mk hasn't had time to update the zen logo me thinks. He has the .svg's but they aren't up yet. It looks like a cog right now. It should be this:

It's tricky to make them look good because they are so small. Incidentally, you can see the current zen logo just to the left of the new in the iterations below. It looks better at a larger scale when you click on the image.

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Edit: And just to scratch an itch, I thought I'd throw in a Frank Stella inspired version:

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First. You're putting the pussy up on a pedestal.

Second. You are right, GG ubiquity will mark the moment when I think a lot of people will stop and seriously ask themselves what role cloud connectivity plays in their lives. Sure my iPhone in my pocket keeps me connected, but I don't wear it and it isn't in my constant frame of view. I can still hide from it, and it from others. The coffee shop in my neighborhood has a sign that says 'no cell phones in line' and I really like that they make an effort to spell out their expectations of manners to their patrons. I think we'll start seeing a lot more of that happening. As long as GG is clearly discernible at least. I was at a department store recently and took a picture of a sweet pair of shoes and was asked to delete my photo. The person even waited to see that I did. There will be a increased alertness in behavior. You'll hear "Excuse me sure, is that Google Glass?, You can't wear those in here." Never mind that you have them mounted to your prescription pair. And guess what? Truth is, most places are private. We'll all start to realize that even more once we begin wearing cameras on our heads. But sure, there will always be the creepy guy that has every angle figured. The snake. But that dude has been around way before GG and will be around beyond its significance. Rest assured though, that that person is not really living, but only watching. Life is not a spectator sport. And believe me, actually touching boobs is WAY better.

The author has some fair points. Better service doesn't actually beget better tips is pretty right on. When I started serving at Red Lobster - 16 years ago - I would make okay tips. Actually, I started out as a line cook. Throwing beer-battered shrimp into the fryer by the armful. Split and cleaning lobsters. That was on the daily for me. I was even an Alley Coordinator for a while. You know the little dishes of ketchup and tartar sauce that come on your plate at some places? Yeah. Getting them on there was my job. And I was an excellent server too. I deconstructed the process and turned it into a game. I was a ninja on the dining room floor. I'll never forget the time I served the fattest dude 15 cokes without letting him miss a sip. The service he told me was jaw-dropping. And BAM - 15 percent for that. 1 percent for each coke. Ultimately, I understood that the difficulty in breaking the 18% tip ceiling was simply a matter of perceived value. At that point, after two years of serving garlic-butter scampi, I realized my tips were so consistently tied to the bill amount that I thought it better to work in a place with pricier food and a decent wine list. Enter fine dining. Which I did for the better part of a decade. Paid my way through undergrad lickety-split. Thing is, the boss only chipped in $2.65 an hour for my effort. The rest I had to smile for. (and god I hate smiling). But $200 tabs were the regular at my new place and after all was said and done I walked out the door averaging $18 per hour. In cash and after tax. When I started bartending it went up to $28 per hour. Not too bad I thought for being 22 - where I would wake up at 11 to get to work at 4 - where I would eat and drink for free. I often made rent in one good weekend. Even got hit-on occasionally! No doubt I've benefited from the current tipping culture. My income and work allowed me an insanely flexible schedule. I made quick gobs of money, took weeks off at a time, traveled all over, and partied along the way.

I'm intrigued by the idea of outlawing tipping and am incidentally in complete support of it. Folding tipping into the general price of the menu is definitely the way to go as I see it. The only thing that would happen if the U.S. did it is the general level of service would decrease dramatically (and if you think you've had bad service, try living in Canada). By outlawing tipping, servers will stop working for people and start working for companies. And companies cut corners. Bottom line. It's the food or the service. Personally, I think it's not a bad trade off because I feel that the tipping culture in America has an odd kind of systemic oppression to it - not the typical - meat and potatoes - sexist or racist kind of oppression as the author wrongly indicated, but more a delineation of class that we all could use a good heaping less of. In fact, in the States these days, it seems like a little equality should be the main course.

You've described my MO as of late pretty succinctly here. I find that writing a comment, with a series of edits, helps me to understand how I personally feel about a particular topic. Once I've ironed out the creases of an idea in my mind, it's less important to me that other people hear it.

Like mk said, there's a bit of special sauce in the mix. I don't really know myself, but I'll tell you what I think is going on. Momentum. If you click on syncretic's name, you'll see two key stats: posts per day and posts shared per day. As I write, his are 0.12 and 0.36 respectively. Yours, on the other hand, are 2.67 and 3.18 respectively. Et voila. You've been more steadily and consistently active, burning rubber and spinning wheels.

EDIT: Another thing that is perhaps paramount to sharing and posting is actually being shared. Submit good content, make it easy for people to want to share it, and the rest will follow.

Bullet Points? That's a great idea. Has that ever been discussed thenewgreen?

Cortez, when one replies or submits a post they will see the word markup just to the side of the textbox. This has all the info that you need regarding current hypertext features. I'm pasting the entire markup here for you to see.

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