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on
a
hiatus
09dec2023
Been a while. A longer post to compensate and to wrap up the year.
The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Exquisite, “like five hundred million little bells”. 5/5
Ka, by Roberto Calasso. I am going to revert to the description in the 1998 review in NYT – “a giddy invasion of stories – brilliant, enigmatic, troubling, outrageous, erotic, beautiful.” Enchanting. 5/5
Playing God Unplugged, by Tim Henson. Incredible guitar solo. “a different species” is not too far off.
Encrypted traffic interception on Hetzner and Linode targeting the largest Russian XMPP (Jabber) messaging service, geeky and interesting.
How Andrew Wylie turned serious literature into big business, fascinating profile of the literary agent Andrew Wylie.
How to Survive in Tech By Somebody Who Has and Hasn’t. I thank Gary for this long, comprehensive and personal article. Something there for everyone.
“Look up at the sky. Ask yourself, ‘Has the sheep eaten the flower or not?’ And you’ll see how everything changes…
— The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Veda moves in a state of panic… frenetic works, produced in an atmosphere of oratorical jousting, where victory is gained by best formulating (or: most rapidly guessing) the mystical-ritual-based enigmas
— Louis Renou
“A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.”
— Rabindranath Tagore