December 2011
Since I have several domains registered through GoDaddy, including this one, I was naturally interested when I saw this. So says Jason Kottke: “Seeing who still has domains to transfer away from Go Daddy is the internet’s walk of shame.” People naturally asked him why. So here’s his attempt at explaining himself. (Oh, sorry, I meant “passing along information”....
Variations on a Theme
I think variation on a theme is one of the most fundamental creative strategies. It’s at the heart of science: the theme is the independent variable. In literature, “theme” is much broader. It could rightfully be said that all literature consists of variations on a small set of themes. What I have in mind, however, is more restrictive. Something between the rigor of the scientist...
“It is awfully easy to be hard-boiled about everything in the daytime, but at...”
– After accidentally buying some audiobooks, I’ve started to listen to them in bed at night. Right now I’m listening to Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises. It’s true: at the very end of the day, I seem to sink into a dull sort of melancholia. But that can occasionally be, if...
No Copyright Intended →
Andy Baio:
No amount of lawsuits or legal threats will change the fact that this behavior is considered normal — I’d wager the vast majority of people under 25 see nothing wrong with non-commercial sharing and remixing, or think it’s legal already.
Here’s a thought experiment: Everyone over age 12 when YouTube launched in 2005 is now able to vote.
What happens when — and this...
Moral Calculi
It’s high time someone issued a Stay the Fuck Outta My Private Life Directive.
Living in a country unacquainted with terrorism, I’ve enjoyed a government whose approach to surveillance and privacy has been relatively conservative. But Norway can’t stand alone against the tidal wave of paranoia that’s crushing over Europe and North America. Especially after July 22.
The...
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Saints and Seeds
At any point in time, there’s a variety of ideas incubating in my mind. My head is like a botanical garden, a series of different plants growing at different speeds and in different directions. Most of it happens subconsciously. I’m sure you can relate: slowly, over time, you begin to notice ideas that, once you think about it, must have been there a long time, but only recently...
Édouard Levé, Self-portrait
One of the perks of bilingualism is having access to two different literatures. Not only the native literature of the two languages, but also whatever gets translated into each one and not (or before) the other. I was quite taken with this excerpt from Édouard Levé’s Autoportrait, and I was looking forward to the English translation that’s set to be published in 2012. As it happens,...