Fiddly Bits

2009

December
November 3
October 3
September 11
August 3
July 6
June 5
May
April 1
March 6
February 2
January 4

2008

December 10
November 8
October 5
September 5
August 34
July 15
June 11
May 2
April 5
March
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January
“Designers think they’re in the artifact business, but...”
— Allan Chochinov
Oct 2nd
“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch—you must...”
— Carl Sagan, Cosmos
Sep 27th
“Comfort can lull you into a dangerous tranquility.”
— Andre Gregory, My Dinner with...
Sep 26th

Rolling Stones at Altamont

“When idealism and anarchy rode together on the same horse and no one was quite sure which was...
Sep 18th

A Matter of Perspective

Close to a century ago, humorist Robert Benchley was dispatched by his newspaper to Venice. Upon...
Sep 8th
“We wish to find the truth, no matter where it lies. But to...”
— Carl Sagan
Sep 8th
“Star Trek, despite its strong international and interspecies...”
— Carl Sagan
Sep 6th
“…hand is the cutting edge of the mind.”
— Jacob Bronowski
Sep 5th
“If you want to control someone, and make them mute, take...”
— George Lakoff and Mark Johnson...
Sep 4th
“Once Marcel Duchamp decided that he would put up a urinal at...”
— Jonathan Miller, author,...
Sep 3rd
Warch Watch
James Randi talks about the ways in which people communicate and how some times things get...
Sep 3rd
“I worry that, especially as the Millennium nears,...”
— Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted...
Sep 1st