Texting isn’t written language,” McWhorter told the audience at TED2013. “It much more closely resembles the kind of language we’ve had for so many more years: spoken language. - http://extraface.tumblr.com/post...
Once headed for a bland retirement within newspapers, the headline is making a striking comeback online, where tabloid come-ons increasingly convert to fame and fortune. - http://extraface.tumblr.com/post...
And then we come to the Beats by Dre Studios. These are, without question, the most popular high-end headphones out there. If you recognize them, you’ll see them everywhere. There isn’t a crowded public place I can go where I don’t see someone with Beats around their neck. Interesting, though, I never see anyone actually listening to them. Our... - http://extraface.tumblr.com/post...
One of the things I look for is hard to find, but when you find this person, they’re gold — it’s a person who can see in three dimensions. Q. Can you elaborate on what that means? A. When you ask them a question or give them a project, they come back and give you a lot more than what you asked them for. They give you a lot more questions to the... - http://extraface.tumblr.com/post...
Nike pulled an ad featuring him from its website. It showed him taking off for a run, and the words “I am the bullet in the chamber. - http://extraface.tumblr.com/post...
usnatarchives: On Valentine’s Day at 10 a.m. EST, we are releasing all of the 1934 love letters between Lady Bird and Lyndon from their whirlwind 10-week courtship. The letters are all digitized, transcribed, and will be available for download online via www.lbjlibrary.org. “Lyndon, my dear, do you want me to keep on loving you? Shall we keep on... - http://extraface.tumblr.com/post...
coolguyhat:
So Lou Ferigno, aka the guy who played The Hulk until The Avenger’s movie, decided to prove he’s better than pastors.
Real or not, awesome. - http://extraface.tumblr.com/post...
Dre put the headphones on, played In Da Club, and said “That’s the shit.” That’s all anyone needed. Beats By Dre was greenlit. - http://extraface.tumblr.com/post...
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Bez and Shaun Ryder of The Happy Mondays with various models during their stint as guest editors of Penthouse Magazine. 1991.
“Money, it’s gotta be the tambourine.” - http://extraface.tumblr.com/post...
Then it was time for one of the most incredible moments of my life. We came out from underneath the stands in single file, and there was a surge of deafening noise spreading outwards as the crowd spotted the Team GB colours. If I thought that was loud, I was in for a rude awakening as my name was announced on the start line. If I had clapped my... - http://extraface.tumblr.com/post...
High quality homemade bocadillo. Iberian prosciutto, black pepper and sorghum summer sausage, country French vinaigrette dressing and a few slivers of sharp cheddar, on an H & F pretzel roll. - http://extraface.tumblr.com/post...
High quality homemade bocadillo. Iberian prosciutto, black pepper and sorghum summer sausage, country French vinaigrette dressing and a few slivers of sharp cheddar, on an H & F pretzel roll. - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
rickwebb: david: Kroll Show The V, as it turns out, actually stands for nothing. DAD WINS. I think “Digital Versatile Disc” gained wide enough acceptance that that’s as close as there is to a meaning now, even though it’s a bacronym. Unrelated: “The Wi-Fi Alliance initially used an advertising slogan for Wi-Fi, “The Standard for Wireless... - http://extraface.tumblr.com/post...