Song of the day: “I Need A Dollar” by Aloe Blacc
[via hamandheroin]
If my life had more use for sweats in it, this would totally be mine.
“Well, fashion isn’t an obviously brainy thing to write about—it is a fairly hermetic world that exists in its own froofy bubble. I think homophobia and sexism may play a role in the trivializing of fashion; I think it is regarded as being something of a feminine ghetto, to the extent that it is tethered to the beauty industrial complex and women’s magazines (the stock in trade of which tends to be largely inane articles about How Getting My Teeth Veneered Helped Me Have Better Orgasms, etc.) But I think it’s a mistake to write off fashion as being devoid of intellectual content.”
-Cintra Wilson in Elle Undercover
‘This is beyond’ of the day:
My Little Pony, the Musical: The World’s Largest Tea Party.
No, I’m not kidding. Watch this. Now.
[Oh, and in the case you want to see more, you can even buy it on DVD!]
#ALAD047 Mumford & Sons - Winter Winds
Best song I have heard in a long time.
This is my everyday project for 2010. Taking one lyric from a song every day and creating art or taking a photo inspired from that lyric.
lukesbeard.com/alyricaday/
Best blog discovery of the week. What a great idea.
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac, and so hipsters are hotter than Henry Kissinger. →
Ok, Yale Daily News. Ok.
This is so totally awesome.
How To Split Up The US (PeteSearch) →
As I’ve been digging deeper into the data I’ve gathered on 210 million public Facebook profiles, I’ve been fascinated by some of the patterns that have emerged. My latest visualization shows the information by location, with connections drawn between places that share friends. For example, a lot of people in LA have friends in San Francisco, so there’s a line between them.
Looking at the network of US cities, it’s been remarkable to see how groups of them form clusters, with strong connections locally but few contacts outside the cluster. For example Columbus, OH and Charleston WV are nearby as the crow flies, but share few connections, with Columbus clearly part of the North, and Charleston tied to the South:
Some of these clusters are intuitive, like the old south, but there’s some surprises too, like Missouri, Louisiana and Arkansas having closer ties to Texas than Georgia. To make sense of the patterns I’m seeing, I’ve marked and labeled the clusters, and added some notes about the properties they have in common.
Who knew I’m from “Stayathomia”?
