April 2012
2 posts
“Invention comes in many forms and at many scales. The most radical and...”
– Jeff Bezos in a letter to shareholders. Wired’s Tim Carmody has a related critique. (via explore-blog)
February 2012
1 post
The Pump You Pump the Water From
lareviewofbooks:
SVEN BIRKERTS on writer’s block. Image: cc Lisa Jane Persky
When I come upon a bad assonance or a repetition in my sentences, I’m sure I’m floundering in the false. By searching I find the proper expression, which was always the only one, and which is also harmonious. The word is never lacking when one possesses the idea. Is there not, in this precise fitting of parts,...
December 2011
1 post
heart + hymn: let's be friends! no, really. →
HOLY UNICORNS
just randomly stumbled upon this tumblr… am now convinced that I have some kind of doppleganger living in San Francisco. We are living in parallel universes.
heartandhymn:
it’s been almost a year since i’ve moved to san francisco, and i’ve been extremely lucky to have found some amazing friends — but i’m always looking for more. here are some things you should know about...
November 2010
9 posts
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“That was the chief difference between literature and life. In books, the...”
– Aldous Huxley, Eyeless in Gaza (1936)
October 2010
21 posts
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September 2010
49 posts
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