“While many people are convinced that how they read an email is the only way it can be read, the truth is, how we read a text, or view a work of art, often says more about ourselves than it does about the message or the messenger.”.

“All of our communications, online and in real-time, are filled with projections.
We perceive the world through our expectations, needs, desires, fantasies, and feelings, and we project those onto other people.

For example, if we expect people to be critical of us, we perceive other people’s communication as being critical – it sounds critical to us even though it may not be.”.

(Kali Munro. Conflict in Cyberspace: How to Resolve Conflict Online.
From The Psychology of Cyberspace, by John Suler.)

“We All Need Help Sometimes”.

“Millions of thank you’s to you.”.

Above: Hoops & Yoyo, “A Million Thanks”, Flash animation, frame detail. (by Hallmark)

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“The Dyane 6 does 70 miles an hour for as long as you want. An oil cooler looks after the life of her engine.”. “No water pump, no head gaskets, no pipes, no distributor. And you never need anti-freeze because she’s air cooled.”. “You keep Dyane outside. You don’t need a garage, and Dyane is ready to go all times in all weather.”. “You won’t find any useless gadgets or switches on Dyane, but you will find all essential controls carefully placed and well within reach.”. “This is no minicar. There’s plenty of room inside. Remember, too, that the Dyane Weekend has a folding sunroof.”. “If you happen to see another Dyane riding over pavé, watch her closely: it’s quite spectacular.”.

Citroen Dyane: the brochures from 1967 to 1984, from citrobe.org by Jose Biesbrouck:
“An homepage about the Citroen 2cv and Mehari cars with a lot of pictures of converted ones, a restoration manual, entirely scanned brochures of the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and 80’s, …and much more.”.

Above: Dyane come… (Dyane as…), 1978, italian brochure cover, detail.

“It’s called Cross Sums in the USA, Kakuro in the UK, and Kakro in Japan.”.
(from kakuropuzzle.com)

“Works as crosswords, but the givens are substituted with sums.
You can use numbers from 1 to 9.”.
(Vegard Hanssen from menneske.no)

“Kakuro has clues both across and down.
When you put numbers in the vacant squares, the sum must equal the given clues.
Just like a sudoku, you cannot have the same number in a row or column.”.
(from kakuro.cc)

– “What’s the message of your videos?” – “Up to you. I’m just dancing.”

Where the Hell is Matt?. By Matt Harding, “that guy who dances on the internet”.

Above: Dancing (2006), opening sequence. Location: Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.

Music: Sweet Lullaby by Deep Forest.

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The Social Issues Research Centre Guide to Flirting.

“Research has also shown that men have a tendency to mistake friendly behaviour for sexual flirting.
This is not because they are stupid or deluded, but because they tend to see the world in more sexual terms than women.

There is also evidence to suggest that women are naturally more socially skilled than men, better at interpreting people’s behaviour and responding appropriately.
Indeed, scientists have recently claimed that women have a special diplomacy gene which men lack.”.

“Yugo Nakamura is a creative director, designer and engineer exploring various forms of interactive system in digital and networked environment. Yugo has exhibited and lectured in Asia, U.S.A and Europe. Some artworks from his personal website yugop.com have recenly been shown at Center Pompidou (Paris), Kunstlerhaus (Vienna), Design Museum (London). His commercial works have received many international awards including Cannes Lions, OneShow, Clio Award, and NY ADC.”.

Above: Clockblock 1.0, web clock and screensaver, detail.

See also: Industrious clock.

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Why Should I Care What Color the Bikeshed Is?

“The really, really short answer is that you should not.

This is a metaphor indicating that you need not argue about every little feature just because you know enough to do so.
Some people have commented that the amount of noise generated by a change is inversely proportional to the complexity of the change.”.
(Poul-Henning Kamp)

Tip: refresh the page to change the background color.

(This is the post number 100).

I always liked to imagine myself working in a radio, playing records.
In my imagination, this radio is a quiet and little room, isolated and nearly dark, where only a single person can stay: with a table lamp, just to read the titles.

As I said, I used to imagine me there, in a dim light, with my records.
I have usually thought, also, that I would not like to speak so much. Indeed, I would rather try to speak less than possible.

Speaking to fill the time, I don’t know how to deal with this. This need that certain style, and it seems to me to add uselessly things, things just explain themselves.
Actually, I never worked in a radio. I have this site.
(Andrea Pacquola)

The 48 Laws of Power (Robert Greene and Joost Elffers).

Collection of cynical business laws, for example:

Law 19

Know Who You’re Dealing with – Do Not Offend the Wrong Person

“There are many different kinds of people in the world, and you can never assume that everyone will react to your strategies in the same way. Deceive or outmaneuver some people and they will spend the rest of their lives seeking revenge.”.