I continue to crawl deeper into the rabbit hole of distraction-free writing with the addition of Alpha smart Neo 2.
January 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I continue to crawl deeper into the rabbit hole of distraction-free writing with the addition of Alpha smart Neo 2.
Found this mysterious thing called typewriter in a thrift shop. Adopted it immediately. Needs a new ribbon, otherwise healthy.
January 21, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Found this mysterious thing called typewriter in a thrift shop. Adopted it immediately. Needs a new ribbon, otherwise healthy.
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I am looking for writers sharing their experiences/research on chronic disease, fibromyalgia, CFS, and other related topics. Any suggestions are welcome.
December 18, 2024 at 2:39 PM
I am looking for writers sharing their experiences/research on chronic disease, fibromyalgia, CFS, and other related topics. Any suggestions are welcome.
I haven't read much fiction recently. Usually I listen audiobooks for fiction and read for non-fiction.
Last audiobook that I listened was Bleak House by C. Dickens, and now I'm listening to Sherlock Holmes stories narrated by Stephen Fry.
Also, reading collection of Orwell's essays.
Last audiobook that I listened was Bleak House by C. Dickens, and now I'm listening to Sherlock Holmes stories narrated by Stephen Fry.
Also, reading collection of Orwell's essays.
December 14, 2024 at 8:37 AM
I haven't read much fiction recently. Usually I listen audiobooks for fiction and read for non-fiction.
Last audiobook that I listened was Bleak House by C. Dickens, and now I'm listening to Sherlock Holmes stories narrated by Stephen Fry.
Also, reading collection of Orwell's essays.
Last audiobook that I listened was Bleak House by C. Dickens, and now I'm listening to Sherlock Holmes stories narrated by Stephen Fry.
Also, reading collection of Orwell's essays.
When people write fiction with AI and have no idea how good fiction actually looks like:
December 11, 2024 at 8:29 AM
When people write fiction with AI and have no idea how good fiction actually looks like:
I think it's still possible to go fast--but you have to pack your bag the night before.
December 4, 2024 at 9:19 AM
I think it's still possible to go fast--but you have to pack your bag the night before.
It's a game of tradeoffs: sure, you will lose some customers, but you might also gain new customers. Being near your competitor means that you have access to greater number of customers. That's why shops, gas stations etc. always cluster around a point. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jILg...
Why do competitors open their stores next to one another? - Jac de Haan
YouTube video by TED-Ed
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2024 at 8:41 AM
It's a game of tradeoffs: sure, you will lose some customers, but you might also gain new customers. Being near your competitor means that you have access to greater number of customers. That's why shops, gas stations etc. always cluster around a point. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jILg...
Brings back memories: printing out game walkthroughs on school computers, writing down cheat codes in the notebook, inviting over friends who could beat the level for me.
November 28, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Brings back memories: printing out game walkthroughs on school computers, writing down cheat codes in the notebook, inviting over friends who could beat the level for me.
Second time this year. MacBooks are just built different.
November 25, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Second time this year. MacBooks are just built different.
Yeah. Reticular Activating System is doing all it can by filtering the input of your senses to make you behave in certain way.
November 24, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Yeah. Reticular Activating System is doing all it can by filtering the input of your senses to make you behave in certain way.
The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
November 23, 2024 at 9:27 AM
The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
"The foundation, then, for a generative or productive rhetoric of the sentence is that composition is essentially a process of addition."
-- Francis Christensen, A Generative Rhetoric of the Sentence (www.jstor.org/stable/355051)
-- Francis Christensen, A Generative Rhetoric of the Sentence (www.jstor.org/stable/355051)
A Generative Rhetoric of the Sentence on JSTOR
Francis Christensen, A Generative Rhetoric of the Sentence, College Composition and Communication, Vol. 14, No. 3, Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, 1963: Toward a New Rhetoric (Oct., 1963), pp. 155-161
www.jstor.org
November 23, 2024 at 8:43 AM
"The foundation, then, for a generative or productive rhetoric of the sentence is that composition is essentially a process of addition."
-- Francis Christensen, A Generative Rhetoric of the Sentence (www.jstor.org/stable/355051)
-- Francis Christensen, A Generative Rhetoric of the Sentence (www.jstor.org/stable/355051)
Make a point by adding, not subtracting. John Erskine, "A Note on the Writer's Craft" (archive.org/details/dli....)
November 23, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Make a point by adding, not subtracting. John Erskine, "A Note on the Writer's Craft" (archive.org/details/dli....)
"First learn. Then understand. Insight requires ideas to be uploaded to the mind first."
-- Alan U. Kennington, The Asterisk Method (www.geometry.org/tex/conc/mat...)
-- Alan U. Kennington, The Asterisk Method (www.geometry.org/tex/conc/mat...)
geometry.org human test
Then you can browse www.geometry.org. (You must permit one cookie.)
www.geometry.org
November 23, 2024 at 8:10 AM
"First learn. Then understand. Insight requires ideas to be uploaded to the mind first."
-- Alan U. Kennington, The Asterisk Method (www.geometry.org/tex/conc/mat...)
-- Alan U. Kennington, The Asterisk Method (www.geometry.org/tex/conc/mat...)
TIL that most cats with patchy fur are female.
November 22, 2024 at 10:52 AM
TIL that most cats with patchy fur are female.
Hi, I'm Jyri, and I should cut my nails and comb my hair next time to look less like a werewolf.
November 21, 2024 at 10:39 AM
Hi, I'm Jyri, and I should cut my nails and comb my hair next time to look less like a werewolf.