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<rss version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description>I live in a life of curiosity in Brooklyn and do some down and dirty thinking at Undercurrent</description><title>mari.stella</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @maristella)</generator><link>http://hellomaristella.com/</link><item><title>http://www.riparazionicomputer.it/viev.php</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.riparazionicomputer.it/viev.php"&gt;http://www.riparazionicomputer.it/viev.php&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://hellomaristella.com/post/877706255</link><guid>http://hellomaristella.com/post/877706255</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:13:04 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Further confirming that, yes, I was born in the wrong...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3r6lxq1l21qzooxpo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Further confirming that, yes, I was born in the wrong decade.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://theimpossiblecool.tumblr.com/post/680395689/harrison" target="_blank"&gt;theimpossiblecool&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Harrison.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://hellomaristella.com/post/680448122</link><guid>http://hellomaristella.com/post/680448122</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:42:07 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>scenster versus hipster versus hippie
(Let’s add a...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2zyxm0FRK1qahyrqo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;scenster versus hipster versus hippie&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Let’s add a ‘digiphile’ column to this pls??)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(via &lt;a href="http://ishquez.tumblr.com/post/632457096/scenster-versus-hipster-versus-hippie" target="_blank"&gt;ishquez&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://hellomaristella.com/post/661067633</link><guid>http://hellomaristella.com/post/661067633</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:31:51 -0400</pubDate><category>funny</category><category>chart</category><category>infographic</category></item><item><title>This photo is just the most charming thing I’ve ever...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2ry6rpZ9W1qaiv78o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;This photo is just the most charming thing I’ve ever seen.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(via &lt;a href="http://fuckyeahcarriefisher.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;fuckyeahcarriefisher&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://hellomaristella.com/post/628337170</link><guid>http://hellomaristella.com/post/628337170</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 10:44:43 -0400</pubDate><category>star wars</category><category>love</category><category>laughs</category></item><item><title>Probably the most telling fab four pic I’ve seen in a long...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2gk9vykT11qa1iiqo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Probably the most telling fab four pic I’ve seen in a long time. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://nickdrake.tumblr.com/post/611355393/beatles" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank"&gt;nickdrake&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Beatles&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://hellomaristella.com/post/611391710</link><guid>http://hellomaristella.com/post/611391710</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 19:46:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Make A Chart Day V</title><description>&lt;p&gt;It is Friday! It is springtime! &lt;strong&gt;IT IS MAKE A CHART DAY!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Since &lt;a href="http://whatconsumesme.com/2010/posts-ive-written/friday-make-a-chart-day/" target="_blank"&gt;Bud Caddell&lt;/a&gt; kickstarted this great tradition, the responsibility has passed through the hands of &lt;a href="http://exitcreative.net/blog/2010/04/friday-make-a-chart-day-v2/" target="_blank"&gt;Clay&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://mygmablogs.wordpress.com/2010/04/16/friday-make-a-chart-day-v3/" target="_blank"&gt;Rachel&lt;/a&gt;, and&lt;a href="http://tokyohanna.blogspot.com/2010/04/make-chart-day-iv.html" target="_blank"&gt; Johanna&lt;/a&gt; and today I have the honor of being your humble host.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; If you are not familiar with this weekly occurance it is quite simple and quite fun. Here’s how to participate:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;-&lt;/strong&gt; Make a chart (about anything and/or everything)  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;-&lt;/strong&gt; Tweet your chart the host (this week: @marisazupan) with the hashtag &lt;em&gt;#makeachartday&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;-&lt;/strong&gt; Or you can email them &lt;a href="mailto:mari.stella.bk@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;-&lt;/strong&gt; I’ll collect all entries and post them below&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So without further fanfare, let the submissions begin!