David Pennington
@davidpennington
I write stuff. I’d like to write more stuff. Currently: reclaiming my brain.
David Pennington
dtpennington.com
Browsers don’t really load websites; they perform them.
A website is a performance
“if your new software no longer runs on old hardware, it is worse than the old software.”
These artists are making tiny ROMs that will probably outlive us all
This website runs on a solar powered server located in Barcelona, and will go off-line during longer periods of bad weather. This page shows live data relating to power supply, power demand, and energy storage.
Power
Repair Manifesto
The manifesto advocates for repair as a sustainable, cost-effective practice that empowers individuals, promotes independence, teaches engineering, and emphasizes resource conservation over recycling and consumerism.
assets.cdn.ifixit.com- He would identify the topic he wanted to focus on for the next season of life. He would usually be weighing what he planned to do during this time, like teaching a seminar, writing articles, attending conferences, etc.
- He would then revisit key papers and ideas from that topic as a way of refreshing his mind.
- Then, he would begin in earnest. This m
Intellectual Projects
The decline of polymathy... is a crisis of too much information.
Polymaths are back from the dead
I concluded that what we call “intelligence” is as much about virtues such as honesty, integrity, and bravery, as it is about “raw intellect.”