I'm Jacob Sam-La Rose: poet, editor, creative consultant, artistic director, and
sometime photographer. This is a collection of things that I like, things that make
me smile, things that make me think, things that I admire, things that I desire,
and so on...

Comments? Holler.


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Jul 4, 2009
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“Like an increasing number of people who care about the security and integrity of their data, I have encrypted all my hard-drives – the ones in my laptops and the backup drives, using 128-bit AES – the Advanced Encryption Standard. Without the passphrase that unlocks my key, the data on those drives is unrecoverable, barring major, seismic advances in quantum computing, or a fundamental revolution in computing. Once your data is cryptographically secured, all the computers on earth, working in unison, could not recover it on anything less than a geological timescale.”

Tales from the encrypt: the secrets of data protection | Technology | guardian.co.uk

A friend of mine recently had her laptop stolen.  My laptop is pretty much a stay at home machine these days, so I’m less concerned about being parted with it on the street, but I’m still more and more interested in encrypting my data, just to be safe.  Sounds like a very good move…


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Jul 4, 2009
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Ario - Closest to the Heart.

I’ve had this mix floating around in various iTunes playlists for what feels like a lifetime.  It’s become the soundtrack to many an hour spent writing, and other chilled out moments.  Ambient and folksy in equal measures.

More info and download links here:

http://interimlover.livejournal.com/435544.html


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Jul 4, 2009
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Photographing London »

Sounds really very cool.  Shame it’s sold out.

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Jul 1, 2009
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Afta-1 spreads some stomach-settling audiolove and summery bliss. (via Justlikemusic)


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Jul 1, 2009
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“It may be that poetry makes life’s nebulous events tangible to me and restores their detail; or conversely, that poetry brings forth the intangible quality of incidents which are all too concrete and circumstantial. Or each on specific occasions, or both all the time.” —Frank O’Hara

(via One Poet’s Notes)


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Jul 1, 2009
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“…we have make a concentrated effort to make writing a priority in our lives. Writing is not the default behavior for the human animal. It’s way down the list on the hierarchy of needs, for one thing. If we want it to happen, we have to make it happen. On purpose.”

Work-in-Progress: The Co-existence of Day Jobs and Writing


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Jul 1, 2009
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The Index. | Dustin Curtis »

Who needs television on a sick day? Dustin Curtis’ site is infinitely more rewarding.  Great reading.

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Jul 1, 2009
@ 10:18 am
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“What makes summer in Britain so particularly touching is its fragility and brevity; it’s a haunting reminder of an elusive state of continous happiness that almost naturally, and no doubt errouneously, gets located somewhere in the past.”

The School of Life : Alain de Botton on summer