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What will this thing play?
This seems to be the question with any device that my kids pick up these days, be it their Chromebook from school, their watch, or anything containing what might look like a screen.
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Nicolay, Dave Guy, and more of my favorite albums from October 2024
As a performer, [Dave Guy] can stand among the most vital trumpet players of our time as he seamlessly blends tradition, with contemporary, with a stunning performance that oozes passion. Ultimately, what makes Guy’s work most impressive is his ability to craft an album that you can easily hear your favourite MC spit over, while…
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Tristan De Liège, LL Cool J, and more of my favorite albums from September 2024
LL is a reader — “It’s good for my mind. It’s like sharpening the ax” — with a big wood-paneled bookcase at home. “Everything from Iceberg Slim to the history of the Peloponnesian War,” he said. “Authors are my friends.” LL Cool J Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop. by Melena Ryzik (gift link) Wooooo! There was…
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Sun Never Sets Relay
Every year, a group of dedicated runners at the company I work with (come join us) organizes a 24-hour relay. The twist is that everyone at the company is fully remote, so we take turns “handing off the baton” virtually as the sun circles the globe. For a full day, there is at least one…
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Bruce Lee: punk and monk
“The joke in China is kung fu is a way to trick thirteen-year-old boys into meditating. Bruce had started his martial arts path as a punk. From this instant forward, he would speak and think more and more like a Taoist monk. This internal dichotomy and conflict between his punkish personality and monkish insights would…
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No great merit in it if it’s mechanical
The beauty of an action comes not from its having become a habit but from its sensitivity, consciousness, clarity of perception, and accuracy of response.”
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Writing and drawings by Nick.