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;_______________________________________________________&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;First up is Mr. &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/tabone" target="_blank"&gt;@tabone&lt;/a&gt;’s commentary on the State of Our Interwebs&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mari_stella/4565167781/sizes/l/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3361/4565167781_da58591dcd_b.jpg" height="286" width="510" align="middle"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(click to enlarge)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/ryeclifton" target="_blank"&gt;@ryeclifton&lt;/a&gt; pre-emptively tweeted this, shall we say, buxom entry yesterday:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://cdn.cloudfiles.mosso.com/c54102/x2_1371130" height="548" width="416" align="middle"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/bud_caddell" target="_blank"&gt;Bud&lt;/a&gt;’s effing sparkly chart about the rising number of entries to #makeachartday:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://cdn.cloudfiles.mosso.com/c54102/x2_137725e" height="500" width="548" align="middle"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In proper &lt;a href="http://www.twitter.com/clayparkerjones" target="_blank"&gt;Clay&lt;/a&gt; tradition, this chart helps confused males make good decisions:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/9sr3pu" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3113/4565884190_195c23ac88.jpg" height="333" width="500" align="middle"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(click to enlarge)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.twitter.com/brandexpression"&gt;@brandexpression&lt;/a&gt; charts the miracle of life:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“MY SISTER’S HAVING A BABY VENN DIAGRAM”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/blackcoffee/X9GM9cUd44UAnGeE64y3KT9pUteJ5LtH1DwCqBHS0ULTKGJOqNANqMcESiGc/Sister-Niece-Venn.jpg" height="517" width="387" align="middle"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The first polarizing chart of the week via &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/kylecameron"&gt;@kylecameron&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://web19.twitpic.com/img/93490609-981fb5272e056fb48239890a4d49f058.4bdaf31d-scaled.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4017/4565913418_82abb06989_o.jpg" height="310" width="489" align="middle"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.twitter.com/Lenkendall" target="_blank"&gt;@LenKendall&lt;/a&gt;’s crafty (first) chart of the day :)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/lenkendall/ktj4r7QT9EtjeKql9uX4A95LD86IYYm23IS6pfwL4wQQO85ij6OfzRAark3B/photo.jpg" height="698" width="524" align="middle"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.twittter.com/iansohn" target="_blank"&gt;@iansohn&lt;/a&gt;’s take on charts (inspired by #makeachartday I’m assuming :)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4033/4565337321_b49265ee47_o.jpg" height="640" width="480" align="middle"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href="http://www.twitter.com/nadstina" target="_blank"&gt;@nadstina&lt;/a&gt;; could not agree with this one more&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4046/4565972212_48c64ae9ee_o.png" height="333" width="463" align="middle"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Positive correlation at first site ? (via &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.twitter.com/matthewelijah"&gt;@MatthewElijah&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://nikonizer.yfrog.com/Himg709/scaled.php?tn=0&amp;server=709&amp;filename=430makeachartday.jpg&amp;xsize=640&amp;ysize=640" height="326" width="488" align="middle"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In honor of the fallen ipad “killers”, via &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/jsamps"&gt;@jsamps&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://nikonizer.yfrog.com/Himg153/scaled.php?tn=0&amp;server=153&amp;filename=1nr.png&amp;xsize=640&amp;ysize=640" height="458" width="546" align="middle"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oooh, a steamy entry from &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/pragerd"&gt;@pragerd&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://i40.tinypic.com/20u95x4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i40.tinypic.com/20u95x4.jpg" height="381" width="512" align="middle"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A very clever entry that’s in honor of my new favorite Beatle by &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/tokyohanna"&gt;Johanna&lt;/a&gt; :)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/4565367127_8145e29803_o.png" height="439" width="527" align="middle"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A day in the life of &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/clpreg"&gt;@clpreg&lt;/a&gt;…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3406/4565419515_2f912b84c8.jpg" height="375" width="500" align="middle"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;An amazing work of geometric humor by &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/chucky987"&gt;@chucky987&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4043/4565495639_c1ea40e3f2_o.jpg" height="420" width="546" align="middle"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/JohnKochmanski%20"&gt;@JohnKochmanski&lt;/a&gt;  has supplied the chart we can all bond over:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3227/4565537947_1e09ffea2a_o.png" height="478" width="556" align="middle"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/lorionline"&gt;@lorionline&lt;/a&gt;’s