I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

—Michael Jordan
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The show itself was a huge success but a lot of crazy stuff happened along the way. The following videos are a very honest look at the highs and lows of the experience.

A new book from A Book Apart by Mike Monteiro.
Yes, that Mike Monteiro.

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To wash out the Corvair taste in my mouth, here’s one of the most beautifully designed cars I’ve ever seen.
via Good Old Valves

Motorola is launching an Android-based TV controller and it’s called the … Corvair?
As in the rear-engined, proned-to-spinout, Chevrolet model that Time magazine voted one of the 50 Worst Cars of All Time?
As in the car Ralph Nader included in his book, Unsafe at Any Speed?
The Verge says this is the codename, implying they’ll launch with a different name. Let’s hope so.
*Next thing you know, Samsung will be launching a new Android tablet called the Pinto.

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The recently released biography of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs isn’t the only thing that’s selling well in recent weeks. Apparently shoppers are snatching up the tech icon’s favorite eyeglasses too.

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At this point I’ve read and seen enough about the Winklevii to last me a few lifetimes, but this article in Vanity Fair was (another) interesting look into their minds.
Like why they won’t let up:

In my opinion, it’s all about how much pain you can make the other guy feel,” said Dan Walsh, another Olympic rower, when asked to explain the lure of a sport that offers neither fame nor fortune, and why two highly advantaged individuals would spend their 20s pursuing it–the Winklevosses were then weeks away from their 30th birthday. “It’s about trying to break him.”

And the power of this new strategy is that it requires only modest success to get the Winklevosses what they want, which is not control of Facebook, but rather to cause Mark Zuckerberg pain measurable in pride and money, and through this pain to avenge their own ideal selves by asserting their will over his.

Bringing analogue back to the movies with a bang in the 21st century, the LomoKino is a Lomography movie camera that shoots short, creative movies on 35mm film

Available on Etsy from GreenTape.
From the creator:

The wood in this dock is cherry from the Black Cherry Tree, Prunus serotina Ehrh., which has been prized by woodworkers for centuries due to its beauty and woodworking qualitites. Cherry trees are widespread in the eastern half of the United States and the wood is considered by many to be the premier furniture wood in North America. The leaves in the picture are from a cherry tree. The wood insert is finished with several coats of orange oil and beeswax.

The actual wood used here is from small pieces a cabinet maker gave me about 20 years ago. I knew I would use it one day!

It takes me several hours, a dozen tools and over 30 steps to create these docks. Did I already say they were painstakingly made?

via The Next Web

Last week M83 released their latest album. As a child growing up in the 80’s, the sound of M83 really resonates with me. It has that 80’s feel—but at the same time—a sense of timelessness.
I was fortunate to take in an M83 show a few years back: