February 2009
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The Recessionist "Overeducated. Underemployed." →
perpetua:
…when it comes to creative work of any kind, particularly in the age of the internet, you don’t really to ask for anyone’s permission. Pay your dues, cultivate your voice, chase excellence, and the money will eventually find you.
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eye are see
progrium: almost inbox 0
progrium: GAH
progrium: novas0x2a: stupid
novas0x2a: hahaha
progrium: he sent me an email
progrium: subject: inbox 1
novas0x2a: i hold the power over your inbox 0 in the palm of my hand
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“The fact is that the music industry’s revenues have been artificially inflated...”
– Jens Roland - How To Kill The Music Industry
(via artistspaid)
(via amyyy)
Perfect! This is exactly what I was trying to say yesterday, in a discussion about the “decline” of the music industry.
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“When most people buy a car, they don’t expect to have to learn how an...”
– [ The default answer to every dialog box is “Cancel”, via The Old New Thing ]
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“De Carlo was deeply in debt and was also in jeopardy, as she had a rocky 1964...”
– [ Yvonne De Carlo, in Wikipedia ]
This is the most poorly written article I’ve come across in Wikipedia.
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word wholly unrelated*
ragbag:
sacrilegious & religious
the former from sacra legere (to purloin sacred objects). the latter from religare (to bind).
*etymologically speaking, duh.
Interesting.
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http://ihardlyknowher.com/timoni →
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How to make your session my favorite session
Although conferences are fabulous for many reasons—the afterparties, the hobnobbing, the glorious hotel sheets— my favorite reason to go is to learn new and exciting things. But I always have a hard time deciding on sessions: I find it almost impossible to figure out which are worth going to, whether or not they’ll be a disappointment, and sometimes, frankly, what they’re about....
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eye are see
erunion: yeah i need that $120 das keyboard.
erunion: did we ever figure out why its so expensive?
bap: Yeah it's the 'we're the next Series M' claim.
bap: those things have a religious following.
bap: They could stop a bullet.
bap: brain a burgler.
bap: and
bap: you could type on them.
bap: One time I spilled rasberry iced tea on mine
bap: and it only got better!
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