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  • “Books can be picked up at any time, and an idea that was written down in the past can be released back into the present, and help to influence a future.”

    How to organize your books

    → 10:19 AM, Apr 11
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  • a cutaway illustration of a cave from a children’s book. Includes a mole disco party, caveman slumbering with a mammoth, and tiny submarine exploring a cave lake

    From: cutaway house illustrations appreciation post & fan club by way of Meanwhile.

    → 5:04 PM, Mar 24
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  • Book (to read): State of Paradise by Laura Van Den Berg

    → 5:29 PM, Feb 26
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  • Fiction resists summary

    It is an interesting feature of stories and fiction that they resist summary. You cannot read a summary of Anna Karenina and somehow stockpile its pleasures and charms. Narrative resists compression.

    Resist Summary

    → 11:41 AM, Jan 10
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  • His inner radio was all about oranges, dogs, and trucks

    “Truly this book is in memory of my brother, Jeff. When confronted with hatred or violence, he used to say: I don’t get that station, man. His inner radio was all about oranges, dogs, and trucks. We always made up life on our own. I miss him every day.”

    From the dedication of Mecca by Susan Straight.

    → 12:45 PM, Dec 4
  • a page from the PARKS book showing an abstract map of elevation and water flow

    This map/diagram from the Parks book slaps. That is all.

    → 11:32 AM, Nov 25
  • Links for Week 45, 2024

    • An illustrated guide to science-backed mood boosters.
    • A zine about reclaiming your life from digital technology.
    • A tool for searching independent websites.
    • A collection of the “best” marketing headlines on the internet.
    • Over the Garden Wall’s 10th anniversary stop motion short.
    • Max Vogel Gonzalez’s illustrations.
    • An experiment with giving out potatoes to trick or treaters.
    • A concept to break procrastination.
    • Some objects I covet: Nike C1TY “Surplus” shoes, El Oso Bear Tee, the Kobo Clara Colour, and the book Assembling Tomorrow.
    → 3:50 PM, Nov 4
  • Standard Ebooks: “A volunteer-driven project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, free of U.S. copyright restrictions, and free of cost.” /via Austin Kleon

    → 9:10 AM, Apr 12
  • On why Werner Herzog’s memoir finishes mid-sentence, it has to do with bullets and hummingbirds.

    → 4:08 PM, Feb 8
  • I picked up An Illustrated History of Ghosts featuring the awesome art (and words) of Adam Allsuch Boardman.

    → 5:09 PM, Feb 16
  • From Open Circuits

    → 5:37 PM, Feb 15
  • → 11:12 AM, Dec 17
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