tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3039863.post7961867112283497056..comments2023-10-24T01:17:35.297-07:00Comments on Etaoin Shrdlu: Recipe for something newHowardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08379598516764590842noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3039863.post-72255128840729557522008-02-21T13:14:00.000-08:002008-02-21T13:14:00.000-08:00for balance:"In his essays he tends to flit from m...for balance:<BR/><BR/>"In his essays he tends to flit from metaphor to metaphor like a butterfly, never pausing long enough for a suspicious reader to catch up with his chloroform jar."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3039863.post-76324266090029995592008-02-21T12:51:00.000-08:002008-02-21T12:51:00.000-08:00"To do good work you need a brain that can go anyw..."To do good work you need a brain that can go anywhere. And you especially need a brain that's in the habit of going where it's not supposed to.<BR/><BR/>Great work tends to grow out of ideas that others have overlooked, and no idea is so overlooked as one that's unthinkable."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3039863.post-35211789202410534062008-02-21T12:43:00.000-08:002008-02-21T12:43:00.000-08:00Paul Graham is always worth reading."There's a sor...Paul Graham is <I>always</I> worth reading.<BR/><BR/>"There's a sort of Gresham's Law of trolls: trolls are willing to use a forum with a lot of thoughtful people in it, but thoughtful people aren't willing to use a forum with a lot of trolls in it. Which means that once trolling takes hold, it tends to become the dominant culture. "<BR/><BR/>"I was trying to make the book efficient. I didn't Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com