The suburban mind cannot comprehend the emergent complexity of a New York sidewalk.
Robin SloanTag: urban-suburban
I can't just sit at my desk and let this web of weirdness spin around me. (That describes a lot of jobs, I realize, but this is potentially a special kind of magick-with-a-k weirdness.
Robin SloanI feel a little whirl of dislocation -- the trademark sensation of the world being more closely knit together than you expected
Robin SloanHe paused, then added, "Some of them are working very hard indeed."
"What are they doing?"
"My boy!" he said, eyebrows raised. As if nothing could be more obvious: "They are reading.
Our books still do not require batteries. But I am no fool. It is a slender advantage.
Robin SloanThen: I google "time-series visualization" and start work on a new version of my model, thinking that maybe I can impress her with a prototype. I am really into the kind of girl you can impress with a prototype.
Robin SloanThis is Mat's secret weapon, his passport, his get-out-of-jail-free card: Mat makes things that are beautiful.
Robin SloanHe's like a storybook spirit, a little djinn or something, except instead of air or water his element is imagination.
Robin SloanTag: imagination
Uma menininha de cabelo ruivo corre até a mesa da entrada, rindo e quase se sufocando com um emaranhado de fios verdes.
Um belo cachecol? Ela sorri, saltitante.
— Olá — digo. — Posso-te perguntar uma coisa? — Ela ri e balança a cabeça. — Como farias para encontrar uma agulha num palheiro?
A menina para, pensativa, puxando o fio verde em torno do pescoço. Na realidade, ela está a pensar sobre o problema. Pequenas engrenagens estão funcionando. Ela retorce os dedinhos juntos, refletindo. É muito fofa. Por fim, ela olha para mim e diz com seriedade.
— Eu pediria à palha para encontrar a agulha. — Então, emite um guincho fantasmagórico baixo e sai pulando em um pé só.
Um gongo antigo da dinastia Song ribomba na minha cabeça. Sim, claro. Ela é um génio!
Lately, even the Waybacklist borrowers seem to be missing. Have they Been seduced by some other book club on the other side of town? Have they all bought Kindles?
I have one, and I use it most nights. I always imagine the books staring and whispering, Traitor! - but come on, I have a lot of free first chapters to get through. My Kindle is a hand-me-down from my dad, one of the original models
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