1. True believers have always felt something more, an extra dimension that has likely been a fundamental source of the book’s success all along: As practical as it is for helping writers over common hurdles, The Elements of Style also embodies a worldview, a philosophy that, for some, is as appealing as anything either author ever managed to get down on paper. Elements of Style is a credo. And it is a book of promises — the promise that creative freedom is enabled, not hindered, by putting your faith in a few helpful rules; the promise that careful, clear thinking and writing can occasionally touch truth; the promise of depth in simplicity and beauty in plainness; and the promise that by turning away from artifice and ornamentation you will find your true voice.

    — An obsessive history of The Elements of Style and what makes it a cultural treasure. (via curiositycounts)

  2. Creationism is bad science →

    To sum

    • It’s scientifically unsound - i.e. it’s not science
    • It’s theologically unsound - who the fuck cares
    • It’s bad for business - real science = real education
    • It’s unconstitutional - creationism is religion not science, religion does not belong in public education

    In sum… someone should expel these idiots from their state senate and replace them with intelligent life.

  3. skillshare: What we’re all about! 

    skillshare:

    What we’re all about! 

  4. So what would our mornings look like if we re-engineered them in the interest of maximizing our creative problem-solving capacities? We’d set the alarm a few minutes early and lie awake in bed, following our thoughts where they lead (with a pen and paper nearby to jot down any evanescent inspirations.) We’d stand a little longer under the warm water of the shower, dismissing task-oriented thoughts (“What will I say at that 9 a.m. meeting?”) in favor of a few more minutes of mental dilation. We’d take some deep breaths during our commute, instead of succumbing to road rage. And once in the office — after we get that cup of coffee — we’d direct our computer browser not to the news of the day but to the funniest videos the web has to offer.

    — New neurosciences studies show most morning routines kill creativity, but there might be something we can do about it.  (via curiositycounts)

  8. designismymuse:

    CALIFORNIA ROLL HOUSE BY CHRISTOPHER DANIEL [via design-milk]

    I know you’ve seen this house a million times in the past few days/weeks but I wanted to take the chance to show the interior spaces which are quite phenomenal and futuristic.

    Surely amazing concept house.

  9. content creators have been happily coexisting with piracy all this time, and I’m certainly one of them. Make good stuff, then make it easy for people to buy it. There’s your anti-piracy plan. The big content companies are TERRIBLE at doing both of these things, so it’s no wonder they’re not doing so well in the current environment

    — Jonathan Coulton

  10. We should delight in the stand we’ve taken in favor of things like, say, notifications, and trials, and proof before censoring someone, but we should get ready to do it again next year, and the year after that. The risk now is not that SOPA will pass. The risk is that we’ll think we’ve won. We haven’t; they’ll be back. Get ready to have this fight again.

    — Pick up the pitchforks: David Pogue underestimates Hollywood « Clay Shirky