Shot with my Hipstamatic for iPhone
Lens: John S
Flash: Off
Film: Pistil
Hyde park, London
Month: August 2010
Reading Around on August 3rd
Some additional reading August 3rd from 07:56 to 07:56:
- Online Industry Needs to Be More Open About Tracking – Advertising Age – DigitalNext – To characterize cookies as a form of spying (as the WSJ recently did) is misleading at best and damaging to the online industry at its worst. We need a less polarizing discussion. One side implies that cookies are evil and therefore we should all just pay for content (interestingly, most of the WSJ is behind a pay wall). The other and equally polar extreme is to say that marketers who pay the bills should have free reign to do whatever they want with the consumer’s data. Both competing positions take us nowhere. We think a better solution is needed.
Twitter Updates for 2010-08-07
- Pressure Building on Future of 2 Chicago Coal-Burning Power Plants – http://nyti.ms/9it9px #
- Apothecaries Hall http://flic.kr/p/8q5PSj #
- World's First organic Single Malt Scotch http://flic.kr/p/8q2ERX #
- We strolled all around London for over 8 hours today, so tired took a cab home. #
- Nobu London http://flic.kr/p/8q67JU #
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Twitter Updates for 2010-08-06
- View from 4 Richmond Mews London http://flic.kr/p/8pDF2K #
- Lampshade at Momo http://flic.kr/p/8pGQVf #
- Burroughs and Ginsberg: Literary Heroes and Totally Gross Sex Predators http://tinyurl.com/27y9tbf #
- Goldbeaters House and DHL – in SoHo
http://flic.kr/p/8pNH7R # - Professor Green, and the iconic British red phone both which still exists even in our mobile phone-centric society http://flic.kr/p/8pNKxc #
- Royal Residence of Lord Palmerston, well in 1865 at least http://flic.kr/p/8pRWrS #
- Park house, SoHo Square, London http://flic.kr/p/8pVNh3 #
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Co Ltd http://flic.kr/p/8pSD4e #
- Vodka and food http://flic.kr/p/8pVQZC #
- Flickr location doesn't work well on iPad. Very difficult unless you have exact address to cut and paste. #
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Carrots in Soho square
A farmers market of some sort, actually growing lettuces, celery, carrots right there in the park
Didn’t have time to stop and purchase any of this delightful produce, maybe later as our work aspect of our trip is now completed, and we are officially on vacation now. Whoo hooo!
Twitter Updates for 2010-08-05
- Immigration at Heathrow http://flic.kr/p/8ptDV6 #
- Carrots in Soho square http://flic.kr/p/8pxnt3 #
- Street art, SoHo http://flic.kr/p/8pufJK #
- It's time to be (Oscar) Wilde http://flic.kr/p/8pxxo3 #
- My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: The Waterboys (136), Professor Longhair (103) and Freakwater (101) #music http://bit.ly/bb69Xx #
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Twitter Updates for 2010-08-04
- "To characterize cookies as a form of spying (as the WSJ recently did) is misleading at best…" http://icio.us/wt0gxe #
- Rethinking Whether Gay Men May Donate Blood – http://nyti.ms/cAZEPd #
- Morning Oblation http://flic.kr/p/8pes51 #
- "Military justice is to justice what military music is to music." – Groucho Marx
#fb # - How do you spend $1000 to "organize rallys on Facebook?" http://is.gd/e0GRN #
- Virgin Atlantic Lounge http://flic.kr/p/8pjtTQ #
- First beer of many http://flic.kr/p/8pgmpz #
- Ennui at Ohare http://flic.kr/p/8pgPaH #
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Twitter Updates for 2010-08-04
- “To characterize cookies as a form of spying (as the WSJ recently did) is misleading at best…” http://icio.us/wt0gxe #
- Rethinking Whether Gay Men May Donate Blood – http://nyti.ms/cAZEPd #
- Morning Oblation http://flic.kr/p/8pes51 #
- “Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.” – Groucho Marx
#fb # - How do you spend $1000 to “organize rallys on Facebook?” http://is.gd/e0GRN #
- Virgin Atlantic Lounge http://flic.kr/p/8pjtTQ #
- First beer of many http://flic.kr/p/8pgmpz #
- Ennui at Ohare http://flic.kr/p/8pgPaH #
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Twitter Updates for 2010-08-04
- “To characterize cookies as a form of spying (as the WSJ recently did) is misleading at best…” http://icio.us/wt0gxe #
- Rethinking Whether Gay Men May Donate Blood – http://nyti.ms/cAZEPd #
- Morning Oblation http://flic.kr/p/8pes51 #
- “Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.” – Groucho Marx
#fb # - How do you spend $1000 to “organize rallys on Facebook?” http://is.gd/e0GRN #
- Virgin Atlantic Lounge http://flic.kr/p/8pjtTQ #
- First beer of many http://flic.kr/p/8pgmpz #
- Ennui at Ohare http://flic.kr/p/8pgPaH #
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Twitter Updates for 2010-08-04
- “To characterize cookies as a form of spying (as the WSJ recently did) is misleading at best…” http://icio.us/wt0gxe #
- Rethinking Whether Gay Men May Donate Blood – http://nyti.ms/cAZEPd #
- Morning Oblation http://flic.kr/p/8pes51 #
- “Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.” – Groucho Marx
#fb # - How do you spend $1000 to “organize rallys on Facebook?” http://is.gd/e0GRN #
- Virgin Atlantic Lounge http://flic.kr/p/8pjtTQ #
- First beer of many http://flic.kr/p/8pgmpz #
- Ennui at Ohare http://flic.kr/p/8pgPaH #
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Money clip with British pounds
Shot with my Hipstamatic for iPhone
Lens: John S
Flash: Off
Film: Pistil
probably because I haven’t left the North American continent for so long, I’m excited/anxious about this trip.
