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The language of the slot-machine industry: There’s a term bandied about at the trade shows: “extinction.” We need to design for extinction, we need to reduce time-to-extinction, and so on. What’s… Extinction

James Joyce, Ulysses, Kindle edition, $3.19.  Free shipping, too.  Is the book market going the way of the music market, where there is a systematic redistribution of the surplus toward… In case you weren't paying attention…

Thor #163Thor #163

Roaming through the jungle, the jungle of “oohs” and “ahs,” searching for a more agreeable noise, I live a life of primitivity with the mind of a child and an unquenchable thirst for sharps… On Duke Ellington's birthday

Yesterday I went to a party at Robin Hanson’s.  Megan McArdle, Bryan Caplan, Will Wilkinson, Tyler and many others were in attendance, as was my 6-year old.  “How was the party?,” my wife asked… The 6yr old Reports

Adventures of the Fly #23Adventures of the Fly #23

Young Romance #24Young Romance #24

guignol de roudoudou (1969)

“Bust portrait of William III and Mary in state robes, in two ovals facing towards each other, printed within calligraphic flourishes; a cutting of the top left corner from a official…Calligraphy Portraits

Lovers #58Lovers #58