Chad Aaron Hall
@readordieaslave
Edgewalker
Chad Aaron Hall
readordieaslave.substack.com
Stanley Kubrick, Director: A Visual Analysis by Sybil Taylor, Alexander Walker, Ulrich Ruchti
app.thestorygraph.com
Whenever you stumble upon an interesting thought on another site, write about it and link to it. Not only is it respectful to link to the person you quoted, but hyperlinks are also the magic force holding the Web together. They are both helpful and powerful. You can also add a links section to your site, where you collect interesting links you... See more
Matthias Ott • Into the Personal-Website-Verse
This is why I continually refer back to the early days of the personal website. Most website now seem to write everything as if the are auditioning for Wired or The New York Times. Everything is an "article." Every thing is big and overly structured. In contrast, the personal website was about the small, the raw, and the connection. It was about completely realized concepts. It was reactions and journals. "I just read this paragraph and I think this." As you can probably tell by now, I'm trying to bring this energy here—right now.
I love this framing by Jillian Hess:
Too often, we think of notebooks as a way-station: a necessary stop en-route to the perfected, polished work of art. But what if the notebook is the work of art? What if the process of taking notes is the point?
sari azout • Taste, Conviction, Elon Musk
Walkable urbanism continues to produce robust economic benefits. The report finds that housing sells for a 34% higher price per square foot compared to auto-oriented areas, while the premium for office and multifamily rentals is 47%. These cities have also experienced migration gains from under-35, educated, mobile professionals, who prioritize... See more
Ben Abramson • Why Is It So Difficult To Build Walkable Places?
He went down to the firehouse and cast the first ballot of his life, for Donald Trump.
Farah Stockman • American Made
The life of a pessimist is easy but dreary. The life of an optimist is hard but exciting. Pessimism is easy because it costs nothing. Optimism is hard because it must be constantly reaffirmed. In the face of a hostile, cynical world, it takes effort to show that positivity has merit.
Steph Ango • Choose Optimism
"Go deeper and weirder and make something that is so human and so strange that it can't be duplicated by an algorithm."
Just a moment...
Enjoyment matters.
It is often the difference between me doing something and me not doing something. This is the reason I frequently re-arrange rooms. When the energy is wrong is works as a deterrent. I know that sounds woo-woo, and maybe it is, but it is also true. I know the vibe is off in a room when either I find myself not going into it often,
... See moreI wake up early, brew fresh coffee in the kitchen, pour some in a big mug, sit down at my desk, and boot up my computer (there are times, I must
admit, when I miss the days of manuscript sheets and my fat Montblanc fountain pen). Then I sit there and muse about what to write that day. Such moments are pure bliss. To tell the truth, I have never
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