August 2009
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“Success guide: 1. Cultivate risk tolerance. 2. Cultivate endurance.”
– Colin Marshall
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Some wisdom before school starts
davidfosterwallace:
nickzed:
Q:
“How do you remember Amherst? What are the experiences—in and out of the classroom—that shape those memories? Similarly, what aspects of your Amherst education served you best? And what are the things about Amherst that, in hindsight, disappoint you?”
A:
“I don’t know that many would remember me at all… I was cripplingly shy at Amherst. I wasn’t in a...
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WatchDan Pink’s TED Talk about motivation and the ineffectiveness of extrinsic rewards and incentives in the workplace. Intrinsic is where it’s at.
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Edge: What makes people vote Republican? →
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Making the Clackity Noise →
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WatchCUD, a documentary about White Oak Pastures. (via)
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“Reading through the histories of both jazz and rock, I am struck again and again...”
– Another selection from How the Beatles Destroyed Rock ‘n’ Roll. Over the past year or so, I find I’m more and more reluctant to condemn music I don’t like, maybe partly because I’m more willing to dance than I used to be.
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Exclusive First Listen - Tim Buckley - NPR →
Live at The Folklore Center, NYC. March 6, 1967.
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“Respect the dance floor because the dance floor never lies. The DJ is not the...”
– Ben Watt, via one of my old PoliSci professors.
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“If it’s a good idea and it gets you excited, try it, and if it bursts into...”
– Interview with Jim Coudal of Coudal Partners. (via rob giampietro)
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Radiohead: Harry Patch (In memory of) →
When I first read this, I thought they meant Harry Partch, which would have been cool, too. Nice tune.
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Can a coffee really have as many calories as a Big... →
The answer is “yes”, if you make it no longer “coffee” but rather some strange liquid dessert/hot smoothie beverage.
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