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As I’m reading David Graeber’s Debt: The First 5,000 Years (Melville House, 2021), I can’t help but wonder where historical cultures would be situated on the The Political Compass? This post was...
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My impression is that human brains are very much of a pattern, that under the same conditions they react in the same way, and that were it not for tradition, upbringing, accidents of circumstance, and...
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I picked up a pair of Pilot Pens for reading and writing notes in the dark on late winter nights. This post was originally published on Chris Aldrich
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Congratulations to Christoph Adami (@ChristophAdami) on release day for The Evolution of Biological Information: How Evolution Creates Complexity, from Viruses to Brains! I’m awaiting the post for my...
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David L. Solin passed away this morning after several trying days in hospice care. We spent most of the day with him yesterday as he struggled to hold on, but his body ultimately gave out. I was just a...
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Micro.blog Analog Tools Meetup January 2024. This post was originally published on Chris Aldrich
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I saw a bumper sticker on a car this afternoon that read “Ask Me About My Rich Inner Life”. I think I’m going to have to buy one to put on my zettelkasten. This post was originally published on Chris...
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Surfing around with respect to library card catalogs, I ran across John Blyberg‘s Library Card Generator this afternoon. Anyone who’s playing at the intersection of analog and digital zettelkasten is...
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I may have just purchased a really hot, two-tone black and silver powder coated Steelcase card index with space for 60,000 cards…. This post was originally published on Chris Aldrich
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One of the drawers on the Steelcase card cabinet was sticking. After 10 minutes of comparison and troubleshooting, it turns out one of the rails on the chassis was bent enough to jam the ball bearing...
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On a quick front-of-the-index card calculation, I realize that with the recent Steelcase cabinet acquisition, I now have 8 boxes comprising 61 drawers and 103.25 feet of storage space for approximately...
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Irked by the overinflated prices on Ebay for typewriters, I’ve been casting about for other sources of reasonably priced machines to purchase. Today I purchased two I saw at auction: Smith-Corona...
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I’ve added my 1948 Smith-Corona Clipper to the Typewriter Database https://typewriterdatabase.com/1948-smith-corona-clipper.22304.typewriter This post was originally published on Chris Aldrich
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How the typewriter collection is coming along. This post was originally published on Chris Aldrich
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The Europe PKM Summit 2024 coming up on March 22 – 23 looks like a who’s-who of the tools for thought crowd. I’m putting together a few ideas myself… https://pkmsummit.com/ This post was originally...
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Having the best tools does you absolutely no good unless you’re going to use them. Collecting notebooks, fountain pens, or even typewriters is useless (other than their inherent beauty) without their...
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I think I’ve bought yet another typewriter: a late 60s/early 70s Remington Streamliner. I bought it in part because it looks beautiful, but also (I’m not going to lie here) because it’s very similar in...
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This book from 1908 by J. Kaiser seems like a fantastic instruction manual for how to use Obsidian, Logseq, Notion, Evernote, OneNote, and most other note taking tools for just about any application....
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My new Remington Streamliner is now finally in solid fighting shape. Type on! This post was originally published on Chris Aldrich
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