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A Cache of Time

abstract & thinking | history & archives | technology 

[9 Nov 02011 | 336 views | 3 minutes of your time ]

I’ve never participated in the creation or the discovery of a time capsule, so maybe I don’t know what I’m talking about. But, that said, the idea makes me curious.
Some of the things I’d been reading in the days before I …

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The Longer Now Blog Posts

abstract & thinking | meta & methods | weird & whimsical 

[18 Oct 02011 | 555 views | 5 minutes of your time ]

For the fourth time, I’m re-reading Anathem. And as such, I’ve been pulled back into thinking about (and sort-of in) that Long Now-type thinking, a kind of concept that holds a standing philosophical booking in a dusty back-room of my brain.
Long …

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Anchored

abstract & thinking | opinions & venting 

[7 Sep 02011 | 363 views | less than a minute of your time ]

it’s late and i shouldn’t write when it’s late. i get all philosophical…
Things being as they are, out and about in the big, wide world, what with folks arguing about this and that, here and there, what and what not, it’s …

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One Hundred Plus Other Arbitrary Numbers and Maths

abstract & thinking | meta & methods 

[29 Aug 02011 | 358 views | 4 minutes of your time ]

Seeing as how my previous post was the one-hundredth post I’ve written since reloading this blog a few months back, I thought I’d sprinkle your day with a small collection of other arbitrary numbers. They don’t mean much, and you may …

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Creative-Gap-Fodder

abstract & thinking | meta & methods | writing 

[5 Aug 02011 | 2,760 views | 5 minutes of your time ]

There has been a lot of buzz over ‘The Gap’ lately. The Creative Gap. Maybe you’ve seen it. I’ve seen hints of it roll through the social networks in the last couple of weeks, getting all inspiring on our feeds …

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To Share: A Blog

abstract & thinking | meta & methods 

[30 Jun 02011 | 1,124 views | 3 minutes of your time ]

For the entire month of June I’ve been writing a series of blog-a-day posts based on a set series of open-ended questions to myself. This is the LAST of those posts. It’s done! Huzzah! We now return you to …

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To Win: Beating the Odd

abstract & thinking | pop-culture 

[27 Jun 02011 | 323 views | 5 minutes of your time ]

For the entire month of June I’m planning on writing a series of blog-a-day posts based on a set series of open-ended questions to myself. This is one of those posts.
June 27th // Something You Want To Win
I did a quick …

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To Forget: Some Random Things

abstract & thinking | pop-culture | weird & whimsical 

[26 Jun 02011 | 354 views | 3 minutes of your time ]

That said, it occurs to me that this particular question can only really be the starting point for one of two rational answers. Either (a) I legitimately discuss something personal, haunting, and altogether daunting that I want to literally wipe from my memory, or (b) I get all philosophical-in-yo-face and reach out into the no-mans-land of whimsy and weirdness.

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To Understand: Deep

abstract & thinking | city & culture | meta & methods 

[22 Jun 02011 | 303 views | 2 minutes of your time ]

For the entire month of June I’m planning on writing a series of blog-a-day posts based on a set series of open-ended questions to myself. This is one of those posts.
June 22nd // Something You Want To Understand
We live in a …

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