Passionate Networks of KSV NYCers:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4007/4566167014_f1c648a83b_o.jpg" height="375" width="500" align="middle"/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I feel like we should also map “the pickle” according to this chart :) (thnx to &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/tylertravitz" target="_blank"&gt;@tylertravitz&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3387/4566178778_0412975508_o.png" height="399" width="541" align="middle"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Well, well well isn’t that handy? (via &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/jumboiowan"&gt;@jumboiowan&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3031/4566167096_54440cafec_o.jpg" align="middle"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In response to @iansohn’s chart (above) by &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/richmackey"&gt;@richmackey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3496/4566178810_121ac35859_o.jpg" height="514" width="549" align="middle"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Brilliant, this should be a an ad for USB’S R US (another one from &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/brandexpression"&gt;@brandexpression&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/blackcoffee/gFVyKzoJ30VbTWxgPBpSaeKUUYwB6mMcBqdYU6uzG0cYIKQDRHR5qQ3dT7d7/Moores-law.jpg" height="467" width="500" align="middle"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/Paul_Mar"&gt;@paul_mar&lt;/a&gt;, this is a word cloud of SUPERHERO RELIGIOUS AFFILIATIONS (apparently Jesus is their greatest role model…)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3521/4566178830_5a2cd3bd5f_o.png" height="242" width="425" align="middle"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In honor of Johanna’s first viewing, &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/lilmissjen"&gt;@lilmissjen&lt;/a&gt;’s tribute to Star Wars IV FTW :)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4005/4565837948_32520b0635.jpg" height="342" width="500" align="middle"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Truth! (via &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/southernplanner" target="_blank"&gt;@southernplanner&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://nikonizer.yfrog.com/Himg710/scaled.php?tn=0&amp;server=710&amp;filename=12zdv.jpg&amp;xsize=640&amp;ysize=640" height="640" width="480" align="middle"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Looks like someone needs a ticket to the MHC ;) (via Mark Lewis)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1pc8kU1OZ1qzxyhp.png"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;#MAKEACHARTDAY FIRST:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Last week was the first video submission and this week we have our first building chart…and how clever it is.  Below is just the first slide but click &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://slidesha.re/cvpPja"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; or (on the pic) to see the whole thing on slideshare :)  (Big shout out to &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/dweingrod"&gt;Dan Weingrod&lt;/a&gt; for this one)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://slidesha.re/cvpPja"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1pcjrmKjF1qzxyhp.png"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My own personal snack-time inspired submission for the week:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1pdkxE0JV1qzxyhp.png"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;@brandexpression is a machine today! His third entry, as good as the first:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/blackcoffee/fq3AjI2CyQ3VFaKBBTa7D4UN5rvHxVnwGDMSpW7jDJYT5p0Ff6MWfdDAxNmj/Too-Many-Cooks-Chart.jpg" height="446" width="500" align="middle"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This one is for all the current or former office admins out there… :) (via &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/djc1805"&gt;@djc1805&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1pfmmr9TH1qzxyhp.png"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Major points to &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/chavoen"&gt;@chavoen&lt;/a&gt; for the extreme truthiness of this chart:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1pfs0lDFn1qzxyhp.png"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;An epic narrative version of @jsamps’s ‘ipad killers’ chart (above) by &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/uelsimon"&gt;@uelsimon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://nikonizer.yfrog.com/Himg571/scaled.php?tn=0&amp;server=571&amp;filename=12363509.jpg&amp;xsize=640&amp;ysize=640" height="388" width="519" align="middle"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Peaks and Troughs of Happiness in NYC by &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/ishquez"&gt;@ishquez&lt;/a&gt;.  I’d think we’re on an upswing today, no? :)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://i43.tinypic.com/29sj29.jpg" height="473" width="631" align="middle"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;@agbegin charts some eeeevil…(plus, see the animated version &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.zingchart.com/labs/blog_charts/virtucon_expenditures.