February 2012
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“Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified....”
– bell hooks
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“You must understand words and the craft and art of putting words together to...”
– Barry Moser
“Almost all our faults are more pardonable than the methods we resort to to hide...”
– La Rochefoucauld (via John Perry Barlow)
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“I think it’s very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone...”
– Olivia Wilde
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“I remember watching a segment on Japanese TV where some independent scientist...”
– Byron Aihara
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Faster-than-light neutrino results were due to a... →
proofmathisbeautiful:
cab1729:
un:
discoverynews:
theweekmagazine:
And not just any mistake. A LOOSE CABLE.
“There was a good reason the measurements and reality weren’t lining up: a loose fiber optic cable was causing one of the atomic clocks used to time the neutrinos’ flight to produce spurious results.”
oops
KNEW IT!
oh damn! there goes that neutrino-walks-into-a-bar...
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“Second to the value of work is the willingness to fail. Faulkner said that to...”
– Barry Moser
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“The best advice I could possibly give you, and forgive me if this seems glib, is...”
– Barry Moser
“When I see an old movie, like from the ’40s or ’50s or ’60s, the people look so...”
– Rudy Rucker
“… desire is full
of endless distances.”
– Robert Hass, from “Meditation at Lagunitas”
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“When we started we HAD no style, no understanding of ourselves or what we were...”
– Teller, of Penn and Teller, in a letter at http://shwood.squarespace.com/news/2009/9/21/14-years-ago-the-day-teller-gave-me-the-secret-to-my-career.html
Strangely, advice as good for writers or musicians as it is for magicians.
(via neil-gaiman)
Good advice for anyone.
“The highest quality of attention we may give is love.”
– Robert Fripp
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Helsinki Bus Station Theory - Stay on the f*cking...
The Helsinki Bus Station: let me describe what happens there.
Some two-dozen platforms are laid out in a square at the heart of the city. At the head of each platform is a sign posting the numbers of the buses that leave from that particular platform. The bus numbers might read as follows: 21, 71, 58, 33, and 19.
Each bus takes the same route out of the city for a least a kilometer stopping at...
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“Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for...”
– Gloria Naylor
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“Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his...”
– Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
“The right thing at the wrong time is wrong. The wrong thing at the right time...”
– Robert Fripp (via moredarkthanshark)
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“The point of art is to transform yourself through understanding. Teach yourself...”
– Miranda July (via aprill-showers)
“When everyone is being very cool, uncool becomes very important.”
– Brian Eno (via moredarkthanshark)
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“the whole point of the flâneur’s wanderings is that he does not know what he...”
– The Death of the Cyberflâneur - NYTimes.com (via johnyzuper)
This is an excellent piece that articulates well how I’ve felt about the current state of the net.
“I don’t like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless...”
– Boris Pasternak
“I said that the more we can name what we’re seeing, the more language we have...”
– Mark Doty (source; adapted from itgivesitthew)
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“We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when...”
– Albert Einstein, y’all
“Sometimes reality is too complex for oral communication”
– Alphaville, (1965)
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