Hello, I’m @hozea. I work @kowcher. This is my digital drawer, where I collect odd bits of quotes/information/stuff.Tumblr (3.0; @hozea)http://blog.kowcher.com/“Many an ecstatic moment has been ruined by biting into hot fried chicken. It should never be eaten piping hot. When fried chicken comes out of the oil, the steam-cooking inside the crust needs to be completed, the juices need to redistribute and the volcanic heat of the crust needs to subside.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/dining/making-fried-chicken-with-confidence.html">I Believe I Can Fry</a> by Julia Moskin (NYT)</em>http://blog.kowcher.com/post/50564896446http://blog.kowcher.com/post/50564896446Thu, 16 May 2013 16:00:11 +0800foodnytcookingchickenfriedquotes<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/85541889628166f1d72e563cdf11be2f/tumblr_mmu2tpOJye1qbd9oyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.kowcher.com/post/50487019676http://blog.kowcher.com/post/50487019676Wed, 15 May 2013 17:39:24 +0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f05cd829343274ef7e713ee86b4c503b/tumblr_mmikmmO9WH1qbd9oyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><span>We spare no details in creating our luxury tees. We use the finest materials and oversee every step of the process at our Los Angeles factory. See how we do it.</span></p> <p><a href="https://www.everlane.com/tee-factory">Everlane: How We Make The Perfect Tee</a></p> </blockquote>http://blog.kowcher.com/post/50000184524http://blog.kowcher.com/post/50000184524Thu, 09 May 2013 16:00:18 +0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/369fad1e922552dad2d0b4d1dbd42d0b/tumblr_mmhnd10oso1qbd9oyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/12/magazine/who-would-kill-a-monk-seal.html">Who Would Kill a Monk Seal?</a> (NYT)</p>http://blog.kowcher.com/post/49970955335http://blog.kowcher.com/post/49970955335Thu, 09 May 2013 08:00:21 +0800chartillustrationchartsanimalswildlifenyt“These companies have been happy to associate with hip-hop while turning a blind eye to some of the genre’s rougher edges, but at the same time they have remained at arm’s length, all the better to dispose of hip-hop artists once their liabilities outweighed their assets.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/08/arts/music/lil-wayne-and-other-rappers-run-afoul-of-propriety.html">Rap, Both Good and Bad for Business</a> By JON CARAMANICA (NYT)</em>http://blog.kowcher.com/post/49921561414http://blog.kowcher.com/post/49921561414Wed, 08 May 2013 16:00:21 +0800nytquotehiphopcompaniesbusinessendorsementWired: But don’t statistics show that the US is falling behind other developed countries?<br /> <br /> Gates: Yeah, we’re 20th. But don’t panic. We’re not destined to be number one in everything. Yes, we could be way, way, way better in education. But beating Singapore is asking for a lot. They’re pretty hardcore.http://blog.kowcher.com/post/49761297978http://blog.kowcher.com/post/49761297978Mon, 06 May 2013 16:00:21 +0800bill gateswiredQ&Asingaporeeducation<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d5a951e0da51d494c07afbbdd72e416b/tumblr_mm7vfalXY01qbd9oyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>at 日星鑄字行</p>http://blog.kowcher.com/post/49502881085http://blog.kowcher.com/post/49502881085Fri, 03 May 2013 17:52:22 +0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1b04e433a668a5b30eb003e8564ee378/tumblr_mlm2ouL4yf1qbd9oyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.kowcher.com/post/48528832783http://blog.kowcher.com/post/48528832783Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:22:06 +0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b8d648375e41a4db8c76ef650c99300b/tumblr_mlm2j3yZ6b1qbd9oyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.kowcher.com/post/48528582707http://blog.kowcher.com/post/48528582707Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:18:38 +0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/060dc2916f20499ba100159087621640/tumblr_mllejsNPRI1qbd9oyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.kowcher.com/post/48506083743http://blog.kowcher.com/post/48506083743Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:40:40 +0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/aeaa1b64b4bf8f411f41eaf79749381c/tumblr_mllefiTr6x1qbd9oyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.kowcher.com/post/48505965999http://blog.kowcher.com/post/48505965999Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:38:06 +0800<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/21867603?portrait=0" width="400" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://exp.lore.com/post/48246177345/james-gulliver-hancock-offers-an-intimate-look-at">explore-blog</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>James Gulliver Hancock</strong> offers an intimate look at his wonderful illustration project, <em><a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/04/10/all-the-buildings-in-new-york/">All the Buildings in New York</a></em>.</p> <p><em>(<a href="http://www.curatorscode.org">↬</a> <a href="http://www.doobybrain.com/2013/04/17/all-the-buildings-in-new-york/">Doobybrain</a>)</em></p> </blockquote>http://blog.kowcher.com/post/48315302335http://blog.kowcher.com/post/48315302335Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:00:38 +0800ArtdesignIllustrationNYCNew York Cityvimeovideo“<p>People like to say that the games press is just chasing page views with certain stories, but let’s be honest: We’re chasing page views with every story. This is the reality of the business. It takes so many page views and so many uniques to stay in business, you find yourself going after stories you know will be popular. You may pass up covering games that don’t have a large following. You may break one long story into two chunks to stretch it out. You do anything to get people to click.</p> <p>This system sucks, and many writers and editors involved with the system know it sucks. The writers who are often asked to create these stories know it sucks. You think you hate to read shit, imagine having to create shit that you know will do way more business than a well-researched and thought out story on a topic you’re passionate about. Now imagine making a pitiful amount of money for both stories. Is it any wonder so many talented writers leave the business?