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1phbocHhU1qzxyhp.png"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;True to form chart from &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/scheineric"&gt;@scheinerinc&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1phhtrPmN1qzxyhp.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A tale of two bands by &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/mikearauz"&gt;@mikearauz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1pk9iTFYu1qzxyhp.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Some entrepreneurial spirit from &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/Jamesdotkelly"&gt;@Jamesdotkelly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1pkeeYxEY1qzxyhp.png"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Heh. More truthiness from @mirandakendrick. (Although there might have to be an alternate version for Fridays to accommodate for obscene amount of chart making…)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1plq2Day01qzxyhp.png"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;6 charts for the price of one thanks to &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/bud_caddell"&gt;Bud&lt;/a&gt;’s second submission:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4012/4566055609_2e70771e82_o.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4012/4566055609_2e70771e82_o.jpg" height="470" width="627" align="middle"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://hellomaristella.com/post/560961419</link><guid>http://hellomaristella.com/post/560961419</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:15:00 -0400</pubDate><category>makeachartday</category></item><item><title>Penny’s Dream Cat
(via andfootwork, ishquez) </title><description>&lt;img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1mbu0MkoB1qz9bwro1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Penny’s Dream Cat&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="tumblr_blog"&gt;(via &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://andfootwork.tumblr.com/post/558492103/ishquez-finally-these-things-make-sense" target="_blank"&gt;andfootwork&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://ishquez.tumblr.com/post/558481752/finally-these-things-make-sense" target="_blank"&gt; ishquez&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://hellomaristella.com/post/558511913</link><guid>http://hellomaristella.com/post/558511913</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:34:48 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>&lt;gushy rant&gt;
Most people who have spoken to me for longer...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1gdrd8jA71qzybyso1_r1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;gushy rant&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Most people who have spoken to me for longer than 5 minutes already know this, but now the cat is officially out of the bag, (so to speak):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I have a new little lady in my life and her name is Penny, (after this &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hIV7jwLXt8" target="_blank"&gt;opus&lt;/a&gt; and this &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCmLg3omWVE" target="_blank"&gt;muse&lt;/a&gt;, of course). She’s bright, talkative, a bit particular (adorably so), cuddly, adoring…she’s perfect.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I inherited her from my dear friend &lt;a href="http://postmatterpostings.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Nadia&lt;/a&gt; whom I will always be indebted to for trusting me with this lovely kitteh who is now bringing so much awesomeness into my life.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Since becoming the guardian of another little creature I’m actually shocked at how much I’ve learned and loved so far. It’s been about a month now, and I honestly cannot imagine life without her and I’m already anticipating many epic journeys together in our Brooklyn cottage and beyond.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/gushy rant&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;cat photos!&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mari_stella/sets/72157623633115629/" target="_blank"&gt;Yay!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/cat photos!&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://hellomaristella.com/post/549100789</link><guid>http://hellomaristella.com/post/549100789</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:14:00 -0400</pubDate><category>Penny</category><category>Cat</category><category>Photos</category></item><item><title>After finding this infographic, I actually have the urge to go...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1g90phLBh1qzf03eo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;After finding this infographic, I actually have the urge to go to this restaurant. Infographics tend to have that effect on me these days. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The cocktail napkin for The View, the rotating restaurant at the top of the Times Square Marriott. Highlights some of the buildings visible as the restaurant rotates (top = west).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(via &lt;a href="http://roomthily.tumblr.com/post/548882499" target="_blank"&gt;roomthily&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2010/04/25/460-the-view-from-the-view-or-the-baobab-perspective/" target="_blank"&gt;Strange Maps&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://hellomaristella.com/post/548922308</link><guid>http://hellomaristella.com/post/548922308</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 16:50:21 -0400</pubDate><category>infographic</category><category>nyc</category></item><item><title>Marlon Brando &amp; Kitteh #OMFG
