February 2012
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Feb 28th
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“You must understand words and the craft and art of putting words together to...”
– Barry Moser
Feb 28th
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Feb 28th
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Feb 27th
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Feb 26th
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Feb 24th
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“I remember watching a segment on Japanese TV where some independent scientist...”
–  Byron Aihara
Feb 23rd
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Feb 22nd
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Feb 22nd
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“Second to the value of work is the willingness to fail. Faulkner said that to...”
– Barry Moser
Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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“The best advice I could possibly give you, and forgive me if this seems glib, is...”
– Barry Moser  
Feb 20th
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“When I see an old movie, like from the ’40s or ’50s or ’60s, the people look so...”
– Rudy Rucker
Feb 19th
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Feb 19th
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Feb 18th
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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. 
Feb 17th
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“The highest quality of attention we may give is love.”
– Robert Fripp 
Feb 16th
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Feb 16th
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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...
Feb 15th
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Feb 14th
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Feb 14th
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Feb 13th
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“The right thing at the wrong time is wrong. The wrong thing at the right time...”
– Robert Fripp (via moredarkthanshark)
Feb 12th
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Feb 11th
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Feb 10th
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“The point of art is to transform yourself through understanding. Teach yourself...”
– Miranda July (via aprill-showers)
Feb 9th
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Feb 9th
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“When everyone is being very cool, uncool becomes very important.”
– Brian Eno (via moredarkthanshark)
Feb 8th
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Feb 6th
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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. 
Feb 6th
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Feb 5th
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“I said that the more we can name what we’re seeing, the more language we have...”
– Mark Doty (source; adapted from itgivesitthew)
Feb 5th
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Feb 4th
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Feb 4th
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“We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when...”
– Albert Einstein, y’all 
Feb 2nd
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Feb 2nd
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“Sometimes reality is too complex for oral communication”
– Alphaville, (1965)
Feb 2nd
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