February 2012
“Now the question who, is anyone can find Mel’s Hole and prove its...”
– Eastern Washington hole is shrouded in mystery
Feb 8th
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The gold standard for music "criticism". →
I don’t read reviews without sound samples, they trend to be useless.
Feb 2nd
“The second rule is, if you want power and want to expand, never encroach on...”
– Ferdinand Waldo Demara Blue ocean strategy?
Feb 2nd
“Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are...”
– Denis Waitley
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Feb 2nd
Byline is better than Reeder « Jason Clarke →
Months later, I agree. Reeder seems more popular, but it doesn’t handle offline caching of related webpages with as much finesse. I prefer Byline’s article-to-article scroll approach, too.
Feb 2nd
4 Restaurants Where You'll Never, Ever, Get a... →
SPOILER: these aren’t “real” real. Which is a shame, because I could use a hearty drive-by fooding.
Feb 2nd
ifttt / Archive your tweets on Evernote →
Thank you ifttt, you’re awesome. Now all I have to do is think of more routine problems to solve.
Feb 2nd
Ever noticed how red looks especially bad in... →
Here’s some science behind why.
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January 2012
"Skinner & Broyles" is such a badass name for a... →
They must really excel at glaring at the opposition.
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“Honestly, I get scared shitless every time I start a new, big job. I read, I...”
– It’s humbling that even with so much uber-accumulated experience, even Syd Mead feels this way. Oh, and fuck those idiots who really don’t know what they want. Why do they even bother in the first place? Ballistic Artists - Syd Mead
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You can always give me a pink and green hat →
Jan 16th
Go Mad from the Revelation - Television Tropes &... →
Where I’m at in life.
Jan 16th
Plagiarism: The Game →
They weren’t kidding.
Jan 14th
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WatchWatch
Light leaks are exciting. I like to correlate “aberrant” visual and audio phenomena. (via Paul Irmiter Preview Page | CrumplePop: Film and Broadcast Effects for Final Cut Pro)
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“Nowadays, very few performers improvise their cadenzas”
– SHAME OH SHAME Cadenza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jan 12th
Do you ever wake up from a dream and realize... →
Yeah, it’s like my dreams are a TV with many — hey, remember when “500 channels” was a lot? Resuming dreams would presumably be a Tivo-like functionality.
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“This creates the sonic equivalent of depth of field in photography.”
– Wow! I love those audiovisual parallels. worldizing - a sound design concept created by Walter Murch
Jan 10th
Worldizing - Take Studio Recordings into the Field... →
Mmmm. A Walter Murch special.
Jan 10th
Jan 8th
George Williers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, got... →
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By the time their light hits here, their scene “over there” will be so different. Instead of relying on those distant cues, we need to be guided by our own research — inspired, perhaps, by traces of what came before, but not dependent. Glimmers, sparkles from a universe with some similarities, more differences. Traces to shape our own civilization and smile at our cousins. The upside...
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Crimson console has a missing eye; roving around to see the world. (Come back and report.) Paint with light, see the sights.
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Another reason why I admire Zooey Deschanel:... →
More celebs need to educate us to invest in index funds with low expense ratios.
Jan 5th
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“Parents always ask, ‘Who would like to marry my kid? They’re so weird,’ ” she...”
– Navigating Love and Autism - NYTimes.com
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These journalists have the most comprehensive,... →
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December 2011
“Playing the game well requires years of hard study of music, mathematics, and...”
– Whoa. This seems to be one of those ultra-rare novels that appeals to me on so many levels just by reading the synopsis. I found it via this. The Glass Bead Game - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dec 30th