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In Changing Face of Beijing, a Look at the New China, The New York Times.
“According to Rem Koolhaas, there are three seminal events in the history of architecture: Samson tearing down the house of the Philistines in 1100 BC, the destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001 AD, and his design in 2006 AD of the CCTV Headquarters in Beijing.”
Koolhaas and His Omnipotent Masters, William Drenttel, Design Observer.
hah, so true:
I earn my living—the food I eat, the apartment I sleep in, the books I read, etc. — by pushing plastic buttons all day long.
It’s the same with most of my friends.
I push a lot of buttons. There’s a trick to pushing them in the proper order, but no one way is “right” and everyone pushes their buttons differently. In fact, the order in which they push their buttons (combined with the number of times they push them) determines how much money they make.
The future (present) is so strange!
via amit.
“Karl Rove was scheduled to testify before the House Judiciary Committee yesterday. He didn’t show. Not only that, the Committee was told that Rove had left the country on a “long scheduled” trip.
“In this video clip, subcommittee chair Rep. Linda Sanchez explains that Rove never told them about any trip.”
i’d include a link to a major news source but i couldn’t find this mentioned by any of them. via Majikthise.
Thích Quảng Đức, self-immolation, Saigon, South Vietnam, 11 June 1963.
Malcolm Browne’s photograph. David Halberstam on the event:
I was to see that sight again, but once was enough. Flames were coming from a human being; his body was slowly withering and shriveling up, his head blackening and charring. In the air was the smell of burning human flesh; human beings burn surprisingly quickly. Behind me I could hear the sobbing of the Vietnamese who were now gathering. I was too shocked to cry, too confused to take notes or ask questions, too bewildered to even think… As he burned he never moved a muscle, never uttered a sound, his outward composure in sharp contrast to the wailing people around him.
i’ve been incredibly moved by this event lately. the willingness to sacrifice self for a greater cause, and to choose to no longer participate in a world that didn’t meet his criteria for freedom, are traits that aren’t understood by most, and present in very few people. while he burned, policemen, monks, nuns, and passersby prostrated themselves before him, and people claimed to see a weeping buddha’s image in the sunset. i’m amazed by the calm brutality + by the love motivating his act.
today is my last day at joyent. (maybe coincidentally it’s also bill g’s last day…) it’s been a great ride. i’ve seen the company go from the founding team of 4 people in early 2005 to around 25 at present count. we’ve grown in ways you only hope to when you start something. but as our direction has shifted from tin (just kidding) end-user apps to automating a cloud computing infrastructure, and as my job has transition from developer and ui designer to director of software, i realized it was time for something new. ‘get back to my roots’ as it were. i’ve loved it + am really proud of what we’ve been able to do (without vc!). good luck to all my fellow joyeurs in the future.
what’s next? well, after some time off i’ll be back at the web game, making some awesome, useful sites for the internets. i can’t wait.
au revoir simone nyc appearances this summer. i haven’t listened to them enough lately.
Wednesday, June 25th, 8pm to midnight: DJing a New York Civil Liberties Union benefit at Powerhouse art space in Dumbo.
Saturday, July 19th, 5pm. At PS1 with Danton Eeprom & Dorit Chrysler, presented by agnès b.
picture from the latest au revoir simone mailing list message. it’s simultaneously creepy + heartwarming.
björk + sigur rós concert in reykjavík this saturday.
friday is my last day of work at joyent, then i head straight to the airport for a few days in iceland. björk is my all-time favorite musician, and sigur rós is pretty close. that night sunset is at 12:01 am and the sun rises just 3 hours and 2 minutes later!! i can’t wait.
if you do this, you get what you deserve.
Eight Steps, Savage Chickens
