December 17, 2011 • 28 notes • redshirtnumberfive
this is quality.

this is quality.

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September 22, 2011
‘Don’t think that you can make up for it by working twice as hard tomorrow. If you have it within your power to work twice as hard, why aren’t you doing it now?’
John Wooden
September 21, 2011 • 6 notes

iPhone 5 in October?

Rumours are spreading on the internet that the iPhone 5 will be unveiled on Tuesday 4th October as Tim Cook, Apple’s new CEO, will be holding a media event.

This has fuelled speculation that the smart-phone will be available to buy towards the end of October.

One company which will not welcome this news is Blackberry. With sales declining year on year and the iPhone 5 set to be the best selling iPhone to date, we may be seeing the beginning of the end of Blackberry. Between April - May 10.6 million Blackberry units were sold compared to the 20 million units Apple sold with 66% of iPhone users will more than likely purchase the iPhone 5.

Will you be purchasing the new iPhone? Are you a current Apple user or are you going to move away from your current smart-phone? I will, without doubt, be purchasing the new iPhone 5. I have been able to upgrade my phone since April and I have been holding out for this announcement so I am looking forward to what the media event will bring.

September 14, 2011

tweetbook

Facebook has just announced it is to launch a subscribe button that lets you see the status updates of other people, even if they are not your Facebook friends. It works exactly the same as following someone on twitter.

This addition has good and bad points but I feel, overall, this will not be received well. I am biased as I am a huge twitter fan. I used to be a regular Facebook user but I find twitter so much more easier to use and enables you to connect with so many people you may not know in an instant.  Because of this, I cannot remember the last time I logged on to my Facebook account.

The good points, or should I say (as I can only think of one) the good point of the subscribe button is that you will be able to attract a large audience. Companies and brands use Facebook as a tool to connect with people and with this new addition, their potential audience is now even bigger.

The Bad points. Facebook has had plenty of bad press over the years regarding privacy concerns and this will only add to them. Facebook, as opposed to twitter, is based on close relationships. Your close circle of friends. But now your private thoughts are there for all to see.

So what do you think? Is this a wise move from Facebook? Are they really thinking of the safety of their users or are they doing what they can to compete with twitter? All I know is that I won’t be updating my status about it.

September 11, 2011 • 1,556 notes • life
life: Ten years after September 11, 2011, images of the deadliest attacks ever launched on American soil have lost none of their power to stun, appall, enrage, and devastate. The United States had experienced nothing like it since Pearl Harbor, and even that assault did not share the profoundly sinister air of having been aimed — clearly, murderously — at civilians. To mark and perhaps, in a small way, lend coherence to our remembrance, LIFE.com curated this collection of 911 photographs. And so here they are: images you remember; images forgotten, or never seen; moments great and small from New York, Washington, and cities around the world as the scale of the cataclysm grew unspeakably clear. This is 9/11 — 911 Photographs of 9/11

life:

Ten years after September 11, 2011, images of the deadliest attacks ever launched on American soil have lost none of their power to stun, appall, enrage, and devastate. The United States had experienced nothing like it since Pearl Harbor, and even that assault did not share the profoundly sinister air of having been aimed — clearly, murderously — at civilians.

To mark and perhaps, in a small way, lend coherence to our remembrance, LIFE.com curated this collection of 911 photographs. And so here they are: images you remember; images forgotten, or never seen; moments great and small from New York, Washington, and cities around the world as the scale of the cataclysm grew unspeakably clear. This is 9/11 — 911 Photographs of 9/11

August 12, 2011 • 4,245 notes • cool-ass-shit
Watch the Throne.

Watch the Throne.

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August 9, 2011 • 1 note • jrsherriff

The power of social media

Riots spreading across the country have dominated the news for the last 4 days.  Social networking outlets such as Twitter, Facebook and Blackberry Messenger (BBM) and been brought into question over their role played in this terrible situation.

The initial riots in London were apparently organised using BBM, a one-to-many messenger service, and concerns have been raised and some have suggested these networking sites be restricted or even shut down.

Closing down or monitoring these sites will not stop these criminals, these mindless thugs.  If these sites actually were to shut down now these thugs still have other ways of communicating.  What will we blame the riots on next? texting or face to face conversation!?

The information to be gained from these networking sites can help resolve this situation and this is what we should be focusing on. Not trying to close them down because of the idiotic actions of so few.  People are exchanging videos and photos in order to expose these thugs in hope they will be arrested, nowhere else could this information be spread so quickly.  It has also shown just how many people have been disgusted by the riots and just how much support the police and all the people in the worst affected areas have.

The best example I can give of the power of social media is the clean up projects which have been organised all over the country within the last 24 hours.  hashtags have been used and brought thousands of people together to help clean up the streets.  #riotcleanup account has been set up which you can follow to show support or get involved if you can and it has already got almost 50,000 followers.

