Architek Of Music And Life

startmeup: “Winter Solstice 2009 arrives at 12:47 PM today...

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:22:54 -0500

“Winter Solstice 2009 arrives at 12:47 PM today according to U.S. Naval Observatory data. The Winter Solstice 2009 is also the shortest day of the year. With a heavy blanket of snow on the ground, it seems clear that winter is here!

The Winter Solstice 2009 shortest day of the year is because the earth’s axial tilt is the farthest from the sun today. We have the least amount of daylight and the longest night on Monday, December 21, 2009.

The Winter Solstice 2009 is also referred to as “Yule”. For centuries, the Winter Solstice has been a celebration of harvest, wonder and magic. The shortest day of the year was always a time to gather and share. Centuries from the beginning of Winter Solstice, we celebrate the joy of Christmas.” via news.gather

More on the Winter Solstice here.

"It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness..."

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:01:41 -0500

“It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness and life to everything. Fine music is the essence of order and leads to all that is just and good, of which it is the invisible, but nevertheless dazzling, passionate and eternal form.”

- Plato (via suzywire)

architectureblog: happyinlove: kari-shma: Verdura Resort by...

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:06:16 -0500

architectureblog:

happyinlove:

kari-shma:

Verdura Resort by Olga Polizzi and Flavio Albanese

Atlanta Tumblr...

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:01:45 -0500

Atlanta Tumblr Meetup

rmpenguino:

thomaswheatley:

meth:shorterexcerpts:grizzlby:kylecooper:yourbeloved:pervywanker:

Hey guys! I’ve been noticing that ATL people wanted a meet up so me (Nikki) & Gaelon decided to put one together. I don’t know a lot of ATL people so if you guys could reblog this it would be great

Ice Skating at Centennial Olympic Park
Date: Sat. January 16th, 2010
Time: 3:00p
Place: Centennial Olympic Park
Price: $7 and free to watch

The food court at the CNN Center is open until 8pm on Saturday so afterwards we can eat since I’m sure people will be hungry.

If you have any questions (i.e., directions), suggestions, comments, or want to help just email me at msmeikle09@gmail.com or AIM me at certifiedotaku (if it says I’m not on, I’m just invisible lol)

Aw. Yay! :)

I’m not promising I won’t bring a flask of whiskey and spike some hot chocolate.

Just sayin’.

i missed out on one in L5P a few months ago, but this one i think i can do. hooray!

I can wear my new aero-dynamic, flesh-toned bodysuit and meet people! Two birds, one stone, huzzah!

The Significant Objects Project

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:26:00 -0500

rmpenguino:

roomthily:

The auctions were part of the Significant Objects Project, an experiment designed to test the hypothesis that “narrative transforms the insignificant into the significant.” Or, put differently, the goal was to determine whether you could take an object worth very little and make it worth much more by giving it a story, by endowing it with meaning.

To that end, the project’s originators – NY Times columnist Rob Walker and author Josh Glenn – bought up 100 unremarkable garage sale knickknacks for no more than a few dollars each, and then had volunteer writers whip up fictional back stories for them. This, they thought, would up the trinkets’ objective value.

They were right. Whereas the objects had cost Walker and Glenn a total of $128.74 to buy, the same trinkets netted a whopping $3,612.51 on eBay when paired with stories.This Russian figurine, for example, came with the original price tag of $3 but sold for $193.50. And this kitschy toy horse made the leap from $1 to $104.50. (See also:$76 shot glass, $52 oven mitt, $50 jar of marbles)

The results may seem surprising, but this is actually something we see all the time. It’s the basic idea behind the endowment effect, the theory that once we own something, its value increases in our eyes. (In one study, Kahneman, Knetsch and Thaler (1990) randomly divvyed up participants into mug owners and buyers, and found that whereas owners requested around $7 for their mugs, the buyers would only pay an average of $3.)

via Predictably Irrational

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Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:19:58 -0500

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loveyourchaos: source unknown

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:10:38 -0500

loveyourchaos:

source unknown

"No matter how careful you are, there’s going to be the sense you missed something, the collapsed..."

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:48:39 -0500

“No matter how careful you are, there’s going to be the sense you missed something, the collapsed feeling under your skin that you didn’t experience it all. There’s that fallen heart feeling that you rushed right through the moments where you should’ve been paying attention. Well, get used to that feeling. That’s how your whole life will feel some day. This is all practice. None of this matters. We’re just warming up.”

- Chuck Palahnuik, Invisible Monsters (via quotewhore)