Posts in "wastebook"

Webcurios 19/09/25 webcurios.co.uk/webcurios… “I COULD GET TO MARSEILLES IN 8 HOURS FFS. What am I doing with my life? Why am I sitting in my pants in Vauxhall typing words about the internet when I could instead be about to visit Southern France and drink pastis and throw fireworks in the streets with wild Mediterranean abandon? I am TERRIBLE at being alive.” // This person’s linkblog style is next-level.

“linguistic pyrotechnics” - Chatty-G tries to explain to me why I don’t like contemporary hip-hop: “2. Wordplay vs. vibe – [Wu-Tang,], Tribe, and OutKast gave you linguistic pyrotechnics. This new wave often gives you murmured hooks and repetition. To an ear trained on lyricism, it can feel like lazy filler."

When you meet a new person in your field, one easy small talk question to ask them is: “if you were [insert your company name here], what would you do?” It gets you some free consulting, lets someone talk about themselves and things they know, and, you know, just gives you something to talk about that fills the silence.

Does anyone really want air hand-dryers around? I mean, they’re loud and they don’t work. You might as well have a sign that says “dry your hands off on your clothes."

“My phone -and I realise this is mildly absurd – is a constant slight disappointment to me. But I’m from the generation that thought we’d have the world on our wrist.” W.E.