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RIP Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs presses Ctrl+Cmd+Opt+Esc at 56. He will be sadly missed.
A Tip To Follow
At least once in a while.
Quote of the Day | 2011, Oct. 5
Laszlo Bock on Passion, Not Perks (Google’s Think Quarterly)
We spend more time working than we do on almost any other activity in our lives. People want all that time to mean something.
Quote of the Day | 2011, Oct. 4
Daniel Kahneman on Why Do Sandwiches Taste Better When Someone Else Makes Them?
When you make your own sandwich, you anticipate its taste as you’re working on it. And when you think of a particular food for a while, you become less hungry for it later. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, for example, found that imagining eating M&Ms makes you eat fewer of them. It’s a kind of specific satiation, just as most people find room for dessert when they couldn’t have another bite of their steak. The sandwich that another person prepares is not “preconsumed” in the same way.
Brucetellers
A book full of emotions and feelings inspired by the art and work of Bruce Springsteen
Pistoia (Italy), September 2011
It all started with the idea of remembering a young friend, fervid Springsteen fan, and passionate youth basketball coach. Shortly after, a bunch of friends began contacting the vast and diverse world of Springsteen italian fans. 90 of them rose to the challenge: journalists, writers, musicians, designers, photographers, lutists, graphologists, collectors and ordinary fans: all with a common passion for Bruce, the experience of several dozens of concerts around the world and a wealth of stories and anecdotes with the rocker of Freehold as common trait. The result is a collection of short stories, photos, and pictures that will be published under the aegis, approval and support of the Municipality of Pistoia and its Provincial Administration. The book will be the first volume of a new series of publications which will celebrate the the forty years of activity of the Associazione sportiva e culturale Silvano Fedi di Pistoia.
Brucetellers (240 pages, Euro 13, published by Edizioni Nuove Esperienze) will be released on October 22. All the proceeds will be donated to the Meyer Children Hospital Foundation in Florence. The book presentation will be held the same day during a live music event at the Piccolo Teatro Bolognini in Pistoia.
Among the contributors, Vini Lopez (Springsteen’s first drummer), Massimo Bubola, Cristina Donà, Marino Severini (Gang), Graziano Romani, Ermanno Labianca, Stefano Mannucci, Marco Denti, Leonardo Colombati, Gianluca Morozzi, Mauro Zambellini, and many others who have embraced the spirit of charity of this project besides sharing a common sense of belonging to the home of followers of the ‘Jersey Devil’, an artist who has always stood out for sensitivity and altruism.
The book will be released shortly after the death of Clarence Clemons, the E-Street Band memorable sax player, whom has been dedicated the back cover.
Follow the Brucetellers blog or their Facebook page to be updated on the forthcoming news.
Simone Calamai 