Chad Aaron Hall
@chadhall
1️⃣ paper is the best app 2️⃣ Time is not the enemy of thought
Chad Aaron Hall
readordieaslave.substack.com
I don’t know what this place is but I can’t get it out of my head. All the plants and then the books in curio cabinets.
from The Nordic Murders: S1E2 The Blemish
When I write my notes the thought, ‘Where am I going to put this?’ plagues me every time. It’s a direct and immediate pain. And it sometimes gets in the way of me even taking notes at all. I have this sensation many times a day and it’s deeply uncomfortable.
every.to • The Fall of Roam
Other Inquisitions, 1937-1952 (Texas Pan American Series)
amazon.com
writing as thinking or writing to understand
Borges names his essays as “inquisitions.” He is less concerned with presenting a belief and more concerned with pondering and conjecture.
for example: in “The Wall and the Books” his writing is essential guessing at the possible reasons the Shih Huang Ti ordered the building of The Great Wall and the burning of all books published before his time.
While most people tend to be optimistic, those suffering from depression and anxiety have a bleak view of the future — and that in fact seems to be the chief cause of their problems, not their past traumas nor their view of the present. While traumas do have a lasting impact, most people actually emerge stronger afterward. Others continue strugglin... See more
archive.ph
we’re going to look back at how we designed the world around computers with the same regret that we look at how we’ve designed cities around cars
You could build a superb zettelkasten in Sublime is it were easier to link notes.
I love the way Kym Petrie describes getting into the creative space to restore a house. She describes it as “being there, lost in that space.” That triggers something for me. I do the same thing in places. It’s like your letting your mind view it’s past and maybe even its future. What was it like to live there? Can you feel that snapshot of time?
Re
... See moreI like the term “rescuing homes.” It’s an acknowledgment of what is already there instead of demolishing and replacing. The character of streets and towns is important to me. (Which is exactly what the neighbor says later in the episode, people tear down a house, stock two new houses there, and you lose character.)
re: "In with the Old" In the Heart
... See more"In with the Old" In the Heart of Greenville (TV Episode 2022) ⭐ 1.7 | Reality-TV
imdb.comCould Sublime be used as a primary notes app? Could it replaced the need for something else?
I don’t think Sublime allows you to link to other notes