Inspirare

For this invention will produce forgetfulness in the minds of those who learn to use it, because they will not practice their memory. Their trust in writing, produced by external characters which are no part of themselves, will discourage the use of their own memory without them. You have invented an elixir not of memory, but of reminding; and you offer your pupils the appearance of wisdom, not true wisdom.

Plato, on this new-fangled thing all the kids were getting caught up in, something called “writing.”

Notes: 2 5/20/13 — 12:12am Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZtqJUylOuZZx Filed under: #plato #writing #literacy #history

mapsontheweb:

Early Cartogram map - Scaled According to Proportion of Electricity-Using Population

Source: mapsontheweb

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archimaps:

Greenbriar Mall, Atlanta

They let the paving contractor design this thing?

Source: archimaps

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noisefarmer: Hello, PDX

noisefarmer:

A little playlist for our arriving in the land of Ports.

Hello, PDX from jrenglish on 8tracks Radio.

On the Road // Angus and Julia Stone

All Land Crabs and Divinity Ghosts // The Cave Singers

Plateau Ramble // The Acorn

At the Chime of a City Clock // Nick Drake

…

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cabinporn:

Hybrid shelter at Fforest Camp near Cardigan, Wales.

Photograph by Jonathan Cherry.

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toddlambrix:

Well, now I have to demolish my raised beds because this is so gorgeous I cannot live without it….

Source: toddlambrix

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cabinporn:

Abandoned stable turned family dwelling in Cáceres, Spain designed by architecture firm ÁBATON.

The building’s southern orientation and lucky position below two potable streams allow the residents to live entirely off the grid year round. More photos.

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Love this image (via BLDGBLOG: Intentional Landscapes)

Source: bldgblog.blogspot.com

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cabinporn:

Ranger cabin on the Wonderland Trail near Indian Henry’s hunting ground in Mount Rainier, Washington.

Contributed by Catherine Johnson. More photos here.

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mapsontheweb:

“Berlin, capital of the GDR”. West-Berlin’s a big blank space on this 1965 map.

Source: mapsontheweb

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Mt St Helens, before and after.

Top:Photograph [montage] by Maleah Taubman in August 1979

Bottom:Photograph [montage] by James Hughes in 1982

Notes: 16 4/25/13 — 1:59pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZtqJUyjWZ6IH Filed under: #mt st helens #eruption #volcano #beforeandafter #washington #national forest #forest service

(via DOGAMI - Lidar Landscapes Posters: Willamette River Historical Stream Channels, Oregon)

Source: oregongeology.com

High-res 4/25/13 — 12:37pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZtqJUyjWIn4g Filed under: #oregon #river #willamette #lidar #history #channels #poster #design

We do things for the sole fun of doing them and we get fun from the doing. No matter what the cost is going to be, we indulge in our pet weakness. This loading of immense burdens of obligations on shoulders of the unborn is the unforgivable sin in our American life.

E. P. Meinecke

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Data Visualization Reinterpreted by VISUALIZED (by VISUALIZED)

Source: vimeo.com

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