Chad Aaron Hall
@chadhall
1️⃣ paper is the best app 2️⃣ Time is not the enemy of thought
Chad Aaron Hall
readordieaslave.substack.com
What most apps offer is the promise of perfection, but deliver only busy-work and maintenance.
bring individualism back to websites
RAPARIA: a notebook for copying bits of scriptures and one's own spiritual insights
The zimbaldoni (which sound very much like commonplace books were effective at increasing the visibility of an author and helping to spread their work.
People would copy passages, share them with others, and they would in turn copy them.
I'm reminded of:
- social media (on a good day)
- ripped CDs
- mixtapes
- PDFS
- photocopies
- file-sharing like Napster
The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper
amazon.com
I learn to read faster and at a more consistent pace I have fewer random thoughts popping into my head.
Reading speed (which is comprehension by proxy) can function as a dial for divergent thought. Slow down to allow the mind to wander. Speed up to snap focus and increase efficiency.
A dip vat is a long, narrow, seven-foot-deep swimming pool through which cattle move in single file. It is filled with pesticide to rid the animals of ticks, lice, and other external parasites. In 1978, existing dip vat designs were very poor. The animals often panicked because they were forced to slide into the vat down a steep, slick concrete dec
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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