February 2010
61 posts
Robin Hood Hacker →
A brief homage to Franklin Gothic →
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The XX - Insects (b-side to...
Warren Peace on Tezuka's ability to create visual... →
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Tchaikovsky - Waltz of the...
“When I was a young man I was always hunting for new metaphors. Then I found out...”
– Jorge Luis Borges, Paris Review interview, 1967 (via aclockwithouthands) (via crashinglybeautiful)
Houellebecq
I wake up. It is cold. I dive back into the dream.
Each time, faced with these blood-stained tools, I experience the sufferings of the victim in gruesome detail. Soon I have an erection. There are some scissors on the table near my bed. The idea comes to me to cut off my penis. I imagine myself with the pair of scissors in my hands, the slight resistance of the flesh, and suddenly the bloody...
pace is the trick →
i just think this is a beautiful appropriation of this song and film scene from Dead Man.
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frost-at-midnight:
Piano...
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findout:
Adagio (from...
“This moment, mortal as you or I,
was full of boundless, senseless,
silly joy,...”
– Adam Zagajewski, “Moment” (from Whiskey River) (via crashinglybeautiful)
Morality and Religion: genetic adaptations? →
“In other words, morality is independent of religion or religiosity. Religion may be a means to pass down certain cultural norms about moral behavior, but there are plenty of other ways to do the same thing. As one theologian of my acquaintance put it, there are many paths to the top of the mountain.
Theists can take comfort in that notion, secure in the thought that their god(s) shaped...
Snuff
We loved each other so much that sometimes it hurt, even when we were close. I wanted to be her and she wanted to be me. Sex never felt complete, and afterwards we talked carelessly about easy subjects to avoid discussing the ache that bruised us both. So one day, in the kitchen, she cut me and I cut her; gently, slowly, too easily. It was the knife we used for onions and our tears were painful...
Some Nuclear Reactors
The latitude of the Palo Verde nuclear reactor in Arizona is minus eighty-seven point one three one oh five. The longitude is thirty-four point three eight seven five oh. In California, the Diablo Canyon reactor is minus one hundred and twenty point eight five five four five, then thirty-five point two one one four two. In Florida, Turkey Point is minus eighty point three three one six eight by...
Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan's Ultimate Mix Tape →
“kill your idol”
Left me speechless →
“But if we’re serious about social change, it is necessary to create design that examines the consequences of marginalization on a wider human scale. Our work should not merely address the political injustices wrought by discriminatory laws: it should register the sense of loss inflicted on those who suffer them.”
Graphic design may not be a direct change of social issues or...
