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nemopowertools power drill underwater

in these james bond times what is better than to plan for an early christmas gift, super villain style. if you or your better half is planing an underwater heist or just a random pool repair, nemo power tools got what your looking for. the nemo special ops power drill is salt water resistant down to 100m and comes with a 6ah battery. get yours now at nemopowertools.com by kt

girl on a motorcycle: anke eve goldmann and her BMW R69S

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anke eve goldmann with her BMW R69S back in 1957

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anke eve goldman as journalist and bike enthusiast who wrote for moto revue in france. she was the first woman to ride a motorcycle with a one-piece leather racing suit, made for her by german manufacturer harro, which in my opinion, stated the S&M craze ; ) she was the source for the character rebecca in the book titled the motorcycle (1963) by andre pieyre de mandiargues. that book was made into a movie, the girl on a motorcycle, later staring guess who? marianne faithfull. by dd

thoughts of a dry brain in a dry season

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an audio of thomas stearns eliot reading his 1920 piece gerontion. the poem represents the view of a “gerontic” or elderly man and his modernist views on religion and sexuality amongst other topics. although the line “thoughts of a dry brain in a dry season” is a metaphor for age, i thought it would be rather fitting for this peculiar new york weather we’ve been having. plus, i cannot think of a more satisfying way to hear eliot read than by the genius himself. by sv

steve jobs leaves apple, puts jony ive in charge, and that’s when everything starts to go downhill

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ok here’s another rant on apple. yes its still better than most things out there (thanks to steve that is). and no they have not invented anything new, that is useful ever since steve left us (ok, in fareness they did change the name of iphoto to photos. that was major! and they did add the “selfie” feature/folder to the latest OS. now that’s wow, i’m sure it fooled the millennials into thinking innovation). now all this we can live with. but somehow it appears as if a bunch of complacent idiots have taken over the asylum at apple breaking things that worked, and ruining the most basic principles of product design and UI. our latest grievance is about the iphone 6s. i mean what sort of an idiotic design intern would place 2 alternate functioning buttons on the opposite sides of a phone, or any product? the sleep button was always on the top right, it worked, they now moved it across the volume button. so now each time we try to turn up or down the volume the counter force pressure on the exact opposite side puts the phone to sleep and vise versa. i mean this does not require a genius like steve jobs to be there. i’m assuming jonathan ives approved this, or worse even came up with it, but to let the product go into production and not see this basic principle is daunting and shameless, especially from a company like apple who invented modern intuitive UI/UX. i simply can not forgive them for this. i know how hard it is to keep up with apples legacy of greatness, so ok don’t, but at least don’t fuck the shit that was already working guys.

On another note, jony boy fancies himself to be dieter rams reincarnated:apple_braun_679207a

braun T1000 radio (1962) and the mac pro (2006)Apple-ripoff-braun-Jonathan-Ive

braun T3 pocket radio (1958) and first-generation iPod (2001)

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braun infrared emitter (1970’s) and the isight camera (2003)

but you know what, you can’t just copy greatness and end up with great things. the shits gotta work jony, pretty will only get you so far… by xy

new scientific discovery: evolution re-explained

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classic human evolution diagram: what scientist believed to be true until now… new research finding by the university of columbia begs to differ

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the revised evolution diagram

the understanding until now was that humans evolved… all of them. but new research, based on the most recent 2015 presidential elections and debates in the US, shows that modern man today, walks amongst his prehistoric cousins. racism, hate, war mongering, superstition, religion, bigotry, gay-dom, fear of the new and lack of compassion are all well and alive in our modern society. perhaps if we can come to understand this phenomena, we can help our mentally challenged cousins gain some of the modern mans knowledge. by ak

tim coppins rocks: channeling some style council dandy candy

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dig that silk scarf big boy

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read all about it: paul weller and mick talbot of style council

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nice fall cream raincoat by tim coppins

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hi there, we’re just 3 models that got paid for a day to sit at an empty table in a cafe in paris

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reminds us of the helmut newton girls in the alley – just day time version

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herringbone and tartan pattern pants and scarf

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paul weller and mick talbot of style council

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love this men’s collection by tim coppins, relaxed dandy modernized by a bit of structuring. i’d take the whole wardrobe today if tim wants to spare a few pieces. nice job on casting and photography despite the contrived cafe shot… took us back to the late 80’s style council days. by uh

columbus day special: ken burns the west

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photograph of sitting bull (the indian one with feathers, but not actually from india) and buffalo bill (the white guy with a fake looking stache, looking very custer like) in 1895 by william notman 

“fight no more forever” –chief joseph

according to chief sitting bull … it was a “good day to die”… but it turned out he didn’t have to, it was general custer’s last stand! ken burns: “the battle of little big horn–a good day to die”

ken burns is an incredible, world respected documentary director, and this series is yet another example of his thorough research and amazing story-telling. an apt post for columbus day… happy shopping, but just take a moment to pause in respect of the true natives of this land… and if you enjoy this be sure to look up the documentary by ken burns on the history of jazz, amazing as well. by xy