January 2012
“An outstanding difference between the professional & the amateur in...”
– Sid Hickox, ASC (AC, July ‘41)
Apple, America and a Squeezed Middle Class -New... →
A sobering look at China’s manufacturing power. Happy dragon year.
Apple had redesigned the iPhone’s screen at the last minute, forcing an assembly line overhaul. New screens began arriving at the plant near midnight.
A foreman immediately roused 8,000 workers inside the company’s dormitories, according to the executive. Each employee was given a biscuit and a cup of tea, guided to...
I’m flying to Bangkok via Doha tomorrow for the new gig. Updates will be scarce, should get an internet connection pretty quickly though when I hit land in Bangkok.
I’ll be staying there for at least a year, so expect me harassing this tumblr with a few photos snapped here and there.
See you all on the other side.
-h
Word Spy - Janopause →
Janopause n. The practice of abstaining from alcohol for the month of January.
Example Citation :
The Janopause describes the post-Christmas abstinence from anything remotely pleasurable.
Look around your workplace and you’ll see people on the Janopause everywhere. They’ll be the ones with a litre bottle of Brecon Carreg on their desks, a packet of pumpkin seeds and an...
Why eating together matters - Salon →
We sapiens are the only animals that look each other in the eye while eating without getting violent. At least most of the time. The other beasts fight over their food; we talk over ours, and share.
“Dailies is not the time to determine deep technical solutions while wasting...”
– Garman Herigstad
HTML5 Photoshop Simulator →
Done in HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery/Javascript.
Chrome or Firefox. It’s amazing how close it is to the real thing.
How We Got Here | Foreign Affairs →
What follow are selections from our archives that tell the story of the ideological battles of the past century and the emergency of the modern order.
Slow Updates
I’m going back and forth between Paris and Copenhagen for a gig, updates will resume when the dust settles.
December 2011
