February 2012
10 posts
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“I have built PCs and Linux boxes from parts. I built and ran a distributed Linux...”
– (1) Why do some people prefer Macs over PCs running Linux? - Quora
It may be hard to believe for the people who know me, but I used to be a PC guy. I actually used to dislike Macs. Granted, this was back in the day, when I had the time and inclination for building my own computers, tweaking...
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When is a blog more than a blog?
Two examples of Tumblr being used as more than just a blog (or even reblog) platform. The traditional structure of a blog is a series of posts offered in descending chronological order, pitching forward to some indeterminate future. While Tumblr (and other such platforms) were launched as micro-blogs— the same traditional basis for posting content chronologically minus the overhead of other...
“Spoken word poetry is unaccountably still looked down on by some within the...”
– The Spoken Word & Me: Faye Lipson via Spoken Word London
One of this year’s Barbican Poets, Faye Lipson, in an article on spoken word poetry, published through a site that’s maintained by two other Barbican Poets. I get to “teach” these guys; to say I’m blessed is...
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“Something similar has happened to the Internet. Transcending its original...”
– The Death of the Cyberflâneur - Evgeny Morozov, via NYTimes.com
Humbly disagree. Must we posit the social web as inherently evil? Surely the social mechanisms of the web serve as a tool for dissemination of findings (albeit hoisted up on a system that trades in the monetisation of habits, trends...
“Resolve to do lots of writing along the way. Much of it will be routine...”
– The Craft of Research, 3rd Edition via Andrea Mignolo
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On these kinds of days, it’s difficult to write. So much doing, not enough reflecting. Is there any rail equivalent for air miles? This week alone I’ve spent something like 30 hours in transit on cross country trains between London, Norwich, Dorset, Manchester and Leeds. And workshops: off the train, into a cab, to a venue, to work. This is not a complaint. It’s good to be (the...
“Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lamb...”
– Charles De Gaulle
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“Exercise tenacity. It’s not what you take from something, it’s what...”
– —Franklyn Rodgers.
Had the opportunity to work with Frank on a PAL project: If Not You Who Else. It was a blessing, really, to share the space with so many accomplished and open-hearted people, and it’s the kind of space I wish I could inhabit much more of the time. Spring cleaning, I came...
January 2012
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Watch“A few months ago, the term cassette tape was taken out of the Oxford English Dictionary.(!!!) It may seem ironic, then, that the cassette has experienced a quiet comeback over the last few years, as independent labels issuing tape-only releases have begun popping up around the world. I can’t even tell you how many fond memories I have of the days when cassette tapes ruled my music life. Do...
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“If you don’t know what your passion is, then you’re in luck…because blogging...”
– blogging is good for you: why, for the love of the gods, you should start your author blog today | Justine Musk
I also like this, because I feel like one of the things we just never learn is the process of introspection. I’m not entirely sure, but it seems to me that living is as much about...
“Shaping your own cultural identity - and having it recognised by others - is...”
– François Matarasso
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“People need to hear the things you think about, dream about, and worry about....”
– SpeEdChange: Changing Gears 2012: reconsidering what “literature” means
(via RGreco)
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“But as he grew older, he learned that a word was a powerful thing. An insult...”
– Jodi Picoult, The Tenth Circle (via teachingliteracy)
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“I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings...”
– Bene Gesserit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ah, the Bene Gesserit litany against fear. I recently finished reading ‘The Winds of Dune’. I have fond memories of watching the movie adaptation of Frank Herbert’s original Dune novel (which is where I remember the litany from,...
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“…if we didn’t have that means of communication, in fact, we’d still be...”
– from A Conversation with B.H. Fairchild - RATTLE: Poetry for the 21st Century » RATTLE: Poetry for the 21st Century
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“I have been a Buddhist long before I started writing poems and I think as far as...”
– Ocean Vuong | Ocean Vuong: The TNB Self-Interview | The Nervous Breakdown
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“Essentially I believe that everybody’s life involves this sort of dualism....”
– Andrea Galvani
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“I believe that the most complex and profound truths are usually arrived at when...”
– How a Poem Happens: Corrinne Clegg Hales
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“I keep a hotel room. I have everything taken off the walls, and I bring in...”
– Writers’ Routines: Maya Angelou
Two things here.
a) For a while, I developed a (bad?) habit of munching while working. Almost incessantly. Mostly healthy stuff (though I’m pretty sure I could have a reasonably decent conversation with Bill Herbert about decadent delicacies and bad...
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“Oh, yes,
let’s bless the imagination. It gives
us the myths we live by.”
– ‘On the Meeting of Garcia Lorca and Hart Crane’— Philip Levine.
I listened to a lot of Philip Levine and Robert Hass while pulling Breaking Silence together. At one point, I had a playlist of various readings on rotation. Now that Breaking Silence is out, I’m easing back into a...
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“As for technique, I was “playing it by ear.” I wanted to make the...”
– How a Poem Happens: John Drury
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Night Truths Stephen Dunn
I’ve known an edginess, come evening, when I haven’t chosen to be alone, but am, the necessity of music, the implacable silence of the telephone, when my faith is faith in the provisional, wild, no consolation in it, and deeply, late at night, in the peaty, musk-scented, moon-driven dark I’ve felt so singular, so importantly sorry for myself, or so exquisitely stilled,...
“Read, read, read. Read everything - trash, classics, good and bad, and see how...”
– William Faulkner (via creationoftheday)
WatchWant! WAAAANT!! Don’t know how I’ll use it yet, but WAAAANT!!
Birthday’s in June, guys. Just saying.
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something,...”
– Buckminster Fuller, via Sarah B. Nelson
“Every time I’ve made writing mistakes it’s been because of one significant...”
– Roger Robinson » 1 Minute Lecture: Is Your Writing In Service?
December 2011
15 posts
Most Listened To (Week Ending 2011-12-25) →
Boards of Canada (46)
The Cinematic Orchestra (17)
Abimaro & The Free (11)
4hero (8)
The Mattson 2 (7)
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“Some things
you know all your life. They are so simple and true
they must be...”
– Philip Levine, “The Simple Truth”
Most Listened To (Week Ending 2011-12-18) →
Dorian Concept (24)
Dimlite (19)
Bibio (13)
Machine Drum (12)
Abimaro & The Free (11)
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It’s been almost a year since I last ran Last.FM. Started up again a week ago, and hey presto! I’d forgotten this automated Last.FM scraper was listening. Nice little reminder that the web is watching…
“My advice is always to make a lot of art; to make a lot of art, then look at...”
– DAVE HICKEY, Art critic, Educator, Curator. »jon-garcia: “I saw this on Tumblr some time ago but I can’t find it. So here it is again. Those last two sentences are just… prophetic.” (via tobia)
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“To comprehend a man’s life, it is necessary to know not merely what he...”
– John Hall Gladstone
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ArtStack →
From the about page: “ArtStack lets you discover, collect and share art.”
“You can’t keep a great piece of art to yourself. By linking you with the people and things you’re interested in, ArtStack gives you a continually updated feed of relevant and inspiring artworks and commentary. When you see something you like - on the site or anywhere on the net - you can easily add it to...
<a href=”http://resonate.bandcamp.com/track/shiwasu-mix” _mce_href=”http://resonate.bandcamp.com/track/shiwasu-mix”>Shiwasu mix by Ichiro</a>
Saturday afternoon soundtrack provided by Shiwasu. All systems blazing in Jsamlarose towers…