An amazing 37th birthday of bikes and geocaching and Italian ice and abandoned buildings and smiles for miles. Philadelphia has been so wonderful in just a short week. I feel my heart may explode with a season filled with memories!

11:55 am  •  22 May 2013  •  6 notes

“The practice of “matching” a story is an outdated one that still continues despite the fact we’re all now working with a medium that no longer requires it. If someone already reported the story, you’ve verified their story is correct, and you have nothing to move that story forward, write a brief and link to who did the legwork already. By all means, let your readers know about the story, lead them to it. Be a beacon for all news, not just your own. Then, move on and produce something of more value. Newsrooms are low on resources, apply those resources efficiently. Your 500 word re-write of the same article your “competitor,” as you call them, is un-necessary and a total waste of time.”

— Soup. (via nedhepburn)

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10:35 am  •  22 May 2013  •  57 notes

Girard Street

9:10 am  •  21 May 2013  •  2 notes

Putting my bike back together in Columbus, OH, in late 2010.

5:58 pm  •  19 May 2013  •  12 notes

alexblagg:

@alexblagg

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2:59 pm  •  19 May 2013  •  313 notes

An inspiring bit came to mind when talking with my friend Jesse:

Think back to mid 2007. That’s when the iPhone came out.

Now, in 2013 (just six years later) you can purchase smart phones in grocery stores.

Think early to early 2007. When you stood in line, you just stood in line. When you waited for the bus, maybe your listened to music.

All those downtime moments are now tied to “the web.” Sure, it’s apps like Facebook and Instagram and whatever else, but time that you weren’t spending online (lunch with friends, killing time at work is now spent online.

When I was younger I would be online at night. Get online around 9pm, fire up IRC, update my Geocities page.

Now I check Twitter from bed, look at maps in a new city, update my Tumblr from a coffee shop.

2:52 pm  •  19 May 2013  •  1 note

“It was the “night off.” I got into this room and the exhaustion hit me like a stick. I looked out the window at the cathedral and tried to urge myself out of the room, into the car and back to the old neighborhood, but soon realized that I wasn’t going anywhere.

This is what I want. I want total exhaustion from tasks that are outside of my skill set. I want my determination and anger to focus my energy. This is not an easy way to go, and it might not be good for one’s constitution, but at least I don’t feel old.”

— Henry Rollins: Why I’m Not Playing Music Anymore - Los Angeles - Music - West Coast Sound - Page 2

11:37 am  •  19 May 2013  •  1 note

Demolition in South Philadelphia, PA

4:47 pm  •  18 May 2013  •  3 notes

Ugly, but mine, and at a price too good to pass up.

2:18 pm  •  18 May 2013  •  7 notes

hjstory:

Love is… overcoming obstacles together!

See more of HJS at: http://tapastic.com/episode/6177

10:52 am  •  18 May 2013  •  548 notes