(via my new favorite website in...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0h81mNGuZ1qabm53o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Marlon Brando &amp; Kitteh #OMFG&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(via my new favorite website in the universe&lt;a href="http://cuteboyswithcats.tumblr.com/post/501775065/marlon-brando-submitted-by-burningupsobright" target="_blank"&gt; cuteboyswithcats&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://hellomaristella.com/post/508521932</link><guid>http://hellomaristella.com/post/508521932</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:27:39 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>I’m really digging all of Matthew Billingon’s...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0kmnnSgXK1qzybyso1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;I’m really digging all of &lt;a href="http://www.matthewbillington.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Matthew Billingon&lt;/a&gt;’s portfolio.  Cheerily macabre if that’s even possible.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://hellomaristella.com/post/506221338</link><guid>http://hellomaristella.com/post/506221338</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:42:59 -0400</pubDate><category>art</category><category>artist</category><category>matthew billington</category></item><item><title>This is a picture of  Johnny Depp nuzzling a...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l02ep8AHsc1qb2lk1o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is a picture of  Johnny Depp nuzzling a Koala.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(via &lt;a href="http://thesewordsofmyown.tumblr.com/post/482619649/aw-3" target="_blank"&gt;thesewordsofmyown&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://hellomaristella.com/post/483066116</link><guid>http://hellomaristella.com/post/483066116</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:00:37 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>“Bear Mountain” by Diana Sudyaka
There is something...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzupcktWn51qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;“Bear Mountain” by Diana Sudyaka&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There is something about this that instantly resonated with me, like I just ran into an old friend. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can see more of Diana’s work &lt;a href="http://www.dianasudyka.com/" target="_blank"&gt;on her sit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dianasudyka.com/" target="_blank"&gt;e&lt;/a&gt;, which is itself quite the cozy destination.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(via &lt;a href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/472952221/diana-sudyka" target="_blank"&gt;nevver&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://hellomaristella.com/post/473220341</link><guid>http://hellomaristella.com/post/473220341</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:27:00 -0400</pubDate><category>bear</category><category>cozy</category><category>whimsy</category><category>painting</category></item><item><title>Makin’ the world go round.
(via suicideblonde)</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzsjj5K3lJ1qz9qooo1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Makin’ the world go round.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="tumblr_blog"&gt;(via &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://suicideblonde.tumblr.com/post/471545520/when-you-have-time-just-drop-me-a-line" target="_blank"&gt;suicideblonde&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://hellomaristella.com/post/471551338</link><guid>http://hellomaristella.com/post/471551338</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:35:38 -0400</pubDate><category>cats</category><category>dogs</category><category>cute</category><category>vintage</category></item><item><title>Mon petite imagier
(Moi, j’aime le monstre et le roi)</title><description>&lt;img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzr3aviukj1qzybyso1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mon petite imagier&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Moi, j’aime le monstre et le roi)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://hellomaristella.com/post/468493031</link><guid>http://hellomaristella.com/post/468493031</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:54:29 -0400</pubDate><category>adorable</category><category>illustration</category><category>alphabet</category></item><item><title>451 – A Map of Four Well-Travelled Tales « Strange...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzpjg0r5ZB1qzf03eo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/451-a-map-of-four-well-travelled-tales/" target="_blank"&gt;451 – A Map of Four Well-Travelled Tales « Strange Maps&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;charting the trajectories of four pieces of literature as cultural forces (art, theater, cinema, etc)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(via &lt;a href="http://roomthily.tumblr.com/post/466636472" target="_blank"&gt;roomthily&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://hellomaristella.com/post/466898435</link><guid>http://hellomaristella.com/post/466898435</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:50:51 -0400</pubDate><category>maps</category><category>literature</category><category>infographic</category><category>history</category></item><item><title>Behold the signature Ciccone eyebrows. *^-^*
