when there is nothing to do, it's a waste of electricity to keep the mind running. -- Andre Kukla [mental traps]
I would like originality and repeat scores on my tweets. maybe numbering, indexing and concordance as well. (pat. pend)
grrrr bad enough we had to live with stupid watered-down "sci-fi" for years. now syfy? is that the sound u get when ectoplasmic goo drips?
quoth graydon hoare:
facebook users are insane. it's a web page. full of people's vague mutterings and crude party photos. get a grip.
new journalism: i wish it would be called something else, like journalism-the-next-generation (jtng)...
thought of the day: sun bleaches anything it touches, including thoughts.
so cool to find a quote i had noted from a broderick essay come back to me via my email sig line someone responded to four (!) years later:
bloat is the enemy of promise. sadly, like super-sized servings of greasy junk food, bloat sells. -- damien broderick
deleted ambiance app from my iphone. latest edition requires signup/login for sounds to put you to sleep and you have to pay for the priviledge. just what I need: another login in yet another opportunistic web service. not sure if sleeping is the expected result or the existing condition.
what would world be like without omelettes?
facebook vs twitter: re-structuring vs structuring... closed to open vs open to well... open. perennial battle of world-building. alas, twitter has a foundation made of balsa wood, bale wire and duct tape, so we'll see how easy it is to build a structure on.
thought for the morning... heraclitus was wrong: u can bathe in the same river twice. you just have to swim damned fast to catch it again.
thought of the day: when all else fails, pay attention!
nothing like an old-fashioned shave: meditation under cold steel.
