June 2012
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Vocabulary: Fruit of Forfeit & Declining...
dehiscence: the release of juices or fluids by the rupture of a tissue, in botany or biology mouldwarp: archaic term for a mole, from the German mouldeworpon, “earth-thrower” climacteric: in fruit, the ripening period; in humans, a period of declining sexual activity deodand: an animal or object that has caused a death and is forfeit to crown purposes spavined: decrepit or broken down,...
Jun 1st
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Jun 1st
May 2012
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Message from National Geographic's Director of... →
DODGING AND BURNING: Dodging (to brighten shadows) or burning (to darken highlights) is OK, but it should be minimal. Do not overdo it. Your goal in using digital darkroom techniques should be only to adjust the dynamic tonal range of an image so that it more closely resembles what you saw. And don’t oversaturate the color. SOLARIZATION, MEZZOTINT, DUOTONE, ETC.: No. If you use one of the...
May 31st
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ListenVarious - “The World Is Gone” The...
May 30th
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“I really believe some people save their bright thoughts, as being too precious...”
– Oliver Wendell Holmes, Autocrat
May 30th
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“And now flutes with many stops breathed forth in sweet accord a Lydian air. But...”
– Apuleius, Metamorphoses
May 12th
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Page 1: Great Expectations →
The first page of Great Expectations, as rendered by 70 different designers.
May 9th
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ListenThe Microphones - “I’ll Be in the...
May 7th
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“On the whole, I had rather judge men’s minds by comparing their thoughts...”
– Oliver Wendell Holmes, Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
May 4th
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ListenLowcloudcover - “Skeleton Key”...
May 1st
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April 2012
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“He swoops all-conquering, borne on airy wing, With fire and sword he makes his...”
– Apuleius, Metamorphoses
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“Some things are rushing into existence, others hastening to dissolution; and of...”
– Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Apr 26th
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ListenJonsi & Alex - “Stokkseyri”...
Apr 25th
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“The first among elegances is idleness.”
– Les Miserables
Apr 22nd
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Fata morgana →
Fata Morgana is a type of mirage that occurs when a layer of cold air bends light downwards, creating a superior-image effect and making it look as though what is below one’s line of sight is actually above it. The name is derived from the superstition that Morgan Le Fey created illusionary castles at sea with which to seduce sailors. More information here and here. (The images above are...
Apr 18th
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Apr 18th
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ListenOlivia Tremor Control - “Holiday...
Apr 11th
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Apr 11th
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Leaving TechCrunch
(this is a personal announcement, please ignore if we are unacquainted) In 2007, I was talking with a friend of mine who had recently been hired to write about gadgets and such part-time. It was for a site I hadn’t heard of, CrunchGear, and as there were many such sites at the time, I didn’t think much about it. But I had been doing music reviews on my old blog, Robosexual, for about...
Apr 10th
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Apr 10th
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ListenAutechre - “krYlon” Oversteps At...
Apr 4th
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“If it is the grandeur of the revolution to gaze steadily upon the dazzling...”
– Les Miserables
Apr 3rd
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ListenLoscil - “Zephyr” Plume This...
Apr 2nd
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March 2012
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Letter from Kurt Vonnegut to one who would burn... →
November 16, 1973 Dear Mr. McCarthy: I am writing to you in your capacity as chairman of the Drake School Board. I am among those American writers whose books have been destroyed in the now famous furnace of your school. Certain members of your community have suggested that my work is evil. This is extraordinarily insulting to me. The news from Drake indicates to me that books and writers...
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“He was twice witty, first with his own wit, then with the wit which was...”
– Victor Hugo, Les Miserables
Mar 28th
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ListenBlack Forest/Black Sea - “Sevastopol”...
Mar 27th
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“Old books? The devil take them!” Goby said. “Fresh every day must...”
– Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary
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Mar 22nd
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Why Finish Books? →
Tim Parks in the NYRB suggests that finishing a book may not be necessary to the aesthetic experience. I don’t agree with this line of thinking, that the concept of the art in question lies entirely with the reader or viewer. If a piece of art (i.e. a book or painting) is conceived as a whole and executed as a whole, then finishing it is necessary to understanding and appreciating that piece...
Mar 16th
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“For what matter is it for us to know how high the Pleiades are, how far distant...”
– Anatomy of Melancholy
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