Dec 2005, 209 entries
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stage one — over 2 years ago
erikbenson posted a photo:
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@ Consolidated Works (Sat 12/31) — over 2 years ago
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spirit squad — over 2 years ago
erikbenson posted a photo:
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Celebrate the 1 year anniversary of 43 Things — over 2 years ago
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brainstorming the next adventure — over 2 years ago
At lunch today we started thinking about our next adventures. That's the fun part about working on stuff that involves goals, it motivates you to start stepping up to some of your own. I want something bigger than a vacation, but not necessarily as epic as a year of traveling. Something with a mission other than to see places (though that's interesting too). I think spring might be the time to do it, once it warms up a bit. Some ideas I've got include:- vipassana meditation retreat: Don't talk for 10 days and see if I go insane or not (I might do this at the start to kick off a longer trip).
- couch-surfing around the US: Visit friends all over the country and sleep on their couches.
- 12 favorite places I haven't been: This is a multi-trip goal, to spend a couple weeks in each of 12 of my favorite cities/places... perhaps over the course of a couple years.
- trains: I love trains! Find a way to use trains to travel around the US, or Europe, or Asia.
- Ace Hotel: I just want to stay here for a couple days even though I live a few blocks from it. Anyone else want to join me for a one or two days? I'll probably get it for a week at some point and take the week off work and pretend like I'm visiting the city...ooh, and I'll probably ride the duck.
- wander: Choose a starting place and devise a system for choosing a place based on the zeitgeist at the current place.
Am I not thinking big enough? I want to think as big as possible without being ridiculous. Am I not thinking creatively enough? I want it to be something weird and special. Something that doesn't require much "travel planning" and which might end up changing me if not killing me. I like hot air balloons, walking, eating, swimming, being warm, eating weird food, getting lost, dancing, bars in swimming pools, the kindness of friends and strangers, and I want to have a pet monkey with me that wears an orange jumpsuit. I want something that involves both being alone a lot and also being around friends a lot and also sometimes making new friends. Cuba? Antarctica? Uganda? Smuggle myself into North Korea? Meet other Erik Bensons? Eat monkey brains (not my pet monkey's of course)? Roll in the grass in Kazakhstan? What makes life amazing that I haven't yet experienced? Let's go and step it up a notch. -
brainstorming the next adventure — over 2 years ago
At lunch today we started thinking about our next adventures. That's the fun part about working on stuff that involves goals, it motivates you to start stepping up to some of your own. I want something bigger than a vacation, but not necessarily as epic as a year of traveling. Something with a mission other than to see places (though that's interesting too). I think spring might be the time to do it, once it warms up a bit. Some ideas I've got include:- vipassana meditation retreat: Don't talk for 10 days and see if I go insane or not (I might do this at the start to kick off a longer trip).
- couch-surfing around the US: Visit friends all over the country and sleep on their couches.
- 12 favorite places I haven't been: This is a multi-trip goal, to spend a couple weeks in each of 12 of my favorite cities/places... perhaps over the course of a couple years.
- trains: I love trains! Find a way to use trains to travel around the US, or Europe, or Asia.
- Ace Hotel: I just want to stay here for a couple days even though I live a few blocks from it. Anyone else want to join me for a one or two days? I'll probably get it for a week at some point and take the week off work and pretend like I'm visiting the city...ooh, and I'll probably ride the duck.
- wander: Choose a starting place and devise a system for choosing a place based on the zeitgeist at the current place.
