TL;DR,
SUMMER IS NOT QUITTING ANYTIME SOON. HOW ARE YOU ALL FEELING? HOW IS LIFE LOOKING FOR YOU? HAVE YOU ALL BEEN GETTING OUT?
THIS ONE GOT OUT A FEW HOURS LATER THAN USUAL. I SWEAR THIS IS NOT A TEST ON YOU OUR BELOVED AUDIENCE, IT’S JUST BEEN PRETTY BUSY HERE AND THAT IS A GOOD THING. SPEAKING OF GOOD THINGS, WE ARE ALMOST AT THE PART OF THIS EMAIL THAT HAS ALL THE COOL LINKS TO CLICK ON. OH, AND AS ALWAYS.
WELCOME TO THE·BY·PRODUCT. A WEEKLY RECAP OF WHAT IS GOING DOWN & WHAT IS COMING UP ON THE INTERNET. LET GET TO IT.
CATEGORY: FEELING NORMAL
Haven’t you heard? Martinis, hotel bars, and seafood towers are back with a vengeance; the girlboss has been summarily dismissed in favor of the party girl and her artfully blurry photo dumps; meanwhile, living in Manhattan has turned into both micro-scene ethnography and high-wire act all at once. Meet a trio leading the charge in this Vanity Fair read. / Via SIC Weekly
CATEGORY: GETTING LUCKY
“Diligence is the mother of good luck” and “The harder I work the luckier I get”—these brisk aphorisms get pinned on Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, lest we earnest Americans forget that salvation comes only to individuals who work themselves to dust. Luckily there is a secret to being lucky. / Via Wired
CATEGORY: FEELING SAD
Time has been rough on all of us. Many things may make you feel like curling up in a corner and shutting down. We've all been there, little pepper. Cheer up! / Via Twitter
CATEGORY: LOOKING GOOD
John Malkovich seems to be in that category of actors who, despite their undisputed skill, always recite themselves, giving each character an imprint of their own personality. Malkovich, as well as Jeff Goldblum and Bill Murray, always brings in his roles the mixture of elegance, darkness and extravagance that has made him famous throughout his career. And his drip is undisputed. / Via NSS
CATEGORY: FEELING GOOD
The ice cream man is coming!!!! (in Method Man voice) Was there anything more exciting when you were growing up and hearing the ice cream truck? Well, Feel Good Delivers will bring those memories back but with your new favorite: cannabis products. Feel Good Delivers is a mobile dispensary located in Brooklyn.
Basically, it’s a mobile cart that moves around the Williamsburg area loaded with your favorite cannabis products, your childhood dream brought to adult tastes. A cool, modern, and, above all, practical concept. How cool is that? / Via Herb
CATEGORY: KEEPING QUIET
My hometown of New York City in the summer is a noisy place, especially if you don’t have money. The rich run off to the Hamptons or Maine. The bourgeoisie are safely shielded by the hum of their central air, their petite cousins by the roar of their window units. Aka the rich love silence.
But for the broke—the have-littles and have-nots—summer means an open window, through which the clatter of the city becomes the soundtrack to life: motorcycles revving, buses braking, couples squabbling, children summoning one another out to play, and music. Ceaseless music. / Via The Atlantic
CATEGORY: DROPPING THE BEAT
One of the most beloved media players to play MP3s was Winamp, which included retro skins and animated visualizations that synced with your music. There was no other application I loved more. It was perfect, it was small, and it had all my jams.
Winamp has released its first release candidate after four years in development, officially bringing the popular media player out of beta. Before music streaming platforms rose to prominence, we needed to rip our music from CDs and play the resulting MP3 files on a media player. / Via Bleeping Computer