Finished reading Don't Call It Art by Austin Kleon ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
Thought this would be an easy, enjoyable read, a “10/10 no notes” kinda read. Turns out, I do have some notes 😄: “Don’t Call It Art”, by Austin Kleon.
(It was very much enjoyable though)
Open Tabs
The Chocolate Caramel Problem
A super interesting discussion about the inherent value judgements in language, not only spoken / written but also visual.
Legibility of Effort
A most interesting reflection by Nolen Royalty of eieio.games around the following question: when everything is easier, how can we tell someone actually made an effort creating something? (which makes it something worth engaging with).
Filed immediately under: AI.
Cozy Summer
I like how Mari Andrew here talks about the “ands” in life as a way to deal with the messiness of it… just as the idea of a “cozy summer” feels both contradicting and interesting.
95 reasons for having your own website
I think that’s more than enough reasons, so go make your own website ;)
— Bertrand Russell on the limits set by science (via The Quotations Page)Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
Miscellaneous (a.k.a The Stream)
Finished reading Physics for Cats by Tom Gauld ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
extremely funny collection of science / nerdy comic strips, what’s not to like :D
Reposted kienie.tumblr.com:
god forbid 5000 year old girls do anything
holy shit bronze age pro sheep bone gamer girl
this is hilarious but also im gonna cry like this teenage gamer died and they buried her with her high score. no one took back the pot or divided it up because no one would play against her again. her family and friends buried her with her wins. im crying
and she made it to tumblr. Her win lives forever, this absolute diva, sheep bone gamer girl I wish I was friends with 🥹 🙌
happy first day(s) of fall! 🍁
How one of the most popular songs by an ex-Beatle (and probably my favorite one) came to be