June 2013
22 posts
“The number of happy faces on Lego toy mini-figures has been decreasing since the 1990s, and the number of angry faces has increased”
—Lego faces are getting angrier, study finds | Life and style | The Guardian (via thisistheverge)
Interesting trend, still waiting for the grumpy cat Lego set.
austin 360: New type of Austin DJ spins with a vintage vibe →
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(Photo by Jay Janner / Austin American-Statesman)
A love for yesteryear stirred up by everything from “The Great Gatsby” to ”Downton Abbey” has helped Austinites embrace the tunes “DJ” Amelia Foxtrot puts out on hand-cranked phonographs, the vintage-loving proprietress of the Austin…
Loved this
May 2013
52 posts
LGM
So happy to see Ike’s huge hit, so clutch!
You’re Too Cheap to Fly Faster →
medium.com
The lack of financial sacrifice is the main reason why consumer flight innovation has been at a standstill for so long.
Jason Paur:
And just this month an unmanned hypersonic jet reached Mach 5, averaging 3,300 miles per hour for about five minutes. That’s faster than a speeding bullet fired from a high-velocity rifle, and quite possibly Superman himself.
But there’s a big difference between this hypersonic flight and the ever faster computers that have penetrated nearly every corner of society, and now travel everywhere in pockets and purses, and even on some people’s faces. We don’t get to use the really fast airplanes. We’re actually flying slower than we were 50 years ago. It turns out we’re just too cheap to fly faster.
Sad. But true.
