an index for ‘a thought’
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girls, something that exists,
well, if you are into friday noon mind benders, here’s a little existentialism. a little frege-russell pov. a little slutty grammar. it goes something like this: everything exists, somethings exists, some things do not exist.… Read the rest
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the artist is present, DVD release
it’s been two years since marina abramovic‘s the artist is present ran at moma. but you know how it is, after such retrospectives. things need to settle down. the brain needs time to process.… Read the rest
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monkey see, monkey do
so here’s a thought: i don’t believe it’s about rich vs. poor, i believe it’s about smart vs. stupid. the problem is the smart people are being taken out of the game.… Read the rest
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the audacity to speech
i might just be thinking out loud but: people don’t want to be led because they are stupid or ignorant, people want to be led because they don’t want tot do the leading per se.… Read the rest
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malcolm x for romania, the bullet or the ballot
there’s no way you can write about this and not stir a shit storm, so here goes nothing.
for almost ten days now, romania is in a turmoil. uprising of the many, some call it revolution, re-revolution, protests, even trash.… Read the rest
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people like ryan.
i was in taxi, on my way to the airport, when i opened this short email from Barna.
he wished me a good flight and added:
uite (“look” in Romanian), no one goes to the airport like ryan gosling.
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the source of the power, the beans to an end
when a bearded man talks, you listen. you do so for many reasons but mainly because of his beard. the same way samson had hair on his head for a reason, the bearded man draws power from his facial hair.… Read the rest
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The Avocado Affair
On how popular culture can easily be perceived as “the truth”… Read the rest
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man created the ring
let’s get one thing straight: man created the ring. it wasn’t a woman that picked up the husband’s hammer and let it fall on the anvil to produce a hollow piece of metal.… Read the rest
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occupy 1st of december, or our best national interest parade
folks, i love myself a nice parade. it’s provocative and gets the people going. also, i get mushy at all opportunities to celebrate and brag in a symbolic and theatrical way – it’s just so heart-warming.… Read the rest
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A bit of context about the economy!
The economy is one of my passions because I strongly believe that economic development is interconnected to human development.
Of course if you are closely watching the news these days (or your bank accounts) you might not be fond of the economy much!
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why everyone should buy DoR & some industry protectionism
it really doesn’t matter why i like DoR magazine.
it doesn’t matter that they are local, authentic, extremely literate people who generate content in a city/country we think has nothing more to say.… Read the rest
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You snooze, you lose and some ringtone etiquette
the first thing you should do well when your day begins is to wake up properly. and the snooze is your enemy.
the biggest mistake would be to put your alarm earlier than needed.… Read the rest
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major league people
surprise, surprise: we need better parents.
Thomas Friedman reminds the obvious – and hence, often forgotten: whatever problems the educational system faces (he speaks of the U.S. but let me extend), and however long we debate for a rethink and reforms, or commemorate what schools were “before”, more often than not, it is parents that make the difference.… Read the rest
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Fast tracking the dum-dum remake
hesse and others wrote on how the work of an artist takes a life of its own and wonders the world, many times swallowing its own author. look at the above painting of goya.… Read the rest
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cooking and beyond
sometimes a random read takes you million places.
here’s where “Are Apps Making Cookbooks Obsolete?” transported me:
1) the moment of iPad is now.
i am not that much of an early adapter of gadgets. … Read the rest
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Design Around The World
>.< WORLD DESIGN CAPITAL
After Turin, Seoul and Helsinki the baton will go to a surprise choice and Cape Town will be the world’s next capital of design in 2014. The title has been awarded to the “tip of the world” after an interesting showdown between Dublin – Bilbao – Cape Town.
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the apple eve took a bite of
folk, people of this world, apple (as in the company) is our civilizations apple. just like the western-judeo-christian-civilisation-proto-woman eve had hers. and it’s been proven that if we bite out of the apple things change.… Read the rest
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Lo-Lee-Ta
here’s a short line of thought. i was browsing and i found this picture. it took about a fraction of a millisecond to think of lolita. to me, for that moment, she was lolita.… Read the rest
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If it looks the same, feels the same, sounds the same then it must be the same!
My feeling was that the newly launched French publication “The Good Life” is an identical copy of, the by now veteran, Monocle magazine. However it is not the same!
Yes it is in French and it has a bit of a different positioning – a men’s hybrid magazine.… Read the rest
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football, eh, bloody hell
If I lose control of these multimillionaires in the Manchester United dressing room, then I’m dead. So I never lose control. If anyone steps out of my control, they’re dead.
says Sir Alex Ferguson, in a piece in T Magazine.… Read the rest
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tree of life and freud’s study
kant was born in konigsberg, prussia, and he never left his home town. ever. but he took everyday walks, precisely at 3.30. people used to set their clocks by him. anyway, newton had his famous apple, kant had his tree.… Read the rest
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Antipa Grand Multiplex
it was last weekend when i was driving my mom around the city and i saw the queue at antipa for the second time. i told her that this sight makes me feel good, it makes me happy, seeing all these people staying in line to visit the newly open museum.… Read the rest
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An Education
like all average white boys, i went to school at the proper age of 6. so started my adventure in the education industrial complex. when i reached 5th grade the first shift in the system happened.… Read the rest
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I’m normally not a praying man, but if you’re up there, please save me Superman
speed of light made me an old school skeptic. one night i was looking at the stars with my dad when he told me that we don’t know if those stars are even there anymore.… Read the rest
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Paris is Old
i was in paris for 11 days. wasn’t my first trip so i did not indulge in tourism. wasn’t my second trip so i did not indulge in contemplation. neither my third so i was not ventilating to see the real paris, nor my forth as a quick get-away-vacation.… Read the rest
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Rumor control, here are the facts: Colbert & the Radiohead Effect
nation, it is no secret that i am a colbert admirer. he grew on me after jon steward’s half hour didn’t quench the thirst of pundit satire anymore. anyway, sometimes, when i travel i don’t always get to see the daily jon&stephen bundle so when i return home i patiently download all that i’ve missed and see it through.… Read the rest
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where best advertising happens
i was in Rome in a vacation last year, couple days only, and thought i just pass by our office there, see the place, and meet and greet some people.
Marco Carnevale, a veteran of Italian advertising, creative director at McCann Rome, was the kindest of hosts, and we spent full 2 hrs in his office – jam-packed with books, music records and shining beautiful electric guitars among the stacks of magazines and ad boards and posters – talking about stuff that stayed top of my mind ever since.… Read the rest
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the quote that does not exist
damn, this is the life. i can’t say i’ve had much something-something for bloggers. i mean, sure, i’ve got some favs, but always had some sort of a reserve to the meaning of the whole thing.… Read the rest
