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Blue Moon Brewing Company - Our Beers. Oyster: A Gorgeous New App Offering Unlimited Books for $9.95 a Month | Wired Design. Oyster is a subscription service that offers users unlimited books for $9.95 a month. Image: Oyster By now, we’ve all gotten pretty used to not owning stuff—at least in the traditional, hold-it-in-your-hands sense. If you’re anything like me, your DVD collection stopped growing a few years back once Netflix and Hulu bolstered their offerings. And that CD storage stand (hell, even your iTunes account) has probably gathered dust thanks to Spotify and Rdio. But books? Turns out, we’re still content to pay $10 for a paperless novel that we’re not even certain we’ll like or finish.

The publishing industry is among the last holdouts in the ongoing transition from owning media to accessing it through a monthly service, but that’s about to change with the launch of Oyster, an app released today for the iPhone that’s looking to transform the way you read and pay for books. “You don’t have to decide, do I want to spend $12.99 on this single book?” Maybe you’ve heard that claim before. 11 Untranslatable Words From Other Cultures. Numbers project. A Path In The Forest by Tetsuo Kondo. The incredibly beautiful "A Path in the Forest" by architect Tetsuo Kondo was a temporary installation in the Kadriorg Park near Tallinn, Estonia. It was part of Tallinn's 2011 European Capital of Culture activities and in particular, part of LIFT11, a festival of 11 urban installations.

All other installations in LIFT11 were selected through a design competition, but Kondo was invited to create the Path. It was realized in partnership with the EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee. Kardiorg Park is an urban forest, only 15-minutes' walk from the Old City of Tallinn. While it has some intact treed areas, it is mostly an urban park of man-made structures and tended gardens. With his light touch, Kondo created a 95-meter (311-foot) suspended walkway among some of the park's 300 year-old trees. The 70 best Tumblr blogs for designers | Tumblr.

Whether you're a creative director on the hunt for new talent, or a dev looking for some web design inspiration, Tumblr is full of inspirational work. The micro blogging service and social network makes it mega-easy for anyone wanting to know how to start a blog. Tumblr blogs can be set up in a matter of minutes and having a Tumblr account also enables you to 'follow' other people via their Tumblr blogs. It's this ease of use, and social appeal, that's seen Tumblr serve more than 45 million sites. This is a great number for a company publishing blogs, but for users it becomes difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff. That's certainly the case when it comes to design-related blogs, of which there are huge numbers to choose from.

With that in mind, we've done all the hard work for you, and brought you the best Tumblr blogs for designers, covering graphic design, photography, illustration, typography and more. Enjoy! Inspiration 01. Design curation 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. 09. 10. Aint Martyr Sofia’s Day - Vyara, Nadezhda and Lyubov - Faith, Hope and Love. The Name day of everyone named Vyara, Vera, Veronika, Nadezhda, Nadya, Lyuben, Lyubomir, Lyuba, Sophia, Sofka, Sevda. The Orthodox Church tells the horrible story of a second-century Roman mother who sacrificed herself and her three children in the name of Jesus Christ.

The mother was named Sophia, and her three daughters had the names of Faith (Vyara), Hope (Nadezhda), and Love (Lyubov). This quartet of frail females stood up to the brutal might of Rome at a time when a mere whisper of dissent could mean death to a Roman citizen, Christian or pagan. Sophia was a widow under whose loving care her three daughters acquired poise and Christian virtue, looked upon with respect by the village, which they left for the more rewarding city-life of Rome, the Eternal City. . – Faith, Hope and Love. “Saint Sophia was a Roman from a patrician family, brought up with Christian faith. 10 Essentials: Aziz Ansari: 10 Essentials. 29 Things That Make 20-Somethings Happy. 1. Getting REAL letters in the mail. “Are you serious?

This isn’t a bill or a catalog? It’s someone who wrote words down in a card and put it in the mailbox to be sent specifically to me? 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. Tagged 20 Somethings, Clubs, Flaking, Foodie, Free Stuff, Girls, Happiness, Letters, Life, Organic, parents, Parties, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Felixbondarev: до слёз. Stanley Kubrick’s Dramatic Photos of 1940s New York City.