The rationale is simple. If you’re posting a lot, this is time you could have spent thinking and writing fellowship/grant applications. In other words, the less you post, the more likely you are obsessed with dedicated to your work.

Now, obviously none of this makes sense except in the light of a work-a-holic society where “bare hands dug freedom” (for a less contemporaneous read, please read this).

At any rate, judging by the dates on the first page, it looks like I’m well on my way for a position in a high profile school :-)

From the Home Barista Titan Grinder Project.

Great writing can’t be taught, but atrocious writing is entirely preventable.

Interesting read.

“your style is a function of your limitations, more so than a function of your skills.”

Johnny Cash wisdom by way of Rosanne Cash. [nyt]

“In a way, there’s an immaturity to our relationship with technology,” she said. “It’s still evolving.”

From here.