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Katie West: Photographer | Bio
by karlcow
Katie West is from Toronto, Canada. She really loves her cats, Star Trek, dancing, monochromatic colour schemes, grocery shopping, sunny days, road trips, watching movies, and the smell of old books.
Sunday Browsing - First Look Blog - NYTimes.com
by karlcow
Of course, there are parts we can’t replicate: the satisfying crinkle of the paper; the circular stain of your coffee; the smell of newsprint.
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2008
Great American Writers and Their Cocktails : NPR
by sbrothier
Famous writers and drinks are inseparable, despite the price some paid for the vice. Ernest Hemingway loved the Mojito, William Faulkner had his mint juleps, and F. Scott Fitzgerald was convinced gin was the way to go (he thought its smell would be undetectable on his breath).
Hemingway & Bailey's Bartending Guide delves into the drinking habits of America's top writers to reveal their favorite cocktails. Steve Inskeep talks with author Mark Bailey and illustrator Edward Hemingway -- grandson of the writer -- about their new book.
Below are excerpts from the guide, including cocktail recipes, drinking stories and writers' famous passages about imbibing.
Top 10 Stinky Cheeses in the World
by cruz
"There are many types of stinky cheeses in the world and they all smell so bad that they make your dirty socks smell like expensive cologne. So picking the smelliest ones was no easy feat, but we’ve done it, so put on your gas-masks as we count down the top 10."
2007
Viacom's Flux: It's MyBlogLog for the cooler kids | Crave : The gadget blog
by mozkart
We reported on Thursday that MTV Networks was close to announcing plans for a new social network; later that night, Fortune unveiled more details of the project. This is a new Viacom (MTV Networks parent company) endeavor called Flux, which is growing out of what once was Tagworld. Rather than being a "destination" social network, Flux is a distributed platform of social-media features that will be installed on select Viacom niche sites (like the Subterranean Blog, which we pointed out in our original post). It's powered by Social Project, the company formerly known as Tagworld, which Viacom invested in last year.
What this really resembles is MyBlogLog, the start-up purchased by Yahoo that adds social-networking features to blogs by letting visitors see who else is reading a site. It appears that Flux, however, will have stronger social features; it also won't be restricted to MTV Networks. A note on Flux.com says the platform "is robust enough for large media companies, such as MTV Networks, and flexible enough for influencer blog sites like Aquarium Drunkard, Vinyl Pulse and X1." We smell advertising opportunities.
Some Viacom divisions are also launching smaller social-networking initiatives; MTV's Think MTV activism-oriented vertical site, for example, now allows interested users to sign up for the beta version of a community site. It's not clear whether these will be Flux-ified or not.
New Printer Smells Like a Rose
by Stargaser
Did you even wonder what printing pages feel like? They are warm from fuser heat and smell like… well, they, probably, smell of just fused toner. Boring, right? Now imagine if a page you got took from printer gives off fragrances of lavender or roses. Ladies and gentlemen, please meet a perfumed printer.
Vitamin Features » Wake up and smell the IE7!
by holyver
& 2 others
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In the second part of his series, Simon Griffin delves into the specifics of what IE7 means for your page content and styling.
2006
The Sense of Smell and Emotional Response
by mikatauno
Smell is a specialised chemical sense. It is interesting to note that the olfactory cells are the only place in the human body where the central nervous system is in direct contact with the external environment.
kriziaa_____________Flickr:
by decembre
Sensitive me. I love the smell of coffee, evening with friends and old films. Travelling and art is what I love. Generally I'm easy-going and I'm keen on meeting new friends. I have my little world and I take care of it. Do you wanna come on in? :) krizia
Blurb Beta
by springnet
mm, get a whiff of that new-account smell … you are now the proud owner of a shiny new Blurb membership. You'll get the official confirmation email within the hour – but feel free to start your book anytime
Summer House Draws Influencers to Spread the Word
by bluexmass
A Boston marketing firm, CerconeBrownCurtis, set up the Summer House, describing it in brochures as an ``experiential marketing opportunity" -- a place to position products in their natural settings where hard-to-reach editors can taste, touch, smell, tes
The sixth sense your place in space
by YukuanMark
In addition to the familiar five senses—touch, sight, smell, hearing, and taste—scientists know of a sixth sense called proprioception It 's the sense of where your body is in space that allows you to touch your nose even with your eyes closed. Propri
The Smell of Rain
by jasontromm
A young girl tells her mother of a surprising memory from early infancy--a 'loving scent' that could only be divine.
2005
YouTube - Kurt Hates Teen Spirit
by catalonestudio
(via)
Vous connaissez l'effet du pétage de cable à force de jouer... Kurt Cobain en fait une belle démo sur smell like teen spirit.
AI Alex - a chatbot
by parmentierf
(via)
Unlike other bots, Alex doesn't try to mimic a single personality. Every run creates a 'Genuine People Personality' with a different name, appearance, family, tastes in books and films, favourite colour and smell, least favourite colour and smell and different amounts of knowledge about books, films and geography. Every run is a new person!
