Ok no more fucking around, I gotta start doing these more often for my own sanity. This particular one was originally over 60 links long but I figure that’s too much. I broke it up into two parts… hopefully today and tomorrow. I just think it looks pretty weird if the whole right sidebar on the front page is covered with Link Dump posts. Anyways, some these are a week old… my apologies.
Feel free to comment below and reference the link #.
An archive of previous Link Dump’s can be seen here.
-Eugene
*If you’re always on the go, I’m a huge advocate for Instapaper. Basically you can bookmark links to read on your mobile device later and it can strip away all the unnecessary imagery to load more quickly.
**If you encounter a login page for a NY Times article (yes there are quite a few of them…), I highly suggest signing up for a free account or else use this dummy one I set up.
Login: tempaccountNYT
Password: tempaccountNYT
#1. Some Frank Talk About Haiti
#2. What Holds People Back From Doing What They Want
What’s stopping you from doing what you really want to do? Sometimes you just have to grip it and rip it… or tell as many people as you can and hopefully that pressures you into doing it haha.
#3. A Best Friend, Yes. Best Runner, Maybe Not.
When your dog isn’t actually the ideal running partner you were looking for.
#4. Big Benefits Are Seen From Eating Less Salt
It’s ridiculous the exorbitant amount of salt found in processed foods. There needs to be a “taste” shift away from “highly tasty” foods I think… to more natural food. Taste is largely relative, your tastebuds get desensitized to foods overly “tasty” in certain aspects like sweetness and saltiness.
#5. Foreign Languages Fade in Class – Except Chinese
Surprise surprise… kids in the Midwest are “ni hao-ing” in greater numbers.
#6. If Your Password is 123456, Just Make It HackMe
Who’s seriously that dumb? A little password trick I picked up is create a general pattern for your passwords but tailor it to each medium. Maybe something like !@#890twitter and !@#890facebook.
#7. A Bug’s Life
I’d eat a bug… but cockroaches… uhhh I dunno. The pictures are pretty gross.
#8. The Other Side of the Other Wizard
Gilbert Arenas pretty much fucked himself over with that little gun fiasco as well as making it harder to gamble on team travels… but who’s the dude he got involved with? Article talks about Javaris Crittenton, a dude pretty much unknown till about a few weeks ago.
#9. Where Giants Dance and Crash in Japan
I went and checked out a Sunmo tournament while in Tokyo back in 2008 I think it was. Pretty cool stuff although we only bought the early morning matches. The whole preservation of tradition is something admirable in Japanese culture.
#10. Poland: Sign Stolen From Auschwitz is Returned
The stolen sign that marks the gates of Auschwitz got returned, albeit in pieces.
#11. Umbro’s New England Away Kit 2010
English designer Aitor Throup and his latest design for Umbro’s England Away Kit gets a look into.
#12. To Charge your iPod, Plug in Your Jeans
This shit is tacky/weird but interesting nevertheless. I’m excited to see the merging of technology and fashion. Of course in the right visual presentation and in a way that makes sense in terms of functionality. Flexible digital screens x jacket sleeves… I can’t wait for that.
#13. New Vegetable to Hit Store Shelves in UK
Brussel Sprouts x Curly Kale come together to make this new bastard child of a veggie…
#14.A Look That’s Bulletproof
Fake bullet-proof vests as fashion into a more mainstream light, the progression of thug war…
#15. Obama’s Bank Proposal Help Erase the Month’s Gain
Soooo risky lending being more carefully watched, people get nervous.
#16. Torture’s Loopholes
Despite the one year old outlawing of torture, there’s still ways to get things done. 4 hours of sleep, 20 hours of interrogation, repeat.
#17. Dining at McLaundry
High-end dining at French Laundry isn’t all that different from eating at McDonalds. But despite the similiarites, Mickey Ds wins cause it’s easy to find and never trouble getting a table.
#18. Chilled by Choice
Some people actually prefer to live heatless… I guess you can sort of see it but on a realistic note, nobody’s coming over to hang out any time soon.
#19. “There Is A Basic Human Need For Real, Analog and Touchable Things”
AGREED… hence why print just didn’t die off magically.
#20. GMOs: Safe for Consumption?
These Monsanto smucks and their GMO shit sound pretty sketchy. It doesn’t help that a lot of the crops handled by Monsanto are subsidized by the government.
#21. How to Manage your Creative Work and Intellectual Property Online
Why designers and creatives shouldn’t be afraid of sharing their work online despite some people having bad experiences.
#22. On Creating Positive Energy for Positive Change
This article is pretty yoga-ish, but still some good points to draw. No point feeling all negative and shit, it’s often things you can’t change anyways. So turn that frown upside down.
#23. Cricket Team Snub Reeks of Politics to Pakistanis
In cricket’s increasingly lucrative Indian Premier League of cricket, many top Pakistani players were overlooked and passed on… of course politics to blame.
#24. How to Build Conversations in Social Media Using the 3 Ps
Passion, Planning, Promotion… if you’re smart save yourself a click.
#25. At Bonus Time, Less Appetite for Toys
With uncertainty over bonuses, (still) ballin’ ass bankers are treading carefully.
#26. U.S. Soccer Player Is National Hero (in Honduras)
Score a goal to send a team watching nervously to the World Cup and get showered with love and praise including trips to Honduras, not bad.
#27. That’s How I Roll
This blog is pretty interesting, it chronicles an “eating contest” eater which also goes beyond competition to also include random food challenges. Along the way he documents as well as shares some interesting insights. In this particular case, he talks about his pre-eat regiments.
#28. 11 Minutes of Action
An NFL game… only 11 minutes of action… and on average 4 seconds per play. The hard part, finding filler for all that.
#29. Top 10 Tools for Better Reading, Online and Off
Get your read on!
#30. SOURCING.
Bobby Hundreds showcases his favorite retail buildouts in Tokyo. Loveless hands down best store I’ve ever been to.