If you’re going to invent the car, then you’ve got to invent the traffic jam. Larry Niven on writing science fiction (via Phil Ryu) Brilliant. Truly. (via merlin) Source: nothingbinding.com
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Do you accept the love people have for you? Do you celebrate your successes and see yourself in your divinity? Do you accept all the gifts the universe wishes to provide for you? Because you see, Dear Ones, you are always in charge and the universe has much it wishes to offer you, but you …
On hitting 50 (blog posts, that is)
Inspired by Shannon’s example, I decided to forge ahead and write M-F blog posts for 10 weeks. And rather remarkably, to me, I hit that goal without missing a day or calling for a do-over. Last Friday I posted my 50th entry.
Remembering Harvey Pekar on his birthday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tlPt0y2WaLk#! Hat tip to Southern Folklife Collection’s Facebook feed
For owners of older Mac products
Apple’s criteria for upgrading to Mountain Lion is whether you own a mid-2007 or newer iMac or late 2008 aluminum MacBook and so on. I mean, what? I don’t see dates like that when I open my MacBook’s About This Mac info window. Newer MacBooks are showing this type of year-of-production info, but not the old …
Ten years ago, people kept their mobile phone in their pockets. Now, they hold them permanently in their hand like a small angry animal, gazing crossly into our faces, in apparent need of constant placation. Philip Hensher: Why handwriting matters | Books | The Observer Source: Guardian
Remembering to remember (practice)
The previous post talked about prospective memory (PM) research. Today’s post is about learning to work with your prospective memory so you don’t forget to remember what you want to do. (God, do we writers love playing with phrases like “don’t forget to remember.” Annoying.) PM requires you to plan ahead so that the retrieval …
thenearsightedmonkey: What role will our hands play in the future? Will we still write by hand? via monstercrazy: Source: monstercrazy
timeimmemorial: Thomas Cooper Gotch (English, 1854–1931), The Lantern Parade, c. 1918. Oil on canvas, 61 x 76.2 cm. Private collection. Source: timeimmemorial
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