</p>”<br/><br/> - <em>Ad-blockers, the games press, and why sexy cosplay galleries lead to better reporting BY BEN KUCHERA (<a href="http://www.penny-arcade.com/report/article/ad-blocker-the-games-press-and-why-cosplay-galleries-lead-to-better-reporti">penny-arcade</a>)</em>http://blog.kowcher.com/post/48266232312http://blog.kowcher.com/post/48266232312Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:00:09 +0800PApenny arcadepresspage viewswebbusinessclickadvertisingeditorialwritingwritersquote“In his book “Debt: The First 5,000 Years,” the anthropologist David Graeber examines our history of debt and money, concluding, in part, that humans do not naturally tend toward impersonal, reciprocal exchange. Instead, exchange usually develops in cultures first as a part of a larger social and cultural ritual. One of the most compelling cultures Graeber profiles is the Tiv of West Africa, who have very particular rules about exchange. For starters, they believe that bringing an economic transaction to full completion is essentially immoral, or at least frowned upon, because it implies that one party doesn’t want anything to do with the other in the future. If a Tiv man or woman gives you a gift, you are supposed to respond with another gift of slightly greater or lesser value. The outstanding debt between the two of you is a signal that your relationship is going to continue. To respond with a gift of equal value would be to say implicitly that you wish to even things out and draw your relationship to a close.”<br/><br/> - <em>Why Would You Ever Give Money Through Kickstarter? by</em>http://blog.kowcher.com/post/47443932319http://blog.kowcher.com/post/47443932319Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:00:12 +0800debtgifthumansantropologyhumanexchangeeconomicsgiverelationship<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d2313843f0adcd4b45cf2c2fdb1f94d8/tumblr_mjywiydLp81qmaoalo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://reuters.tumblr.com/post/45841045791/heres-our-new-interactive-look-at-beijings">reuters</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://reut.rs/16JB8jl"><strong>Here’s our new interactive look at Beijing’s pollution problems.</strong></a> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>How was it made? This interactive is a composite of photographs showing air pollution levels in the sky over Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, from March 7-14, 2013. REUTERS/Wei Yao</span></p> </blockquote>http://blog.kowcher.com/post/46493341259http://blog.kowcher.com/post/46493341259Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:00:32 +0800chinabeijingphotophotographyphotographairpollutionphotographer<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/44f7ed3cfbbc1712b5bfe944c6e0a9e8/tumblr_mkb8g5mjM51qbd9oyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.kowcher.com/post/46409122378http://blog.kowcher.com/post/46409122378Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:19:17 +0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f74a899facb202ff53e7195b3826a737/tumblr_mk1l0p9xHB1qbd9oyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><em>The Urban Cave</em> is the powerful documentation of homeless men and women in West Harlem by <a href="http://www.fotovisura.com/user/Areese1230" target="_blank">Andrea Star Reese</a>. Formerly a filmmaker, Reese began this project when she enrolled in the photojournalism documentary photo program at <a href="http://www.icp.org/" target="_blank">ICP</a>. One of her assignments was to capture “New York Underground”, which consequently led her to a train tunnel nicknamed the Batcave.</p> <p>There she discovered a complex community of people; Chuck, Lisa, Krissy, Snow White and Country, that operated much like a family. Reese was allowed to witness their stories as a mutual trust was formed. She describes her images as a “response to the beauty of a place, a people, and the dignity, determination, and perseverance of this particular long-term homeless culture.” Reese captures a portrait of people, not an issue, and she is very specific about that. We would agree. (via <a href="http://www.featureshoot.com/2013/03/photographer-discovers-a-family-of-homeless-men-and-women-living-in-west-harlem/" target="_blank">featureshoot.com</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://blog.kowcher.com/post/45979394795http://blog.kowcher.com/post/45979394795Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:00:37 +0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bbed39716023f020e86ac5460e0befa6/tumblr_mjqqvlqcpL1qbd9oyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.kowcher.com/post/45482512970http://blog.kowcher.com/post/45482512970Sat, 16 Mar 2013 14:47:45 +0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8b77d357b672d54778d2ebb54c80ddf3/tumblr_mjp1u9seEY1qbd9oyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>Crazed patchwork of farms in Central Asia, a monochromatic 3D hallucination in the snow. — Chris Hadfield, Canadian Astronaut, currently living in space aboard ISS as Commander of Expedition 35 </p> (via <a href="https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/status/312325930829897728" target="_blank">@Cmdr_Hadfield</a>)</blockquote>http://blog.kowcher.com/post/45455462616http://blog.kowcher.com/post/45455462616Sat, 16 Mar 2013 08:00:25 +0800photophotographyspaceaerialastronautviewnature<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/00365a3f506f0c54b475a06b8022edd1/tumblr_mjnrc4nB9v1qat9xfo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/45348334449/poland-spring-water-mostly-doesnt-come-from">motherjones</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Poland Spring water mostly doesn’t come from Poland Spring, <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/03/bottled-water-poland-spring-rubio">and other magical mysteries of the bottled water industry</a>. Head = asplode.</p> </blockquote>http://blog.kowcher.com/post/45408421839http://blog.kowcher.com/post/45408421839Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:00:22 +0800waterbottledspringadvertisingtruthfalsebottlemarketing