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December 2010
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May 2010
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“Most talent is hard work wrapped up in a romantic ideal.”
– Frank Chimero
April 2010
3 posts
“…there’s nothing here to discuss. You can if you want to, and people...”
– Jerry Holkins writing about a specific internet discussion; though it seems profoundly applicable to most discussions in general. [via Penny Arcade]
March 2010
2 posts
Satellites: A User's Manual →
A fascinating series of seven short documentaries regarding satellites. [via Brian Weaver]
“A bio less than 160 characters is called an epitaph.”
– Kevin Cadogan’s bio on Twitter. I thought it was pretty clever. Kevin is the former lead guitarist for Third Eye Blind, by the way.
February 2010
6 posts
WatchDavid Blaine talks about how he held his breath for 17 minutes. Towards the end of the talk he mentions a phenomenon called “blood shunting”, which caused a tingly sensation in his feet and hands. Basically, your brain tells your circulatory system to bypass your extremities and instead send the blood to the vital organs. This sounds remarkably similar to what I felt when my food...
“Dostoyevsky wrote once that “One can hardly live in Rebellion, and I want...”
– Peter Wonsowski wrote this in reference to the previously posted album art in a very thorough description of his creative process.
January 2010
2 posts
“I don’t think I’ve ever done anything creative while inebriated, or...”
– Charles Thompson (aka Black Francis; aka Frank Black) of the Pixies. Charles said this during the 2010/01/22 Sound Opinions classic album dissection of Doolittle, which is a great listen if you know the album or the band. It was also very cool to hear him talk about lyrics.
December 2009
4 posts
“I’m addicted to “the past” in so many ways (both in a very personal way in terms...”
– Dan Messe of Hem [via Shore Fire Media]
WatchInspired by the common “big head mode” in video games, 3D artist Eric Testrole made a papercraft model of his own head to wear for Halloween. Very surreal! [via Brian Weaver]
October 2009
1 post
“The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives....”
– G. K. Chesterton in the Illustrated London News 1924-04-19 (quoth Wikipedia). I just thought this was an interesting example of how much things change. This was written over 85 years ago!
September 2009
4 posts
“What have we done?
What do we do?
With so much clamor
and so much truth?”
– Rachel Ries, “3am”, For You Only
August 2009
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July 2009
5 posts
Interactive Fiction: "Violet" by Jeremy Freese →
I played several interactive fiction games (aka IF) while on vacation and found “Violet” to be the most enjoyable. The setting is simple, the dialog/narrative is very well written, and the goal is something that you feel compelled to achieve. I even laughed out loud in several places. Use the link above to play online or play it on your iPhone or iPod using Frotz.
I can’t...
June 2009
8 posts
WatchIt appears that Battlefield Heroes is now out of beta. I’m looking forward to trying it out. The price is certainly right (it’s free, by the way).
May 2009
3 posts
