I often find that advice is something you can give but rarely something that will divert a set path or direction. It’s like an airbag in a frontal-impact car crash test. It protects the crash test dummy but the car still needs to crash for the test to be deemed as succesfull.
We learn from our own mistakes, not the notions of others. So personally, in most cases I don’t think it’s much else you can do than to help afterwards.
Advice
Square1 Holdall / Campfire
The lovely people over at Hard Graft just keep releasing wonderful products. As the bag-o-holic that I am, Square1 Holdall / Campfire simply was a must.
Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland and London
I’m currenly having a short break. The break is initiated by the idea of running a marathon and the opportunities that arose of the back of that.
The marathon is in Seattle at the end of this month. So leading up to it I’m here in LA visiting friends and preparing for the race.
Above photo was snapped with my iPhone during my morning run here in LA. It’s absolutely amazing conditions for running — nice temperature, flat track, fresh sea breeze.
I just got back from a relaxed 20k run. Had an average pace of 5.44 min/km and finish time on 1:54:37. The same pace I’m aiming for at the marathon.
After Seattle and the marathon I will head over to Portland and visit a few friends over there before heading over for a long weekend and relaxing in London.
Grado Labs SR325
Last time I bought a pair of new headphones was back in 2007. That time around I swapped my Grado Labs SR60 for a pair of Bose QuietComfort 3. This time around, I’m swapping back to a pair of Grado Labs. Model SR325.
HOPE
I’m running Seattle marathon in the end of this month. In preparation for the event I have lost a bit of weight and I find a lot of my cloths are a bit lose. Shirts works fine, but I have ran out of holes in my belt and all my trousers slips down my butt all the time.
So at lunch-time today i nipped out and bought a new pair of trousers. I settle for the Beuys model from HOPE.
They are absolutely lovely.
They are in the same vain as couple of other trousers I own. Like a few from Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair or even a few of my Bokicabo (blogged about my first pair here). The one from HOPE, though, are a tad bit less “out there”.
P.S the photo above is not me.
I’ve not gone that thin.
W+B
Cool interior space nicely captured by photographers John Bendtsen and Joachim Wichmann aka W+B.
Source: iainclaridge.co.uk
Via: blog.hardgraft.com
The Ropes at Disney
“If you unwittingly slip off the beam, it will give you painless nudge in the right direction. Please read it carefully.”
In 1943, Walt Disney Productions’ personnel department set out to eliminate confusion for the company’s workforce with the publication of an employee handbook titled The Ropes at Disney. It was an effort to reconcile the need for organizational order with Disney’s effort to craft an image of an informal, irreverent, fun employer who seeks to “maintain a friendly relationship between Company and employee” (but, apparently, deems only the former worthy of capitalization). Source
Below are some images. For more, visit the ‘Source’ link above, or head over to this Google document
Focused
Sometime in early November, Florida photographer Chip Litherland will load five 35mm cameras with color film, carefully pack them into shipping cases, and mail them to five different photographers around the globe. Each photographer who receives a camera will be challenged to shoot just one picture before they have to ship the camera on to someone else.
Assuming they aren’t lost in the mail or ruined by curious customs agents, the cameras will eventually pass through the hands of 200 photographers on a round-the-world journey.Source