Random shit from my feeds this morning: SciAm: Rapid Thinking Makes People Happy – key here is fast and varied thinking; fast and repetitive tends to lead to anxiety. (This one courtesy of Mark Seifert). NYT: Kindle Books in Snack Sizes – firm called FT Press is producing shorter digital-only works for $2.99 or less,...
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In the Whitechapel IRC channel, Will Ellwood recently shared a page with me showing this fantastic plague-era “pathogenic garment” that, presumably, a physician would wear while treating patients. It’s fantastic for a couple reasons, but the qualities that really stuck out to me where the cult-like ones. The robe, a fantastic an exaggerated mask,...
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Story Idea Disgustingly rich writer buys large ferry, converts it into a combination pub/cruise ship sort of thing. Begins doing cruises out of Boston Harbor into international waters, the last place in the civilized world that one can smoke inside a pub. Mostly writers, artists, etc., cruises last a week. Sign above the door to...
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Worked on a concept called Fractal Apocalyptica last night, the idea that the apocalypse reflects the same tragic image at each successive magnification. This is not to be confused with Fraggle Apocalyptica, the doomsday scenario in which we are all inexplicably turned into anarchist Henson-esque foam puppets. Though now that I think about it,...
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