The Sweet Thorn of Madness in Creativity
Reflection on the tradeoff between madness and creativity, and why being mad is not as good as it might seem, even if the ideas flow.
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Month: April 2014
Interesting Debate: “The State of Free Speech in America”
Reference to a very interesting discussion on YouTube about free speech, and a few thoughts on it.
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What would change if Twitter would be Pseudo-Anonymous?
Question about the role of the names and profile pictures on twitter -- and what would change if they were anonymous.
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A Short Comment About Digitizing Books
When you digitize books by cutting them apart and transforming them into a DRM-free OCR'd PDF file -- what about the respect for the book and the respect for the author's work? Some answers.
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Scanning Books
The scanner and PDF settings you use then you digitize books matter -- a lot. Not only in quality, but also in file size. Some settings I use.
(image on left shows both applications icons)
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Moving from Papers to Bookends (update)
Some thoughts on moving from Papers 2 to Bookends (which seems well loved), and why Sente is not an option (for me).
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The arrogance of “rebels”
Some comments on leftist's arrogant and stupid criticism on mindless consumerism.
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Expert Feedback on a PhD Thesis
If you do not have a knowledgeable supervisor involved in your PhD thesis, you are pretty much screwed. Here's why (hint: project planning).
(image on left from a workshop on scientific writing)
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The Joy of Not Knowing Beforehand
When was the last time you were really surprised by a book or a movie, because you did not have the slightest idea what it would be about? Some thoughts on the topic.
(image on the left: Preview screen of Doctor Who episodes)
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Bad News for Time-Travelers, Great News for Historians
Why time travelers are pretty much screwed if they ever decide to visit our present.
(image on the left: from Doctor Who: "The Crimson Horror")
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