Jake
@jake
writer, creative programmer, running Printernet and trying to make the internet more interesting.
Jake
jakeweber.net
"‘Rather, you are continuously summoned to solidarity,’ summoned not by any ‘external compulsion’ but ‘from within yourself’. You cannot do otherwise. And the same went for Saul: if it comes from within yourself, then you cannot do otherwise. No novelist can." - Martin Amis
work and Great reading
"“When you write a story, you’re telling yourself the story,” he said. “When you rewrite, your main job is taking out all the things that are not the story.”" - Stephen King
On Writing
College isn't really about job training; college is about expanding your intellectual skills and building up your knowledge base to use them on; "furnishing your mind so you have a place to live in twenty years."
Linguistics FAQ
I remember looking at my first iPod and being like: “This is a vessel that holds what I’m into.”
And also the early iPod didn’t have a lot of space, so you really had to curate what was on there in a way that people don’t do on their phones.
And also the early iPod didn’t have a lot of space, so you really had to curate what was on there in a way that people don’t do on their phones.
SSENSE • On the Record with Apple Industrial Designer Eugene Whang
"Plots and hooks yield the same desideratum: they set the reader a question, with the implicit assurance that the question will be answered." - Martin Amis
A recent study found that e-bike riders, on average, get more exercise than riders of traditional (acoustic?) bicycles.
How can that be?
By amplifying the rider’s effort, the e-bike takes its rider further, faster. The rider who goes further, faster ultimately rides more than their unassisted counterpart. Their heart, lungs, and muscles grow stronger... See more
How can that be?
By amplifying the rider’s effort, the e-bike takes its rider further, faster. The rider who goes further, faster ultimately rides more than their unassisted counterpart. Their heart, lungs, and muscles grow stronger... See more
Just a moment...
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