twitter using Chrome’s language detector. (Via Eric Fischer)

those Balkans don’t seem to care too much for the twitter.

also, English is apparently the most boring language ever spoken.

caseylane:

sigh. what every baby girl needs. 

(for Ramya.)

dalasverdugo:

kmikeym:

TieSight By Claus Zimmermann

Using the camera of your computer, TieSight makes it really easy to tie a tie. With TieSight you can see directly in your reflection how to tie the perfect tie knot. All you have to do is to bring yourself into the right position and follow the instruction which TieSight will give you.

Whoa!

but can it teach me how to Dougie?