camera-roll-quotes.md (2189B)
1 +++ 2 title = "Quotes from My Camera Roll" 3 date = 2023-12-19 4 [extra] 5 type = "post" 6 +++ 7 8 I have been collecting fun little writings in Photos with the intent of 9 distributing them here. Now I can delete them. This will lift a great 10 weight from my shoulders. 11 12 <!-- more --> 13 14 > It will all be gone soon enough and you know it, so look good and 15 > close while the close lookin's good. 16 17 "Close lookin." 18 19 > Musk, via email, would only say: "I have never lost money for those 20 > who invest in me and I am not starting now." 21 22 From an Axios article, in response to a question about X/Twitter. Seems 23 ill-fated, but an impressive display of confidence. 24 25 > Argentina, back in its familiar position of being a fiscal and 26 > economic disaster zone... 27 28 Funny, for me, far away from Argentina. 29 30 > This put him in position to try the Hitler Slingshot Maneuver... 31 32 Hell of a maneuver. 33 34 > The old mantra's gotta go, even as it still rings in our ears and 35 > echoes down deep caverns of the Web. 36 37 A metaphor that makes the Web a physical place is good in my book. 38 39 > We're imagination bottlenecked. There's low-hanging fruit for the next 40 > decade. 41 42 A fun but frustrating concept. How to come up with radical ideas... 43 44 > The only other thing I will add is that I don't think anyone needs to 45 > justify asking for support through "hosting costs money" or the like. 46 > Art is worth supporting, so even if the money I send goes to paying 47 > for your truffle brownie habit, you do you. 48 49 From Manu's lovely *People and Blogs*, the [fourth edition]. A 50 philosophy I agree with, even if I am not huge on truffle brownies 51 myself. 52 53 > Don't avoid places with beautiful women in them, ignore who's already 54 > there and take a beautiful woman with you, or at least one who looks 55 > beautiful in bistro lighting. Trust me, the food tastes better. 56 57 From one of the most [bizarre and beautiful screeds] I've ever 58 encountered. 59 60 > Let the coffee be hot, & the liquors chosen with special care. 61 62 A local restaurant menu. 63 64 [fourth edition]: https://manuelmoreale.com/pb-brian-koberlein 65 [bizarre and beautiful screeds]: https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2023/08/does-america-or-france-have-better-food.html?commentID=160646682