viaver : olivia verdugo

a little clip from the article:

Many business people, of course, have good reason to be constantly checking their phones. But this can take a mental toll. Henry Chen, 26, a self-employed auto mechanic in San Francisco, has mixed feelings about his BlackBerry habits.

“I check it a lot, whenever there is downtime,” Mr. Chen said. Moments earlier, he was texting with a friend while he stood in line at a bagel shop; he stopped only when the woman behind the counter interrupted him to ask for his order.

Mr. Chen, who recently started his business, doesn’t want to miss a potential customer. Yet he says that since he upgraded his phone a year ago to a feature-rich BlackBerry, he can feel stressed out by what he described as internal pressure to constantly stay in contact.

“It’s become a demand. Not necessarily a demand of the customer, but a demand of my head,” he said. “I told my girlfriend that I’m more tired since I got this thing.”

via the nytimes

“3.5 million homeless americans, 18.9 million vacant homes. how can we slash these stats?”

via good blog

the cork oak, a generous anchor to the alentejo ecosystem, needs everyone’s support—not just vinophiles. via good/theobserver

how delicious does this look?!

this story simultaneously broke my heart and made me smile. poor little penguin!