June 2011
13 posts
“If you can go to bed at night and you’re happy with what you’ve written, you’ve had a good day. Don’t worry about pageviews or recognition, those will come as more people read what you write.”
—Some advice for writers and reporters
“Все равно мы победим!”
—Для Игоря
“We may think we’re being scientists, but we’re actually being lawyers.”
—Jonathan Haidt
“Любовь—кольцо, и у кольца, как всем известно, нет конца.”
—Черёмушки, 1963 г.
“Learning C is like learning the genetic sequencing of a tomato.”
—We need a programming language for the rest of us
“Often I wonder: what would happen if just one classroom could have a dedicated software engineer who would shadow the teacher and build tools full-time to help him?”
—Andy Matuschak
Bromanticism. →
waitingforagoodurldeadnow.blogspot.com
The poetical movement.
Don’t laugh. It’s great.
No, ok, fine, laugh.
“You have transcended that station and now fall into an elite group of Spartans that blow-dry their balls wherever they God damn please.”
—Ross Beeley
Poets, On Poetry →
poetsonpoetry.tumblr.com
I read a lot about what other poets have to say about poetry (instead of writing). Now I have a new tumblr for you to follow. This should ideally keep the poetry related gems I find, out of this blog, which will go back to being solely about dire things like rape in the Congo and the imminent destruction of Patagonia. Cheers.