The president’s question touched upon a central conviction at Apple. It isn’t just that workers are cheaper abroad. Rather, Apple’s executives believe the vast scale of overseas factories as well as the flexibility, diligence and industrial skills of foreign workers have so outpaced their American counterparts that “Made in the U.S.A.” is no longer a viable option for most Apple products.
Some people jog away from their house every day, only to jog back. Others walk on a treadmill, expending energy to get nowhere. In both cases, it may appear to others that they’ve accomplished nothing, but they’ve chosen to do these seemingly redundant activities on a regular basis to incrementally improve themselves. And it works.

Have I mentioned that UCAS Apply has a huge list of salutations to choose from?

thesecondstar:

that’s so IB

foreveralone

GENIUS. “Overhaul your linen cupboard – store bedlinen sets inside one of their own pillowcases and there will be no more hunting through piles for a match.” (25 clever ideas to make life easier, via frigidparadigms)

GENIUS. “Overhaul your linen cupboard – store bedlinen sets inside one of their own pillowcases and there will be no more hunting through piles for a match.” (25 clever ideas to make life easier, via frigidparadigms)

jayparkinsonmd:

I love this Kickstarter project:

Many of the 12 million Americans living in recovery have found cooking to be a powerful ritual in their commitment to recovery. However, since the only effective treatment for alcoholism is total abstinence, cooking with wine is not an option. So the challenge is this: create a non-alcoholic cooking wine that retains the color, flavor, and aroma of wine without the alcohol.

They did it. Nice work. Let’s back them.

“Isn’t that what science is for?” —cflee, recently

sorosiwanders:

thedustdancestoo:

dead love.

I think I might like that.