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Awsome that Google books now has the full archive of Life Magazine, where I found the image above from October, 1970. Check the caption. “Army Girls”? I think those are called “soldiers”. Those were the days eh?
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"Every time I visit San Francisco I ask out loud “Why don’t I live here? Why do I choose to live in a place that is harder, tougher and, well, not as beautiful?” The locals often reply, “You don’t want to live here. It looks like a city, but it’s really a small village. Everyone knows what you’re doing” Oh, OK. If you say so. It’s still beautiful."
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Earlier today I posted tweeted the following comment
Of last 4 Get a Mac ads, three feature a female character. 3 different women but they all look the same. Creepy.
There does seem to be a “type” of woman that the folks at Apple prefer: young, petite, blonde, slim and wearing jeans. The image above shows the women from the three most recent Apple ads: left to right from “Top of Line”, “Surprise” and “Customer Care” respectively.
Check out these ladies in action in Apple’s Get a Mac Ads.
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How To Pretend You're Riding a Fixie
So you live in San Francisco and ride a bike but it’s got gears and brakes and can go up and down hills. Don’t you wish you rode a fixed gear bicycle like all the cool kids? Of course you do! Here’s 7 ways to satisfy your fixie urge without having to shell out for a new set of wheels.
1. Stand and pedal even when you’re not going uphill.
2. Don’t wear a helmet.
3. Lose 20 lbs.
4. Find any opportunity to give the finger to an automobile driver.
5. Wear a kryptonite lock in your back pocket.
6. Paint your bicycle black.
7. Confine your bicycle riding to Valencia street between 16th and Mission. 24th street between Valencia and Bryant is also acceptable. -
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Entertaining yes...
I can’t help feeling that airlines have given up on effectively providing safety information during their safety videos. I wasn’t able to pay attention to any of the instructions in the Air New Zealand video below and have the same experience with Virgin America’s video which is so cute it’s difficult to pay attention to what’s being said.
Sure, these videos are creative, but the goal should be education, not entertainment. I’d rather watch a duller video and be confident that most people on the plane knew what to do in case of an emergency.
Bottom line: flight attendant demonstrations beat safety videos hands down.
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"To those who still deludedly think they prefer Star Wars over Ghostbusters, all I need do is ask you this: you don’t really want to be a Jedi, do you? In a greige cowl, getting off with your sister, without a single gag across three films? I think if you thought about it a little while longer, you’d realise that you’d far rather be a Ghostbuster: a nerd in New York with an unlicensed nuclear accelarator on your back, and a one in four chance of being Bill Murray."
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"When I am working on a problem I never thing about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong."
Buckminster Fuller
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I’m speechless.
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