Digital Memory
Whereas the last post dealt with books, this post will highlight what is keeping my mind busy online.
Natalie Chicha's new blog, Another, provides "an online space for [her] thoughts on depression and literature." Two interesting posts:
- "Does one have to be insane to be creative?"
- I Married Language (And Now She Doesn't Want to Fuck Me)
Unheard-of Curiosities is a collection of writings by Umberto Eco. A Rose by Any Other Name, deals with the problems of literary translation.
Thirty-eight dishonest tricks which are commonly used in argument, with the methods of overcoming them. A look at straight and crooked thinking by Robert H. Thouless.
A musical ebook series: Form, Counterpoint, Harmony and Artistic Orchestration.
Some chapters from the 2002 revision of The Social Life of Information are available online.
Paul Graham's essays touch on everything from hackers and painters to personal taste.
Finally, the coolest way to fold a t-shirt, ever. [Quicktime]
Paper Memory
I'm addicted to information. Books have always been my favourite knowledge narcotic. My search for used books to fuel Glutton University was successful this month:
- Language Truth and Logic - Alfred Jules Ayer - Read the condensed edition here. (Related: More Squashed Philosophers)
- Intro To Logic - I. Copi & C. Cohen - A first year philosophy Logic textbook. (Related: How to tell a logical story [pdf])
- The Basic Writing of C. G. Jung - It's about time I read some Jung.
- The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind - Julian Jaynes - The introduction of which can be read here.
- An Anthropologist on Mars - Oliver Sacks - Seven paradoxical tales of neurological disease - Excerpt here: The hug machine.
- On Writing Well - William Zinsser - Excerpt here: Clutter.
- The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants - P. Prusinkiewicz & A. Lindenmayer - Can mathematical L-Systems define the structure of plants? (Related: L-System java applet)
- Images of Medicine - Edited by Jim Harter - 4800 historical medical engravings. (Related: The medical images of the Clendening library)