The police and the government should be taking advantage of the likes of Twitter and Facebook and the information which can be gained from these sites and realise it can be used to their advantage.  If using these sites can help stop riots and arrest criminals, I’m all for it.

August 3, 2011

Aloe Blacc - Billie Jean

Dudes got an amazing voice.

July 24, 2011 • 1,015 notes • life
life: Russell Brand, a former addict, and friend of Winehouse when she was an unknown talent, wrote this tribute to express his sadness over Winehouse’s death on his website: “Now Amy Winehouse is dead, like many others whose unnecessary deaths have been retrospectively romanticised, at 27 years old. Whether this tragedy was preventable or not is now irrelevant. It is not preventable today. We have lost a beautiful and talented woman to this disease. Not all addicts have Amy’s incredible talent. Or Kurt’s or Jimi’s or Janis’s, some people just get the affliction. All we can do is adapt the way we view this condition, not as a crime or a romantic affectation but as a disease that will kill. We need to review the way society treats addicts, not as criminals but as sick people in need of care. We need to look at the way our government funds rehabilitation. It is cheaper to rehabilitate an addict than to send them to prison, so criminalisation doesn’t even make economic sense. Not all of us know someone with the incredible talent that Amy had but we all know drunks and junkies and they all need help and the help is out there. All they have to do is pick up the phone and make the call. Or not. Either way, there will be a phone call.” read the entire tribute here. Drugs and booze seem to go hand in hand with stardom, as we’ve seen far too many times— Russell is best known as the foulmouthed British comedian. He is a former sex and heroin addict who quit his habits after being caught doing drugs in a bathroom at a Christmas party. He’s been clean and sober since 2002. see more — Stars Who Beat Addiction wonderfully written tribute to Amy.

life:

Russell Brand, a former addict, and friend of Winehouse when she was an unknown talent, wrote this tribute to express his sadness over Winehouse’s death on his website:

“Now Amy Winehouse is dead, like many others whose unnecessary deaths have been retrospectively romanticised, at 27 years old. Whether this tragedy was preventable or not is now irrelevant. It is not preventable today. We have lost a beautiful and talented woman to this disease. Not all addicts have Amy’s incredible talent. Or Kurt’s or Jimi’s or Janis’s, some people just get the affliction. All we can do is adapt the way we view this condition, not as a crime or a romantic affectation but as a disease that will kill. We need to review the way society treats addicts, not as criminals but as sick people in need of care. We need to look at the way our government funds rehabilitation. It is cheaper to rehabilitate an addict than to send them to prison, so criminalisation doesn’t even make economic sense. Not all of us know someone with the incredible talent that Amy had but we all know drunks and junkies and they all need help and the help is out there. All they have to do is pick up the phone and make the call. Or not. Either way, there will be a phone call.”

read the entire tribute here.

Drugs and booze seem to go hand in hand with stardom, as we’ve seen far too many times— Russell is best known as the foulmouthed British comedian. He is a former sex and heroin addict who quit his habits after being caught doing drugs in a bathroom at a Christmas party. He’s been clean and sober since 2002.

see more — Stars Who Beat Addiction

wonderfully written tribute to Amy.

July 24, 2011

Amy Winehouse - one of the most important artist’s to come out of the UK.

Some artists have careers spanning decades and can only dream of having the success Amy Winehouse had in only 8 years and producing only 2 albums.

The album Amy will be remembered for most is 2006’s Back to Black. It sold millions in the UK and in America, got nominated for 6 grammy awards (of which she won 5 equaling the most grammy’s won by a female artist in a single night) and was one of the biggest selling albums in the UK of the 21st century. She also won 3 Ivor Novello awards for her song writing. That’s an impressive CV indeed.

But most recently all we have heard about Amy is her very public drug and alcohol problems and on-off relationship with Blake Fielder-Civil.  Some say Blake is at fault for these problems, starting Amy on the path to her addictions.  No doubt Blake would have had an influence but you can’t lay the blame entirely at Blakes door. Addiction is a disease and no matter how many people try to help you, if you don’t want to do it for yourself, there is no hope. Hopefully now she will be at peace.

Amy had huge success in the UK and across the pond.  Not many UK artists have cracked America, some have tried and failed, but Amy did it with ease.  With her soulful music she has paved the way for similiar artists in Duffy and Adele who have also had great success in America.

Her music was loved by millions and you only need to go on to twitter and see all the tributes to see how many fans she had.  She was such a talented individual and it is such a waste that her career has ended at the young age of 27.  I just hope that she is remembered, like I want to remember her, for her great music.  The beauty of music is that it is timeless and generations to come will get to hear her for what she really was, a truly amazing artist.