Morgenpost: 27.09.13

Morgenpost: 27.09.13
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Godmorgen og hej hej, så er det allerede blevet tid til ugens sidste morgenpost. Jeg har fundet en lille stribe gode sager, som kommer her:

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Morgenpost: 27.09.13

"The Italian tailoring house Kiton makes only about 100 vicuña pieces a year; an off-the-rack sport coat costs at least $21,000, while the price of a made-to-measure suit starts at $40,000. A single vicuña scarf from Loro Piana is about $4,000. Ermenegildo Zegna produces just 30 vicuña suits a year. Each is numbered, and the most affordable model goes for $46,500."

Luxe. Og totalt umuligt at komme i nærheden af, men ikke desto mindre fascinerende. Måske jeg skulle stille som krav at få et årligt vicuña-jakkesæt, når jeg er ansat ved Euroman? Det mangler bare.

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Morgenpost: 27.09.13

"If an Android device (phone or tablet) has ever logged on to a particular Wi-Fi network, then Google probably knows the Wi-Fi password. Considering how many Android devices there are, it is likely that Google can access most Wi-Fi passwords worldwide. Most (...) Android phones and tablets are phoning home to Google, backing up Wi-Fi passwords along with other assorted settings. And, although they have never said so directly, it is obvious that Google can read the passwords."

Jeg vil gerne på ferie med en fra Google. Tænk at have en ven, der kender kodeordet til (næsten) alle Wi-Fi i verden.

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Morgenpost: 27.09.13

"On September 11, 2001, after witnessing an airplane crash into one of the Twin Towers, Françoise Mouly faced two imperative tasks: First, she had to find her kids, and then she had to come up with a New Yorker cover to somehow mark the event."

Jeg elsker at læse om tilblivelsen af ikoniske forsider som fx The New Yorkers 9/11-cover.

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Morgenpost: 27.09.13

"In the middle of Maryland's Chesapeake Bay, a tiny island may soon become an early victim of climate change. Smith Island is the last inhabited island in Maryland, a place where residents, hearty watermen who make their living catching oysters and blue crabs, still speak in the Cornish dialect of their ancestors."

Gode billeder fra et sted, der måske snart forsvinder.

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Jeg har det ret vildt over det her nummer af den danske rapper SIVAS. Jeg bliver bedre og bedre til at forstå, hvad de siger, men det kniber stadig. Helt klart en banger.

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Morgenpost: 27.09.13

"The real Rick Ross is not a rapper. (...) Depicted on his head is a crown, cocked just so and perfectly aligned, the kingpin in exile, and below that his autograph, the excessively flamboyant signature of a man who once made millions a day selling cocaine but only began learning to read, behind bars, at age twenty-eight. Eventually he would read himself to freedom."

Den rigtige Rick Ross har en sindssyg historie. Læs på Esquire.

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Morgenpost: 27.09.13

"The international traveler, they counsel, can avoid jet lag by simply not eating for twelve to sixteen hours before breakfast time in the new time zone-at which point, as in Ehret's diet, he should break his fast."

Forskning om at undgå jetlag. Jeg har efterhånden også udviklet en rimelig god rutine. Hvis du flyver vestpå til fx. USA, gælder det om at holde sig vågen resten af dagen og aftenen, og gerne gå så sent i seng som muligt, så du ikke vågner kl. 05. Løb eventuelt en tur, så du er udmattet. Når du flyver den anden vej, skal du gerne enten være virkelig træt i kroppen, have lidt tømmermænd eller drikke to-tre glas vin til maden, så du kan falde i søvn og sove hele vejen hjem. Stil dit ur til den lokale tid på destinationen så tidligt, det kan lade sig gøre, så du kommer i sync.

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Det var alt for i dag og for denne uge. Tak fordi du kiggede med, jeg er tilbage på mandag. Sørg for at møde nogle mennesker i weekenden, du ikke har snakket med før. Det giver ny energi og gør dig glad.

Peace.