It is such a secret place, the land of tears.
-(of light) flash or sparkle : the light coruscated from the crystal glass
Capitol Words displays the word most used in the U.S. Congress for any given day, generated by a program going through the Congressional Record.
A few excellent and humorous three line summaries of classic works of literature.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
-Ecclesiastes 1:18
The oldest songs in English for which the original settings survive are by St. Godric of Finchale, a medieval hermit.
Back in Oxford for the day – just for a bit of reading.
An rud is annamh is iontach.
– What is strange is wonderful. (Irish proverb.)
Nasreddin Hoja was standing in a field when a passerby quizzed him, asking what the people in the next village down the road were like.
“Well, what did you think of the people in our village?” he asked the stranger.
“Block-headed, lazy, stupid and rude, if you must know,” replied the traveler.
“That’s probably how you’ll find them in the next village, too,” said the Hoja.
A little later, another passing stranger struck up a conversation with Nasreddin Hoja. He too asked what the people in the next village were like.
“How did you find the people in this village?” countered the Hoja again.
“Warm-hearted, smiling, gentle and hospitable,” answered the stranger.
“Then that’s how you’ll find them in the next village, too.”
A good post at The Growing Life about cutting out all the useless cruft from your life and pursuing the few things you really want to do.
A useful article on novel uses for Photoshop’s “blending options”. Very handy for icon design…
Just finished reading The Little Prince. Heartbreaking, and astonishingly beautiful.
Been driving with the top down. I love summer!
Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward in the same direction.
-Antoine de Saint-Exupery. A man who’s spoken some really beautiful truths.
Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.
A hilarious article on the oft-repeated meme of the “Productivity Ninja“. I’ve made no secret of my dislike of productivity overkill in the past, and I’m not about to start now. It seems every other blog is telling me how to become as productive as a Japanese assassin.
The Rare Book Room is filled with amazing photographs of some of the most beautiful old books in the world.
Full size scans of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, a fifteenth-century printed book with beautiful typography.
Israeli researchers planted a 2000-year-old date palm seed that archaeologists collected from Masada in the 60’s and it actually grew!
(via The History Blog)
Prose is architecture, not interior decoration, and the Baroque is over.
-Ernest Hemingway (via Projectionist)
The Vertical Farm Project. I’m going to become wildly rich and build one of these. Looks cool.
ltlblg Theme update
Well, I’ve continued to tinker with the ltlblg theme, and as you can see, it now sports a rather fetching dark blue colour scheme. Don’t worry though, the white version is still avaiable by clicking the snazzy little circular button in the top right. I’ve also created a custom feed icon, which fits better with the two color schemes.
The other main feature addition is the possibility of integration with Twitter. Using Alex King’s Twitter Tools, you can have your blog include all your twitter posts. What’s more, with the ltlblg theme, you can have those posts styled seperately, so they stand out, with a cute little bird icon. Details on how to set this up are included in the readme.
Great meal at the Art Kitchen in Warwick last night. Thai is my favorite!
Here are two excellent articles on novelr.com about the future of online fiction; the first give an introduction to the differences between online and traditional fiction, the second describes how a publishing industry slump might be a good thing for authors and online publishers.
A good post on how to create beautiful watercolour style images with Photoshop.
It’s working! This is posted from my phone through twitter. Expect more of this moblogging in the future.
Testing twitter integration with my blog…
As might be supposed I have not had the time, nor may I add the inclination to read through this book. I have, however, read pages 690 to 732…
- The words with which Sir Archibald Bodkin banned James Joyce’s Ulysses.
I agree with most of this alternative productivity manifesto: we’re all too obsessed with productivity and work.
Scientists are working on harnessing the power of shoppers’ feet to make renewable energy.
Asking good questions is half of learning.
- Muhammad
If I ever make a film noir, I’m going to use Back to the Cat by Barry Adamson as the music.
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