Esquire’s 75 Things Every Man Should Do : Here’s my favorites from the list:
Make a list of seventy-five things you to do before you die.
Drive the Great Ocean Road in Australia. Or the Pacific Coast Highway.
Make a perfect omelet.
Recognize the accomplishments of others.
Cultivate a reputation.
Carry a totem in your pocket. A watch, a badge, a medal, a poker chip, a silver certificate — for one year. Then give it away.
Help someone dig out.
Live outside the homeland.
Choose a word or phrase an actively work to never use it again.
Eat mussels in Bruges. One of my favorite foods.
Cook the same thing over and over again until you are known for it. The hardest part is picking something that’s versatile yet memorable. Stews, roasts, and comfort foods would work well.
Get very good at a sport that isn’t a sport. Discuss this with no one. Use it when the time comes. Rest assured, the time will come. When it does, don’t take over, don’t...
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1960s Braun Products Hold the Secrets to Apple’s...From: junesix.org
Post Date: 2008-01-21 11:58:00
1960s Braun Products Hold the Secrets to Apple’s Future
When you look at the Braun products by Dieter Rams—many of them at New York’s MoMA—and compare them to Ive’s work at Apple, you can clearly see the similarities in their philosophies way beyond the sparse use of color, the selection of materials and how the products are shaped around the function with no artificial design, keeping the design “honest.”
This passion for “simplicity” an...
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