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Nothing stranger

Published on July 30, 2010 in Quotes. 0 Comments

The brown book I carry says there is nothing stranger than to explore a city wholly different from all those one knows, since to do so is to explore a second and unsuspected self. I have found a thing stranger: to explore such a city only after one has lived in it for some time without learning anything of it. — Gene Wolfe, The Sword of the Lictor, chapter two, Upon the Cataract

Moving back to Tampa has been a rather interesting experience, proving the second statement very, very true.

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The Web and Who We Are

Published on December 10, 2008 in Quotes and Technology. 2 Comments

To 99% of the population, the web is still a place. Something we go visit. Soon the web will become not only where we are, but who we are. In time we will realize how much of a societal shift the web will have caused. I think it’s fundamental the other 1% understand that. – Nils Geylen

Considering Nils is someone who I read regularly, I’m rather surprised it took Andrew Eglinton pointing it out for me to notice. (To be fair, I mostly read Nils’s blog via RSS.)

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Too Hard or Not Hard Enough? An Internal Struggle

Published on February 24, 2007 in Life, Movies and Music, Personal Development and Quotes. 1 Comment

The Wife and I broke down and finally bought seasons 2.5 and part of season 3 of Battlestar Galactica from the iTunes store this past week. This morning we were watching the first episode of season 3, “Occupation/Precipice” (they’re sold as one episode) when a few things said caught my ear.

I’m in the process now of evaluating a number of things about my life. If, in fact, Socrates was right when he stated that “a life left unexamined is a life not worth living,” then I suppose now is one of those times I’m making sure this life has been as continues to be worth living. The following BSG scene hit on a few important points for me: Continue reading ‘Too Hard or Not Hard Enough? An Internal Struggle’

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Le Linkage #14: The Humans in Technology Edition

Published on February 1, 2007 in Business and Finance, Futurism, Humor, Le Linkage, Online Games, Politics, Quotes, Random Web Things, Science Fiction and Technology. 0 Comments

Alright, folks: time for another edition of Le Linkage, the incidental series chronicling some of the more interesting pages I find in my stumbles through the Web. Today’s episode features stories about Nigerian scammers, anthropology, human enhancement, science fiction, some humor, and of course, another simple online game. Enjoy. Continue reading ‘Le Linkage #14: The Humans in Technology Edition’

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