November 2010
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I look inward and this is what I think I see
via devilduck:
“You’re only young once, but you can be immature forever.”
— Germaine Greer
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October 2010
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Rubato →
thingsiwikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempo_rubato
Because the purpose of rubato is to add a sense of improvisatory freedom to the performance, one should avoid using the same kind of rubato repeatedly in a piece. Stretching or rushing successive phrases in the same way creates a monotonous sense…
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sway
spindrift:
capricious is my middle name, and my heart is fair game if you can break down the walls i built on more than just stilts.
they’re steel behind steel, and if you have the magic i dare you to try to reel me back into reality.
i am restless today, and i can’t say it’s okay.
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Philosophers, Artists, Saints →
the most important trait that a human being can have is not to be morally perfect but to have the cognitive capacity to see with one’s heart…
A healthy culture provides a trellis upon which the souls of the people born into it can grow upward toward the More that calls us to be More. ..
[if there is] no trellis … for us to climb up out of the swamps of barbarism, the job, I...
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Mexican Drug Cartel Network Map →
visualoop:
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Compromise Your Integrity for Me
clientsfromhell:
Client: “Hey, sorry to call you on your holiday. My boss has found out about me running a business on the side and has blocked me from accessing my webmail. I just need you to log in and read some emails to me.”
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A 3-D Map of America's Highest Mountains →
visualoop:
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Librarian of Congress Determines Six Usage Classes... →
The Librarian of Congress Relating to Section 1201 Rulemaking
Section 1201(a)(1) of the copyright law requires that every three years I am to determine whether there are any classes of works that will be subject to exemptions from the statute’s prohibition against circumvention of technology that effectively controls access to a copyrighted work…
This is the fourth time that I have made...
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The Aaron Experiment: Preparing for an Interview →
aaronexperiment:
There are a lot of things that people do to prepare for Job interviews. Some people look up information on the company their interviewing for, others beef up their knowledge on the job their interviewing for. Lots of people do both, and there are still many more things people do (review their…
That’s actually a very sensible thing to do: Prepare thoroughly the day...
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Preemptive Foreclosure: Problems with GoDaddy... →
An impounded blog and other customer service issues plague @gumption’s interrelativity.com site….
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Trap Architecture
bobulate:
“It is not down in any map; true places never are.”
— Herman Melville cf. [T]rap streets, or deliberate cartographic errors introduced into a map so as to catch acts of copyright infringement by rival firms. In other words, if a competitor’s map includes your “trap street” — a geographic feature that you’ve simply invented — then you (and your lawyers) will know...
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Twitter conquers South America →
visualoop:
I was young, naive, unemployed .... →
clientsfromhell:
Years ago, I was young, naive and unemployed. While browsing the graphic design magazines in a book store, an older man approached me.
Client: “I see you look really interested in graphic design. I’m looking to hire a graphic designer.”
Me: “Wow, really? I’m looking for a job right now!”
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