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Cool Dad Raising Daughter On Media That Will Put Her Entirely Out Of Touch With Her Generation | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
“Well, I’m not making the same mistake he did,” Campbell continued as he pulled out vinyl copies of Television’s Marquee Moon, Miles Davis’ Sketches Of Spain, and Big Star’s #1 Record, highly influential albums that will in no way help his daughter interact with her peers at a particularly delicate time in her social development. […]
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The Art of Living: A 1924 Guide | Brain Pickings
via The Art of Living: A 1924 Guide | Brain Pickings.
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Popular Lies About Graphic Design | Brain Pickings
In Popular Lies About Graphic Design (UK; public library), New-York-based British designer Craig Ward sets out to debunk the “misconceptions, half truths and, in some cases, outright lies” embedded in the familiar aphorisms and maxims instilled in young designers — a crusade against putting blind religion rather than critical thought at the heart of the […]
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The Book That Changed My Life (Aaron Swartz’s Raw Thought)
Reading the book, I felt as if my mind was rocked by explosions. At times the ideas were too much that I literally had to lie down. (I’m not the only one to feel this way — Norman Finkelstein noted that when he went through a similar experience, “It was a totally crushing experience for […]
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5 Design Books You Should Read — David McKinney
5 Design Books You Should Read — David McKinney.
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Vitsoe: Tidy Up Your Life » ISO50 Blog – The Blog of Scott Hansen Tycho / ISO50
Vitsoe: Tidy Up Your Life » ISO50 Blog – The Blog of Scott Hansen Tycho / ISO50.
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Song Reader: Beck Revives the Romance of Sheet Music with 26 Illustrated Songs | Brain Pickings
Song Reader: Beck Revives the Romance of Sheet Music with 26 Illustrated Songs | Brain Pickings.
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The Little Golden Book of Words: A Rare Illustrated Gem from 1948 | Brain Pickings
The Little Golden Book of Words: A Rare Illustrated Gem from 1948 | Brain Pickings.
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The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life (1822) | The Public Domain Review
The art of invigorating and prolonging life, by food, clothes, air, exercise, wine, sleep, &c and peptic precepts, pointing out agreeable and effectual methods to prevent and relieve indigestion, and to regulate and strengthen the action of the stomach and bowels: to which is added, the pleasure of making a will, by William Kitchiner; 1822; […]
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Explore – Success consists in being successful, not in…
Success consists in being successful, not in having the potential for success. Any wide piece of ground is the potential site of a palace, but there’s no palace until it’s built. Fernando Pessoa in The Book of Disquiet. via Explore – Success consists in being successful, not in….