I build profitable businesses and market things on the web.Tumblr (3.0; @geordiecarswell)http://www.geordiecarswell.com/<p><strong>Nick:</strong> What do you do all day?</p> <p><strong>Roger</strong>: I sit here and think of ways to make people feel bad. </p> <p><strong>Nick</strong>: I thought you wrote for commercials. </p> <p><strong>Roger</strong>:  I do&#8230; but you can&#8217;t sell a product without fiirst making people feel bad. </p> <p><strong>Nick</strong>: Why not? </p> <p><strong>Roger</strong>: Because it&#8217;s a substitution game. You have to remind them that they&#8217;re missing something from their lives. </p> <p>Everyone&#8217;s missing something, right? </p> <p><strong>Nick</strong>: Well, yeah. I guess&#8230; </p> <p><strong>Roger:</strong> Trust me. </p> <p>And when they&#8217;re feeling suffiiciently incomplete&#8230; you convince them that your product is the only thing that can fiill the void. </p> <p>So, instead of taking steps to deal with their lives&#8230; instead of working to root out the real reason for their misery&#8230; they run out and buy a stupid-looking pair of cargo pants.</p> <p><a href="http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/r/roger-dodger-script-transcript-eisenberg.html" target="_blank">&#8220;Roger Dodger&#8221; 2002</a></p> <div></div>http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/23384797966http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/23384797966Sat, 19 May 2012 18:24:44 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2zvnaBaCj1r3d8abo1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/21769916321http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/21769916321Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:29:55 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1f049zdaR1qh63uqo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1f049zdaR1qh63uqo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://play.tumblr.com/post/19973972452/walstrom-house-by-john-lautner" target="_blank">play</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Walstrom House</em> by <a href="http://johnlautner.org/" target="_blank">John Lautner</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/21654628755http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/21654628755Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:43:54 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2v5a4EtzV1qc1ogno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thetieguy.tumblr.com/post/21613279312/vintage-rolex" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">thetieguy</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>vintage rolex.</p></blockquote>http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/21654596080http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/21654596080Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:43:12 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz2j4xxeRD1qfc4xho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://stua.tumblr.com/post/20919295787" target="_blank">stua</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.ursfischer.com/" title="Urs Fischer" target="_blank">Urs Fischer</a> Swiss artist living in New York, with Ugo Rondinone, San Stae Church.<br/><a href="http://contemporary-art-blog.tumblr.com/" title="Contemporary Art Blog" target="_blank">Contemporary-Art-Blog</a></p> </blockquote>http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/21028072166http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/21028072166Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:16:46 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1tw3k5EvR1qzleu4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Cloudy…</p>http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/20330499539http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/20330499539Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:07:47 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0u2jpNurk1qz4rlzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/19240550172/people-skills" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">merlin</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>[<a href="https://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2012/03/who-do-i-fear-being-at-work.html" title="John Nack on Adobe : Who do I fear being at work?" target="_blank">via</a>]</p></blockquote>http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/19246416730http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/19246416730Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:38:54 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzee4ciGod1rn3jgto1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/18331541628http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/18331541628Sun, 26 Feb 2012 11:54:53 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzx4e73HMx1qkvok3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <blockquote> <p>Fireflies</p> </blockquote> <p>Tsuneaki Hiramatsu’s long exposures of fireflies in a field make for magical photographs. (<a href="http://www.thecoolist.com/slow-shutter-fireflies-by-tsuneaki-hiramatsu/%20" target="_blank">via</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/18227832385http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/18227832385Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:21:32 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lztgi31eHL1qd3rnuo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://blog.warbyparker.com/post/18092789616/this-is-the-largest-photo-of-the-night-sky-ever" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">warbyparker</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://media.skysurvey.org/interactive360/index.html" target="_blank">This</a> is the largest photo of the night sky ever taken—a 5,000 megapixel image stitched together from 37,440 exposures.</p></blockquote>http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/18114085977http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/18114085977Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:25:27 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz5fsg4kBA1qz9fvio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/18082585776http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/18082585776Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:46:06 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzf1jn7fBv1r9t1tqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/17869453882http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/17869453882Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:56:23 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzcv40Kzz31qh3rjlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://salveo.tumblr.com/post/17575966282" target="_blank">salveo</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Japanese courtyard</span></p> </blockquote>http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/17702211720http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/17702211720Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:37:32 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz6xrvIJjC1qkvok3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://cultureclub.clubmonaco.com/post/17379977444" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">clubmonaco</a>:</p> <blockquote><blockquote> <p>MirrorCube Treehouse</p> </blockquote> <p>Our childhood dreams are updated with the <a href="http://www.mirrorcube.se" title="Mirror Cube" target="_blank">MirrorCube</a>, a sustainable luxury tree house.</p></blockquote> <p>Evan digs this</p>http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/17398755459http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/17398755459Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:15:21 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz5b8ypkyO1qd3rnuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://blog.warbyparker.com/post/17334705571/identity-crisis-by-mason-phillips" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">warbyparker</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Identity Crisis by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasmo3/3796444551/" target="_blank">Mason Phillips</a>.</p></blockquote>http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/17363013317http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/17363013317Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:51:33 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lys2xq6h6i1qzft56o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://peterfromtexas.tumblr.com/post/16927509757/pencil-factory" target="_blank">peterfromtexas</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Pencil Factory</p> </blockquote>http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/16965188226http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/16965188226Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:19:55 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyrs43Jprb1r4zykfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/16943312955http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/16943312955Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:33:06 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_likuhb8oaq1qg64edo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/16398103911http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/16398103911Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:33:05 -0800<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/15357465193/tumblr_lpoxuxF3Fl1qzusoy&color=FFFFFF&logo=soundcloud" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hamburglr.tumblr.com/post/8717276078/first-go-grab-some-headphones-the-best-ones" target="_blank">hamburglr</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>First, go grab some headphones. The best ones you’ve got. If the best ones you’ve got are <a href="http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB770G/B?fnode=MTY1NDA0Ng&mco=MTA4NTA2ODU" target="_blank">these suckers</a> (or something similar), you should really go buy new ones, but use the best you’ve got for right now.</p> <p>Take a break from whatever you’re doing for 2 minutes and listen, but just listen to the whole thing, even if you have to multi-task.</p> <p>Headphones on? Ok. Good.</p> <p>Now, press play.</p> <br/> “Upular (3D Audio Version)” - Pogo</blockquote>http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/15357465193http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/15357465193Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:20:51 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lverzd7VAT1qafsv7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/15215494460http://www.geordiecarswell.com/post/15215494460Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:40:50 -0800