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  • The wtf_ynot Gift Guide

    Because everyone else is doing it so why can’t I, I give you the first ever perpetual wtf_ynot Gift Guide:

    • Stop buying shit.
    • You already have too much shit.
    • Everyone you want to buy a gift for already has too much shit.
    • There is too much shit in the world.
    • Seriously. Stop buying shit.
    • Pens.

  • In Chains

    When blackguards and murderers
    undercover of those offices
    accuse the world of those villainies
    which they themselves invent to
    torture us – we have no choice
    but to bend to their designs,
    buck them or be trampled while
    our thoughts gnaw, snap and bite
    within us helplessly – unless
    we learn from that to avoid
    being as they are, how love
    will rise out of its ashes if
    we water it, tie up the slender
    stem and keep the image of its
    lively flower chiseled upon our minds.

    William Carlos Williams

  • Sri Syadasti:

    All statements are true in some sense, false in some sense, meaningless in some sense, true and false in some sense, true and meaningless in some sense, false and meaningless in some sense, and true and false and meaningless in some sense.

  • How to write zines with simple tools

    Julia Evans:

    I finally realized last week that instead of “what tools do you use to write zines?” some people may have actually wanted to know “how can I do this myself?”! And “buy a $500 iPad” is not a terribly useful answer to that question – it’s not how I got started, iPads are kind of a weird fancy way to write zines, and most people don’t have them.

    I’ve always kind of wanted to publish a zine. It just seems like a lot of work and I’m lazy.

    (Via Iain Broome)

  • The Problem with Busy

    David Sparks:

    To me, busy means that you haven’t figured out yet what is truly important. Busy means you are lousy at saying no. Busy often means that you make everything a priority, which ultimately means that nothing is a priority.

    The Cult of Busy is bullshit.

  • Newsletters

    I am a newsletter junkie. Hell I even subscribe to newsletter-type summaries for sites that I already read via RSS. Here are a few of my favorite free newsletters. In no particular order.

    • Newsletter by Austin Kleon. Ten things in your inbox every Friday.
    • Noticing by Jason Kottke and Tim Carmody. A cornucopia of interesting things.
    • Ridgeline by Craig Mod. Walking. Japan. Literature. Photography. Weekly.
    • Roden by Craig Mod. Writing. Photography. Books. Travel.
    • Orbital Operations by Warren Ellis. If you’re into that kind of thing.
    • Recommendo by Kevin Kelly, Mark Frauenfelder, and Claudia Dawson. Six recommendations every week.
    • 52 Failures by Benjamin Friedrich. A poem a week. Whether it sucks or not.
    • Studio Neat Gazette by Tom Gerhardt and Dan Provost. A little something from Tom, a little something from Dan.

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