Small fragments. Things I read, heard, or couldn't stop thinking about. These are too short for essays but too good to lose. Sort of like commonplace book meets tumblelog.

543 bits, and counting.

Spent last week in Shanghai - one of the most architecturally interesting cities I've visited this year.

Long exposure from Jaffa, Israel about a week and a half ago. Glad I brought my ND filter and a tripod.

Post-modern Apple Store. Shot in Stockholm last weekend.

When it comes to leverage: Twitter > Email > Slack

Last week's contemporary forest bath in Long Beach. 🌳🛀

Go to Manly Beach, they said. Bring a film camera, they said.

Last week's sunrise from the top of Mount Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand, Earth.

Woke up with serious jet lag yesterday at 3:30am in Wellington, New Zealand and decided to hike up Mount Victoria. Doing so required weaving through the city center, up some switchbacks, where I was ultimately delivered to a lookout at the top. Here's a 30-second long exposure.

Typing text on a screen and reading it out loud does not count as teaching. An audience reading text off the screen does not count as learning.

— McDreeamie Musings

The sole cause of man's unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in his room.

— Pascal

You tell me things aren't fair
Like I was unaware
So who told you, you could change your mind
And run back when the stars aligned
My brother and I found ourselves negotiating over a beat up Mitsubishi Pajero with two decades worth of dents and scratches. It had a broken door, no air-con, and a quarter million kilometers to it's name. It was perfect.

— Indiegogo

Read 2 books this week: The Dark Forest (5/5) and Meet Me in the Bathroom (4/5). Both wildly different and extremely entertaining. I'm excited to complete The Remembrance of Earth's Past Trilogy. But first, some non-fiction.