Rhoneisms – Page 452 – by Patrick Rhone, Master Generalist

Get the most out of an older iPad – Unclutterer

If you’ve got an older iPad around and have been wondering about its usefulness, let me point out these great ways to keep it useful and in service.

What we believe in.

For what it’s worth, my little girl uses my original iPad (Gen 1, 64GB) daily for games and movies/shows. Perfect device for her.

Video: Minka: A Farmhouse in Japan

A film about place and memory, a farmhouse in Japan, and the lives of the people who called it home.

Lovely. I may have cried a bit.

Locks of love. Portland, ME

Such a lovely way to start the day.

Breakfast.
Exercise.
Slow lonely walks along the beach.
Watching hermit crabs skitter in tidal streams.
The short cold waves of Atlantic seawater lapping their rhythm against my calves.
Meditation on the shore so deep I don’t notice the flies biting nor do I mind it after. The colors of the world so different and alive when I open my eyes.
My wife reading and content.
My daughter frolicking and joyful.
Friends of good nature.

Durable Is the New Black

The last few years has seen a resurgence of clothes and accessories that resist the impulse of fast fashion. Garments that are sustainable because they won’t go into a landfill anytime soon: they are easily repaired, made out of quality materials, and designed to never go out of style. That’s a concept we can get behind.

What we believe in.

Just Don’t Look

The “just don’t look” strategy works for more than advertising…it’s effective in any situation where someone or something runs on attention. On the web attention comes in the form of links and pageviews so “just don’t look” translates roughly into “just don’t link or read”.

Sound advice.

I’ve never witnessed slight off hand card manipulation elevated to this level of performance art. Amazing stuff.

(via Boing Boing)

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

My Burger Manifesto

My ideal burger is bun, cheese, burger. Sometimes bacon. Ketchup on the side, so I can control it. Pickles—yes! Obviously. And the cheese thing has to be very clear: American cheese only. American cheese was invented for the hamburger. People talk about it being processed and artificial and not real cheese—you know what makes it real? When you put it on a hamburger.

David Chang’s burger manifesto is a thing of beauty.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

Henry David Thoreau, in his personal journal on July 25, 1839.

Scott Jurek Breaks Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike Record | Runner’s World

At 2:03 p.m. ET on Sunday, ultramarathoner Scott Jurek crested the summit of Mount Katahdin in Maine, becoming the fastest person to finish a supported thru-hike on the Appalachian Trail. He completed the 2,189-mile journey in 46 days, 8 hours, and 7 minutes, breaking the previous record by just more than three hours.

Astounding. I’ve hiked sections of the trail in the New England area. A 20 mile day was considered pretty good. To average around 50 miles a day is super human.