Hi. My Name is James Gross

(via A Percolate Monday in Photos | Blog @ Percolate) Pretty...

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:29:44 -0500

(via A Percolate Monday in Photos | Blog @ Percolate)

Pretty damn excited about what we are doing at Percolate. Including squats.

(via How Much Would it Cost to build the Death Star? | Centives)

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:55:55 -0500

(via How Much Would it Cost to build the Death Star? | Centives)

Best thing about the recession is we ate less sugar during it....

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:14:53 -0500

Best thing about the recession is we ate less sugar during it.

(via Whole Health Source: By 2606, the US Diet will be 100 Percent Sugar)

The Love Competition. (via The Love Competition on Vimeo)

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:57:20 -0500

The Love Competition.

(via The Love Competition on Vimeo)

Soviet space propaganda posters. (via Soviet Space Propaganda...

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:47:30 -0500

Soviet space propaganda posters.

(via Soviet Space Propaganda Posters, 1958-1963 | Retronaut)

"But I think there are a couple of key saving graces to New York that prevent it from being the..."

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:03:44 -0500

“But I think there are a couple of key saving graces to New York that prevent it from being the source of annoyance that SF has become to me personally: it’s too big of a city to be dominated by any one industry, culture, or peer group; and it’s historically a place that resists ever allowing you to feel like you’re special.”

- Sci-Fi Hi-Fi

Slater turns 40. (via Eleven-time ASP world champ Kelly Slater...

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:08:42 -0500

Slater turns 40.

(via Eleven-time ASP world champ Kelly Slater turns 40 - ESPN)

soupsoup: reuters: Today we launched Social Pulse, our new...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:00:59 -0500

soupsoup:

reuters:

Today we launched Social Pulse, our new social media hub on Reuters.com designed to show you the most talked-about news, companies and influencers across the Web.

Have a look around the new Social Pulse | Read an introduction from Alex Leo

Very excited about this, especially the new Reuters Twitter Directory. This is Alex Leo’s baby, awesome job by her and for all the work she does putting together our social products.

I feel very lucky that I get to work with Alex everyday, she’s completely awesome.

We love working with Reuters. Another example of it. Go team.

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Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:39:59 -0500

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"Robbing my mothers box of plums and sugar"

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:12:00 -0500

“Robbing my mothers box of plums and sugar”

- #25 Robbing my mothers box of plums and sugar -19 Year-Old Isaac Newton’s List of Sins

19-Year-Old Isaac Newton’s List of Sins | Brain Pickings

"Wade loses about five pounds per game, so his postgame meal tends to be as important - if not more..."

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:33:07 -0500

“Wade loses about five pounds per game, so his postgame meal tends to be as important - if not more so - than the pregame one. Ingraham tends to keep things simple: chicken breast, turkey breast, that sort of thing. On occasion, he says he’ll make one of Wade’s former favorites as a treat, but for the most part Wade sticks to the better choices.”

- that’s a lot of weight.

Heat star Dwyane Wade changing diet, and seeing benefits - NBA - SI.com

Big swell coming.

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:08:43 -0500

Big swell coming.

Slater’s front side 360 against Taj Burrow in NYC was...

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:52:58 -0500

Slater’s front side 360 against Taj Burrow in NYC was awesome to see live. Surfer Magazine puts together the best heats of 2011.

(via Best Heats of 2011 | SURFER Magazine)

(via 27 Top Photos From 2011 - Triathlete.com)

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:40:20 -0500

(via 27 Top Photos From 2011 - Triathlete.com)

"In ancient Greek writing, the ‘essence’ of a baby was provided by the ‘universal seed stuff’ of the..."

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:47:28 -0500

“In ancient Greek writing, the ‘essence’ of a baby was provided by the ‘universal seed stuff’ of the male. This procreative ingredient was derived from animal spirit, a physiological material necessary for muscular activity. The animal spirit was manufactured from arterial blood at the base of the brain and was transferred to all parts of the body through the nerves”

- Brain in your medieval pants « Mind Hacks

Sugar, Aspartame and MSG is killing you. It will also make you...

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:24:10 -0500

Sugar, Aspartame and MSG is killing you.

It will also make you miserable while you are alive.

Dr Russell Blaylock Nutrition and Behavior

Top 5 Articles of 2011

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:00:00 -0500

A Q&A With A Vacuum Cleaner Salesman | The Awl

Written in 2010. So funny. So sad. So perfectly captures the struggle of trying to live the American Dream.

Rodrigo Rosenberg’s Murder in Guatemala : The New Yorker

Felt like watching The Wire. You were just reading it.

Steve Jobs Was Always Kind To Me (Or, Regrets of An Asshole) | The Wirecutter

I remember when Lam wrote his first post about meeting Jobs when he was at Gizmodo. I also remember the iPhone 4 drama as it unfolded and finally how Lam wrote this story on the night Jobs died. It just got me and is one of the last things I’ve read that is directly related to Jobs. I don’t want to read anything else on him for awhile.

California and Bust | Business | Vanity Fair

Total Michael Lewis. His depiction of Arnold made me love and hate him at the same time. The rest of the story, well, damn California, I hope they can work it out.

Consumed The Story of Hendrik Coetzee | Outside Athletes | OutsideOnline.com

Crazy story about a guy that beat to a different drum. Found his fellow drummer and was expecting to live happily ever after.

Bonus

Kelly Slater and Andy Irons, Surfing Rivals - New York Times

This story is 5 years old but it is a good one that I didn’t read it till the beginning of this year. I became a bit obsessed with Irons since his death in November of 2010. I guess I’m intrigued by people that have trouble getting older and also people that feel they’ve lost their competitive edge. I hope Irons found peace in the end.

I’m equally intrigued by Slater. The man who has never lost his competitive edge and is straight as hell but the competitive demons, I’m sure, make for late nights of thinking and he seems to be a loner. He won another championship this year. My biggest takeaway from watching him this year is he simply doesn’t seem to age. Pretty amazing and equally amazing that for a good-looking, American born athlete, he remains largely unknown by the general population. Slate tried to understand why he isn’t more popular in this article back in 2010.

"There’s an economic theory out there that if you take the incomes of your five closest friends and..."

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 09:32:50 -0500

“There’s an economic theory out there that if you take the incomes of your five closest friends and average them, the resulting number will be pretty close to your own income.”

- How To Steal Like An Artist by Austin Kleon

caro: kenyatta: Brooklyn Shake Shack Now Open, With Three...

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:48:50 -0500

caro:

kenyatta:

Brooklyn Shake Shack Now Open, With Three Brooklyn-Only Concretes: Gothamist

The Brooklyn Shake Shack, located at 409 Fulton Street between Willoughby & Adams, is open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. (718) 307-7590

…the “Urban LumberShack” blends vanilla custard with fried Belgian waffles, bananas and The Redhead’s bacon peanut brittle. The creamy banana paired with the crunchy, salty brittle and crisp waffles made for a nice contrast, but we would reserve this flavor only for the diehard sweet tooths…

#iwanttogotothere

Uh, wow.

McDonald’s is the new punk.

(via 25 Most Popular Photo Galleries Of 2011 - Triathlete.com)

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:44:42 -0500