January 2012
4 posts
Jan 26th
191 notes
“The comment space is a whiteboard where others are able to expand on ideas or...”
– John Carey explains why you shouldn’t Drive Angry over at Fifty Foot Shadows. And he has a point.
Jan 23rd
The Dangerous Effects of Reading | Certain Extent →
practicalopacity: If the world overwhelms you with its constant production of useless crap which you filter more and more to things that only interest you can I calmly suggest that you just create things that you like and cut out the rest of the world as a middle-man to your happiness? This sounds like a good plan. (via Chris Long) It is a good plan.
Jan 22nd
10 notes
“I suspect I have spent just about exactly as much time actually writing as the...”
– William Gibson as quoted by Dwight Garner on his not very enthusiastic review of the writer’s book of non-fiction pieces ‘Distrust That Particular Flavor’.
Jan 2nd