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On derivative creativity
Good ideas have the habit of spawning other good ideas. In fact, modern society owes most of its existence to the process of one person improving on or creating from something someone else has done. Yet, there is a trend … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, News, Philosophy
Tagged creation, derivation, ideas, lawsuits, star trek
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Writing: Done before it started: a NaNoWriMo cautionary tale
I had a great idea for NaNoWriMo this year, one I conceived of months ago and have thought about a lot since then. Unfortunately, thinking is all I did about it, with the result being that my attempt at writing 50,000 words in 30 days died almost before it began. There is something of a […] Continue reading
Posted in NaNoWriMo, Philosophy, Writing
Tagged failing, ideas, NaNoWriMo 2015, succeeding, Writing
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Thoughts from Innisfree on the Stillwater: Swinging for the fences
The one part of our farming adventure at Innisfree on the Stillwater that has dogged us since the beginning is the fact that we have continued to lease our 100 acres of tillage ground, mostly for the sake of the … Continue reading → Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Farming, Food, Philosophy
Tagged challenges, chemicals, Choices, Dirt, Experiments, Farming, goals, ideas, Morality
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Science and Technology: Some thoughts on the ado about crowdfunding fails
Or, caveat emptor always applies. If you’re at all like me and follow the crowdfunding world with a sense of excited curiosity, then you can’t help but to have noticed the crop of “how not to get scammed” articles littering the tech writing world in the wake of the FTC ruling over a known Kickstarter […] Continue reading
Posted in Science and Technology
Tagged crowdfunding, Democracy, ideas, money, naivety, risks, technology
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