A list that is not random and that refers to things beyond itself qua list-only: Content: What became known as the Dream-Words. Scaruffi: Chapter 4: Part 3. Thoughts as I study through WiBit. Philosopher Brief: Christian Wolff – Take 4. What became known as the Dream-Words Let’s begin by saying that if I can do this, then surely I shall. “But,” assures another, whilst the...
Monday November 25, 2013
“Now” keeps changing, leading me to doubt whether it ever is. Contents: Philosopher Brief: Christian Wolff – Take 3 Diary: Studying Java and Wibit on programming Some words on Scaruffi: Gaining perspective on chapter 4 – Part 2 Philosopher Brief: Christian Wolff – Take 3 Meta: Title notwithstanding, and long-story aside, this is the second substantial effort at...
Sunday November 24, 2013
Stuff. News: A media review – Part 2 I’m continuing yesterday’s campaign to review the online news sources I’ve bookmarked, with an emphasis on their target topics, and their value for reading. Today I’ve written about: The Global Mail The Nation Nieman Reports PR Watch Quartz Nb. There are a couple more links I’ve frequented which I’d like to review (i.e...
Saturday November 23, 2013
Let’s start by recording what is/was done today (by cross-referencing the “To-do” items listed in the “meta” notebook via Evernote. Continuing read Hamilton’s Judas Unchained. Up-to-date on 750word transmutation to Evernote. Started a review of my sources for news. Continued my Notes on Wolff. Started mind-mapping Scaruffi ch.4 and noting ch.5. News: A media...
Thursday November 21, 2013
As I write this line I am already aware that I have produced a few strategies below. Index: Strategy: Day Plans Strategy: A Week in a Day Strategy: Thinking About It Strategy: Planning for Castles in the Air Strategy: Day Plans Here’s an idea: Establish a ritual upon starting the day for delineating some plans for tasks to be conducted (i.e. during that same day). I envision these day plans...
Wednesday November 20, 2013
Faced with the empty page and a non-existent word count, the text unfolds like a strange and alien embryo that finds itself on unmarked paths; an existential development built in a primitive semantics.
Tuesday November 19, 2013
Here are some things that I wrote. Project “Project” [Here I am describing an intention to focus activities by categories defined as projects]. A project can be anything and there can be any number, but practical considerations will double as reasonable constraints in both those instances. A study of a range is not necessary at the moment since I am interested in those projects...
Condillac
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac [1714-1780] France Sensationism: “Sensations are modifications of our being. To understand them as images of something distinct from us is to treat them as “ideas” rather than simply as “sensations,” and that is an operation that is so far from being automatic that it exceeds the capacities of animals.” Although they lend themselves to being thought. Idea:...
Sunday November 17, 2013
Contents: A post-modern epiphany Reading Scaruffi: Gaining perspective on chapter 4 A Post-Modern Epiphany One thing I’d like to note, real quick, is the analogy of Alice in Wonderland. It is possible to realize that all the rules and cultural institutions (e.g. library, bank, supermarket, school, army) are as sensical and straight-forward as are the Queen of Hearts and the rabbit in a...
Saturday November 16, 2013
I’m noticing a pattern… some sort of correlation between a quantum unit of dates and the flow of time… but to what end? And how does a continuum translate into an array of discrete units? But more pressing and vexing: to what end? Tick tock, tick tock, tick… NEW DAY. Hmmm. Pressing forth into the fourth chapter of Scaruffi’s challenge Prequel; or, In last’s...