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August 1, 2014
Do Your F*cking Tastebuds A Favor And Try Auntie Fee's Recipes
Her foulmouthed YouTube cooking show is for people who've had it with too-precious food porn.
"This is parsley--dried parsley. This muthafucka make any muthafuckin' thing taste good."
Forget Love: EHarmony Wants To Help You Find Your Next Boss
"Elevated Careers by eHarmony" wants to help you find a job situation for the long haul.
As hundreds of thousands of people know, dating site eHarmony is very good at pairing two people looking for love. Since launching in 2000, eHarmony has matched more than 600,000 married couples. As of May, it touts about 762,000 paying members.
Can An iPhone App Help A Short Guy Get Tall?
Co.Design's shortest writer puts himself on the digital rack. The results were not what he expected.
Confession: I'm short.
Apple's 1986 Fashion Line Has Become Fashionable For The First Time
1986's geekwear would fit into any Brooklyn bar today.
It's easy to forget that Steve Jobs had a few bad ideas. For instance, after visiting Sony in the 1980s and admiring the zealous, uniformed staff, he pitched Apple's own employees on adopting a mandatory look: a rip-stop nylon jacket, Survivorman-style with those unzippable sleeves that can make a vest. He was booed off the stage by his own staff.
Google Says People Are Submitting False Information In "Right To Be Forgotten" Forms
In an open letter to European agencies, Google highlights some of the problems it is facing handling 91,000 submission requests.
In an open letter to European data protection agencies, Google catalogs the major challenges it is facing with the European Union's controversial "right to be forgotten law," which allows EU citizens to request that specific links be removed from Google search results in order to preserve their privacy. Google began complying with the decision in June when it unveiled an official submission website, where users can fill out a detailed form to request the deletion of links to publishers, blog posts, social media, and more.
The Top 10 Pope-Approved Secrets To Happiness
Chances are your office is nothing like Vatican, but these tips for happiness are universal.
The group-selfie shooting, totally tweetable @Pontifex must be reading Fast Company, because he's come up with a list of his own happiness secrets.
The Badass Postal Service Branding That Could Have Been
Last year, the U.S. Postal Service updated its look, but killed one of the coolest parts first.
For about a year now, the U.S. Postal Service has been looking pretty good. Newly branded signage, mailers, and touchscreens have freshened up the USPS identity. But until this week, no one knew who did the work. New York studio GrandArmy has stepped forward to claim the project. And in doing so, the designers have revealed a part of the design process we rarely get to see: They've shared their original ideas for the rebranding--pieces of their work that USPS then altered, without further consulting the agency.
July 31, 2014
Portland Will Issue Permits For Airbnb Hosts (After Notifying The Neighbors)
The startup says it helped Portland generate $61 million in economic activity last year.
In a win for Airbnb, the city of Portland on Wednesday legalized short-term rental, allowing residents to rent out one or two bedrooms from private homes, and will begin issuing permits in September.
If You Are Ready To Chill The Hell Out, Follow @ChillSitch On Twitter Now ;)
"mom look these drums are on sale"
Twitter might not be dead, but it sure can be loud and obnoxious sometimes, often brimming with snark, faux-outrage, and boneheaded brand tweets. Small wonder that not long ago it was believed the median Twitter user possessed only one follower.
Glass Panel Pops Out Of 18th-Story Window, Reminding Us That Nothing Is Safe
The downside of great high-rise views? Falling walls of glass.
A part of a window fell off a high-rise office building this morning in midtown Manhattan, raining shards of glass down onto the street below and injuring three pedestrians.
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