Am I not thinking big enough? I want to think as big as possible without being ridiculous. Am I not thinking creatively enough? I want it to be something weird and special. Something that doesn't require much "travel planning" and which might end up changing me if not killing me. I like hot air balloons, walking, eating, swimming, being warm, eating weird food, getting lost, dancing, bars in swimming pools, the kindness of friends and strangers, and I want to have a pet monkey with me that wears an orange jumpsuit. I want something that involves both being alone a lot and also being around friends a lot and also sometimes making new friends. Cuba? Antarctica? Uganda? Smuggle myself into North Korea? Meet other Erik Bensons? Eat monkey brains (not my pet monkey's of course)? Roll in the grass in Kazakhstan? What makes life amazing that I haven't yet experienced? Let's go and step it up a notch. -
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VENOM — over 2 years ago
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A new Miranda July story--another reason to love her — over 2 years ago
"What is the most terrifying thing that has ever happened to you? Did it involve a car? Was it on a boat? Did an animal do it? If you answered yes to any of these questions then I am not surprised. Cars crash, boats sink, and animals are just scary. Why n -
Return of cheers for subscriptions — over 2 years ago
So we just squeezed this fix in before we had to all head to the pub. More excitement tomorrow!
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Return of the subscriber count — over 2 years ago
We got the subscriber count back on your profile and your subscriptions page. Now we are trying to get all the subscribers resync’d (so that the count is accurate). This has a few new kinks that are making some old entries show us like they are new, but it is a one time thing (and might be fixed by the time you read this).
The good news is we’ve had the site up most of the day with a lot fewer errors. Thanks for rolling with the punches 43folks.
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Consuming "The Color of Money" — over 2 years ago
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Consumed "The Color of Money" — over 2 years ago
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Shipped: Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture — over 2 years ago
Shipped on 12/29/05.
Andy Warhol, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century (who also coined the immortal catchphrase "In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes"), gets the definitive treatment. This film includes a look into his inner circle and examines both his artistic and personal impact on society. From day-glo Marilyns and Elvises to Campbell Soup cans to the groovy 1960s and '70s, step into the limelight of the Warhol world. -
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Shipped: The Color of Money — over 2 years ago
Shipped on 12/29/05.
The hustler isn't what he used to be: "Fast" Eddie Felson (Oscar-winner Paul Newman) has given up pool for life as a liquor salesman. But then he meets Vincent (Tom Cruise), a cocky natural who makes a cue ball crack like a lightning bolt. Eddie takes Vincent under his wing and on the road, but are teacher and student destined to become competitors? -
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our foxes make the hideout magazine! — over 2 years ago
erikbenson posted a photo:
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@ Hideout (Wed 12/28) — over 2 years ago
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A story about "Secaucus" — over 2 years ago
by WrensI have no idea why this album isn’t available anymore. It is one great sequence of raw pop songs. It’s equal to, if not slightly superior to, their second album, Meadowlands. Clearly the universe’s order is flawed in some fundamental way.
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Subscriptions and stability — over 2 years ago
As the site has grown we’ve learned better ways to do things. The time is at hand to swap our old way of doing subscriptions (on 43 Things and 43 Places) to the new way (on 43 People). Soon we’ll be redirecting http://www.43things.com/zeitgeist/subscriptions to http://www.43people.com/subscriptions
What this ought to mean for the site(s) is better stability and fewer errors (oops pages). It will also mean that all subscription reading will happen on 43 People. It will take us a bit of time to work out the kinks, and oh, on the internet we all love change, but for some people this change probably will take some getting use to. The upside of a faster and more reliable site is likely worth the hassle.
In the new year we have a wicked plan (it’s called 6/6/6 internally) to make the site wicked fast.
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Planning stages. — over 2 years ago
Erik Benson added an entry about Work on my Secret Goal:
The secret goal is blossoming forth, surrounded by a halo of miniature side-projects that really have nothing to do with the secret bouquet in the center. It’s going to be an exercise of the will to keep this a secret, I think. I’m delighted.
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Why I want to consume "Status Anxiety" — over 2 years ago
by Alain de BottonIt has the best table of contents I’ve seen in a long time. Here it is:
CAUSES
I. Lovelessness…...3
II. Expectation…..11
III. Meritocracy….45
IV. Snobbery….....73
V. Dependence…....85SOLUTIONS
I. Philosophy…...105
II. Art….........121
III. Politics…...173
IV. Religion…....215
V. Bohemia…......265I love it. Now I must read it.
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