We are actually woefully underprepared for the ostensible reason for the trip: meeting with a gentleman to discuss a new business venture we’ve been working on for a couple years. Part of the meeting will just be us talking with confidence about what we know, however we planned to bring more collateral material, but since we leave for the airport in a couple hours, increasingly looks like that task will not be completed.
Besides the business meeting, we scheduled in 3 full days to explore London, and while I wish we could stay longer, perhaps we’ll return soon. One benefit of filtering every single business expense possible through our corporate American Express cards is that we accumulate a lot of reward points, and this trip is a direct consequence of that. Our Virgin American seats even fold out to a bed – fancy.
We have someone staying in our house, so that’s one less worry, we trust her to monitor if any of our crazy, deluded neighbors try to cause trouble.
Wish us luck!
L Isaacson and Stein Fish Co
Fulton Market
leaving the country for a few days, so blogging might be sparse, depending upon how much fun we have and how much WiFi is available along the route…
Twitter Updates for 2010-08-03
- What is even at 2421 West North Avenue? Seems an odd place for an Obama birthday party #
- doh, the restaurant we made a reservation at for our first meal in London had a kitchen fire, and is going to be closed #
- http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/presidentsbirthdayevent/gpfdmv says Julie's Coffee House #
- City of Chicago being (willful?) idiots re: CSAs and local farmers. Ridiculous http://bit.ly/bUTJAh #
- Will do! RT @chasejarvis: if you're in London this week, check out the human scale maze at Trafalgar Square. http://bit.ly/bttRcC #
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Twitter Updates for 2010-08-02
- The Publican http://flic.kr/p/8oA6JQ #
- Brauerei Weihenstephan Original http://flic.kr/p/8oyiT8 #
- Tito's Vodka bloody Mary http://flic.kr/p/8oBvbJ #
- Omelette with fingerling potato, tropea onion, pecorino http://flic.kr/p/8oBxww #
- L Isaacson and Stein Fish Co http://flic.kr/p/8oyCzF #
- Self portrait with headphones http://flic.kr/p/8oE6cs #
- Terrae incognitae http://flic.kr/p/8oEaJu #
- As Ensign Scandal Heats Up, Media Coverage Cools Down. IOKIYAR? http://tinyurl.com/35zb52u #
- There's something about tasers that causes police officers to lose their common sense http://tinyurl.com/39fttj2 #
- Man faces jail for videotaping gun-waving cop http://tinyurl.com/26dkjvf #
- Photostrip self portrait http://flic.kr/p/8oBJa6 #
- Indeed I am, thanks for the reminder RT @ebertchicago: If you are by any chance in London this summer, my blog's for you http://j.mp/bX0YV2 #
- wish there was a slick way to convert hardback books to an ePub or PDF so I could carry them with me, without the weight/space. #
- Money clip with British pounds http://flic.kr/p/8oE9v4 #
- haven't left the North American continent in over 15 years, so, yeah, I'm excited. #fb #
- Communautarisme: la démocratie contre la République (anyone fluent in French care to translate this page?) http://icio.us/fcdcqj #
- Southwest Says Mechanical Issues Are Beyond Its Control, But It’s Not as Bad as You Might Think http://icio.us/d5ux0j #
- WSJ.com – Microsoft Quashed Effort to Boost Online Privacy: After sharp internal debate, Microsoft designed Intern… http://bit.ly/aTNBGF #
- WikiLeaks Turns to the News Media to Package the Information – http://nyti.ms/bdZyeU #
- 4 stages of a political movement, via Gandhi: “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” #fb #
- who is more tragic? Cutty, Bubs, or Randy? All heart wrenching character arc #RewatchingTheWire #
- Not to mention this scene, with the Pogues Body of an American… The Wire – Cole's wake http://youtu.be/JVznnoptsmM #
- Cole's long and impressive film career…references to "Mississippi Burning," "After Hours" and "The Corner," http://icio.us/3scbue #
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Reading Around on August 1st
Some additional reading August 1st from 19:08 to 21:26:
- The Wire Rewind: Season 3, Episode 3 – Dead Soldiers (Veterans edition) – HitFix.com – Tosha’s sparsely-attended wake, meanwhile, is shown in parallel with the sprawling drunken one the cops hold for the late Ray Cole. As mentioned previously in these reviews, Cole was played by “Wire” executive producer Bob Colesberry, who died unexpectedly before season three began. Cole’s long and impressive film career is alluded to in Jay Landsman’s eulogy (there are specific references to “Mississippi Burning,” “After Hours” and “The Corner,” which is where Simon and the late David Mills first teamed up with Colesberry).
- Southwest Says Mechanical Issues Are Beyond Its Control, But It’s Not as Bad as You Might Think – >> The Cranky Flier – Many of you have already heard that in its contract of carriage, Southwest has now decided that mechanical issues are outside the airline’s control. How do I know? Because I’ve received more email from readers on this issue than any other, I believe. It’s amazing how this has grabbed people’s attention. The reality of this, however, is not as dire as many are suggesting.
- Communautarisme: la démocratie contre la République – Jean-Paul Brighelli revient sur les récentes sortie de Nicolas Sarkozy sur les «Roms». Un signe de plus que désormais, sous couvert de diversité, on désigne les citoyens, on les trie, par communautés. Cela revient à pulvériser la République. (republished photo – swanksalot)