(via suicideblonde)</title><description>&lt;img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzoff0DhX41qz9qooo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Behold the signature Ciccone eyebrows. *^-^*&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(via &lt;a href="http://suicideblonde.tumblr.com/post/466859758/madonna-in-1983" target="_blank"&gt;suicideblonde&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://hellomaristella.com/post/466886710</link><guid>http://hellomaristella.com/post/466886710</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:45:33 -0400</pubDate><category>madonna</category></item><item><title>I stumbled upon this incredible talk by Aimee Mullins, a record...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="292"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent" /&gt;&lt;param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff" /&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/AimeeMullins_2009P-medium.flv&amp;su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/AimeeMullins-2009P.embed_thumbnail.jpg&amp;vw=432&amp;vh=240&amp;ap=0&amp;ti=769&amp;introDuration=16500&amp;adDuration=4000&amp;postAdDuration=2000&amp;adKeys=talk=aimee_mullins_the_opportunity_of_adversity;year=2009;theme=unconventional_explanations;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=master_storytellers;event=TEDMED+2009;&amp;preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="400" height="292" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/AimeeMullins_2009P-medium.flv&amp;su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/AimeeMullins-2009P.embed_thumbnail.jpg&amp;vw=432&amp;vh=240&amp;ap=0&amp;ti=769&amp;introDuration=16500&amp;adDuration=4000&amp;postAdDuration=2000&amp;adKeys=talk=aimee_mullins_the_opportunity_of_adversity;year=2009;theme=unconventional_explanations;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=master_storytellers;event=TEDMED+2009;"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;I stumbled upon this incredible talk by &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.aimeemullins.com/"&gt;Aimee Mullins&lt;/a&gt;, a record breaking Paralympian, model, actor and Women’s activist, (I know, makes you feel like a shlump doesn’t it?). Since I come from an academic family of teachers her words on how to meet adversity, seek out diversity and foster alternative ideas of “normal” really struck me.  Prepare the kleenex box - you might get a little weepy.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://hellomaristella.com/post/466858615</link><guid>http://hellomaristella.com/post/466858615</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:32:00 -0400</pubDate><category>TED</category><category>aimee mullins</category><category>education</category><category>inspiration</category></item><item><title>I can’t describe how into this picture I am.
(via oldchum)</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzctmbXlWB1qzyxjro1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;I can’t describe how into this picture I am.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(via &lt;a href="http://oldchum.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;oldchum&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://hellomaristella.com/post/466395580</link><guid>http://hellomaristella.com/post/466395580</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:48:36 -0400</pubDate><category>boys</category><category>clothing</category><category>awesome</category><category>nature</category></item><item><title>Copenhagen's Urban Bike Share Concept</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.dailytonic.com/new-bike-share-system-by-rafaa-ch/"&gt;Copenhagen's Urban Bike Share Concept&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://fuckyeahscandinavia.tumblr.com/post/454590645/copenhagens-urban-bike-share-concept" target="_blank"&gt;fuckyeahscandinavia&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Zurich based architect and designer Rafael Schmidt submitted this new bike sharing system to a competition which was organised within last year’s International Climate Conference in Copenhagen. The system involves a comprehensive architectural intervention into the urban centre.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="528" width="560" src="http://www.dailytonic.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/New-Bike-Share-System_rafaa_5.jpg" align="middle"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;“The Bike Share System must become more than just a transporting system. It deals not only with the problem of stocks and flows of people, but must add extra value to its user and to the city itself.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img align="middle" src="http://www.dailytonic.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/New-Bike-Share-System_rafaa_6.jpg" width="560" height="479"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Read more and see more pictures &lt;a href="http://www.dailytonic.com/new-bike-share-system-by-rafaa-ch/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://hellomaristella.com/post/454609851</link><guid>http://hellomaristella.com/post/454609851</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:49:57 -0400</pubDate><category>copenhagen</category><category>denmark</category><category>bikes</category><category>eco</category><category>urban</category></item></channel></rss>
