February 2010
11 posts
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“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”
– Aldous Huxley
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The Scale of the Universe →
Ineffable.
January 2010
15 posts
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Daniel Sieberg: My Declaration of Disconnection →
In my opinion:
While I think its good to disconnect from social networking every once and a while (even for a few months or perhaps an entire year), disconnecting forever is a tad extreme— and quite unnecessary.
The solution isn’t to abandon Facebook or Twitter or whatever. I’d start by thinking about why you want to leave in the first place. What are the benefits of leaving? What...
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“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent...”
– Bertrand Russell. (See also, Dunning–Kruger effect)
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Why Smart People Do Stupid Things →
Intelligence by itself doesn’t make you rational. Thinking rationally demands mental skills that some of us don’t have and many of us don’t use
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“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”
– Albert Einstein
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Slow Design →
The Six Principles of Slow Design (via Changing the Change, see full document here):
Principle 1: Slow design reveals experiences in everyday life that are often missed or forgotten, including the materials and processes that can be easily overlooked in an artifact’s existence or creation.
Principle 2: Slow design considers the real and potential “expressions” of artifacts and environments...
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Should I rename this tumblelog?
Should I rename this tumblelog?
“Nicklog” seems a bit off-topic and outdated as a name. I started using it back in 2007 because then this was my main blog, but I have since moved my main blog and am now using this as a sideblog.
Nicklog is a sideblog because I don’t use it to write about inspirational or thought-provoking content, like I do on my blog, instead I use it to share...
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“Sometimes, a great idea is just a few good ideas meeting for the first time.”
– Google (Introducing the Nexus One)
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“Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music -...”
– Henry Miller (1891 - 1980)
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The Laws of Simplicity →
dailymeh:
The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction.
Organization makes a system of many appear fewer.
Savings in time feel like simplicity.
Knowledge makes everything simpler.
Simplicity and complexity need each other.
What lies in the periphery of simplicity is definitely not peripheral.
More emotions are better than less.
In simplicity we trust.
Some...
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Ask me anything →
My obligatory ask me anything page
“The trouble with life isn’t that there is no answer, it’s that there are so many...”
– Ruth Benedict (via harshrule)