Conversation often crystallizes my own thinking far more effectively than solitary reflection.
No Such Thing As Talkers Block
No one ever gets talker’s block. No one wakes up in the morning, discovers he has nothing to say and sits quietly, for days or weeks, until the muse hits, until the moment is right, until all the craziness in his life has died down.
If You Want Something New
If you want something in life that you have never had, you will have to do something that you have never done.
Complex Systems and Their Origins
A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that works.
Scotch Tape emits X-Rays: film at 11 « Watts Up With That?
This just boggles the mind. What’s next? Silly Putty allowing us to image distant galaxies?
Can This Watchdog Sniff Media Bias? - NYTimes.com
Article about spinspotter.com and their Spinoculars tool that allows people to report bias in articles and offer corrections that can be voted on. It has potential.
Neat Binary Adding Machine
And it’s done with marbles!
Flora and Fauna 2
A Weeping Willow just outside the garden.
These tiny, unimpressive-looking flowers were incredibly fragrant.
A very large Crate Myrtle.
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